2012-08-06T09:57:12-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/stubborn/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/human-kindling-6662 2012-08-06T09:57:12-05:00 Maybe we should pray, "Dear Lord, I want to be water, and not wood on the fires around me." http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2032:9&version=NIV 2009-10-08T10:51:49-05:00 "Stiff-necked" is an adjective used to describe the Israelites during their journey from Egypt to Canaan. It refers to their stubborn persistence in disobeying God and turning their backs on His proven love for them. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Chronicles%2030:9&version=NIV 2009-10-02T12:19:38-05:00 God promises never to hide His face--that is, reject--those who come to Him in true repentance. He urges His wayward children to return to Him and stop stubbornly acting on their own desires. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2015:23&version=NIV 2009-09-02T16:55:00-05:00 Rebellion is compared to the sin of witchcraft. Both involve defying one's rightful ruler and giving our devotion to other powers, be they physical or spiritual. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Stubborn-Heifers-5606 2008-07-21T11:58:06-05:00 A farmer has to put cumbersome yokes and sometimes painful constraints on a stubborn one. And that may explain why life has been so difficult for you, why there's been so much grief. It's unnecessary grief - grief because you simply will not do it God's way. You insist on your way - your outcome - your timetable. In certain areas of your life or your personality, you just have your mind made up how it's going to be and you're determined that not even God is going to make you change or move.