And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. – 1 Kings 8:19 God looks at the heart. He doesn’t also look at the heart. No. God looks at the heart. Where man looks …
Monthly Archives: March 2020
Righteousness is a noun
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. – 2 Corinthians 5:21 Righteousness is a noun.Like dog, cat, biscuit and American.A naming word…an identifier.You are righteous. That’s your identity. Righteousness used to be an adjective; a describing word.Fast, slow, big, …
Things to give up (before you give up)
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. – Proverbs 9:6 Greed. Self-centredness. Laziness. Hastiness. Back-biting. Self-seeking. The need to be accepted by others. Worrying about what others think. Seeking to be served instead of to serve. Stinginess. Bitterness. Ingratitude. Complaining. Seeking credit and dishing out blame. Waking up late. Going …
Apple of your eye
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. – Proverbs 7:2 The “apple of your eye” is someone or something that you cherish above all others. The “apple of your eye” also refers to your pupil…the black hole in the centre of the iris that allows light into the …
The next 90 days
And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. – 2 Samuel 6:12 What change …
Don’t forget the Covenant
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. – Proverbs 2:17 It’s not enough to have a Covenant. You have to continuously remember that you have a Covenant. Because when you remember – actively call to mind and continually rehearse – the Covenant between you and God, then you …
Searching for lost donkeys
To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto …