Habakkuk 2: 4 Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but the righteous will live by his faith. Yesterday Habakkuk taught us that God does not want us to rely on our own strength, but rather to trust in His. We talked about partnering with the Holy Spirit, allowing […]
Proverb 13: 10 NIV Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice. Among the unpopular topics of the day, this must be one. We have become a proud, arrogant people who value our own opinions above all others and rarely will lower ourselves to […]
Ezekiel 16: 49 CEB This is the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were proud, had plenty to eat, and enjoyed peace and prosperity; but she didn’t help the poor and the needy. You know what happened to Sodom, don’t you? The city was obliterated from the […]
Habakkuk 2: 4 Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but the righteous will live by his faith. There are quite a few observations we can receive from the prophet Habakkuk. One of the first is that the proud person and the righteous person are not one in the […]
Hebrews 13: 7 Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. On two occasions the Apostle Paul encouraged people to imitate him. The first occurrence is in 1 Corinthians 4: 16 where he wrote, “I exhort you therefore, be imitators […]
Proverb 22: 4 The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, honor and life. A funny thing happened on the way to the . . . . You’ve heard that old joke but it happened to me today on my way to another verse. This 22nd proverb just jumped out and […]
