In Spite of Us

Psalm 106:8 “Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake”   In a few verses before this it talks about how Israel did not remember how great and merciful the Lord had been towards them.  They continued in their disobedience.  But God was so...

Now What?

So you’re almost done the book of Proverbs.  What have you learned?  What has God taught you practically in your readings?  Take time to remember what you have learned.  Pull from the stores of God’s word that you having been saving.   Application:  Try something...

His Voice

Psalm 105:31 “He spoke, and there came…” The powerful voice of our Father.  A voice that brings things into existence, and takes things out of existence.  The voice that spoke the world into creation.  It is that voice that we should desire more of...

Two Cents

Proverbs 18:2 “A fool has no delight in understanding,  But in expressing his own heart.” Sometimes we fall into the thinking that we are our best lawyers.  But it is the “no one can defend me better than me” thinking that this verse calls...

Honey

   Proverbs 16:24   “Pleasant words are like honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.”    Words are so important because they allow people to really judge what kind of person you are by what you say.  James 3 describes the tongue as something that is...

Dinner

Proverbs 15:17 “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted calf with hatred.”           So what’s dinner like with your family at your house?  Maybe you don’t even have dinner with your family because everyone is so busy.  This verse is basically saying...

Pride

Proverbs 14           This proverb focuses on the ruin of pride, and being a fool.  Pride is so dangerous; it is also in all of us.  Selfishness, insecurity, disobedience- they are all pride in different forms.  Humility is the opposite of pride and a characteristic...

From the Dust

Psalm 103:14 “He remembers that we are dust.” Have you ever been afraid to go to God over an issue?  Maybe you felt like the world has already punished you, and God would just beat you down even more.  Or you feel like you are already in a hole- God would...

Reserves

Proverbs 10: 5 “He who gathers in the summer is a wise son; he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.”             What do you do when your refrigerator is empty (like it’s ever empty)?  You go to the cabinet right?  Some people even have a room, or...

Masquerade

Proverbs 9:18 “But he does not know that the dead are there”   Its illusions.  To walk off the path that Jesus designed for you before the foundation of the earth and find that it was all an illusion.  The people that looked like they were having fun.  The lights. ...