Proverb 1: 1 To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding, To receive instruction in wise behavior, righteousness, justice and equity; To give prudence to the naïve, to the youth knowledge and discretion. Above are four objectives. These outline the reasons Solomon gave us the Proverbs. I had a friend one time, […]
Psalm 89: 34 My covenant I will not violate, nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. The most important message in the whole Bible is that God loves you. That is the height of God’s missive to you. Today’s message is important too though. We need to grasp that God is not a […]
Luke 2: 41 – 49 God’s Word translation Every year Jesus’ parents would go to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. When he was 12 years old, they went as usual. When the festival was over, they left for home. The boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents didn’t know […]
Proverb 1: 7, 22 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. How long, O naïve ones, will you love simplicity? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing. And fools hate knowledge. Proverb 9: 10 reads, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge […]
Psalm 18: 28 For Thou dost light my lamp; the Lord my God illumines my darkness. It is nice to know that the Lord is your light in dark times. No matter how tumultuous the situation nor how bleak the horizon, God is your ever present light shedding illumination on your path. You do not […]
Psalm 105: 4 Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually. If you need strength today, it is in the Lord. You do not even have to seek strength just seek Him. All of the wisdom and knowledge you need are in Him also, so when you seek Him you gain all of […]
Proverb 8: 8 All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing crooked or perverted in them. King David wrote in Psalm 17: 3 that he purposed that his mouth would not transgress. That is a noble goal. Maybe setting that goal was enough for David to be able to accomplish it. […]