In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. – Proverbs 14:23 If you are willing to labour in the field of your ideas, you will extract a profit. That’s a principle revealed in this Proverb. In fact, if you are willing to labour in the field of …
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Listening to “You”
And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, – Nehemiah 7:5 The entity called “you” probably doesn’t have …
Preparation thoughts from Ezra
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. – Ezra 7:10 Preparation time is never wasted time. And as well as guarding your heart (Proverbs 4:23), you need to be preparing your heart (mind+will+emotions). Ezra started by preparing …
Good Friday Mythmatics
Then Jesus made it clear to his disciples that it was now necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, submit to an ordeal of suffering at the hands of the religious leaders, be killed, and then on the third day be raised up alive. Matthew 16:21 (MSG) Jesus did not die on “Good Friday”. He …
Tilling your land
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. – Proverbs 12:11 When you’re hungry, the temptation can be to follow a trend or a person that promises to solve your problem. But instead of following something, you need to follow through on something…which …
Speak softly
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. – Proverbs 15:1 Feathers. Cotton. Silk. Soft materials woven into beautiful garments. Softness isn’t a sign of weakness. And in the face of great wrath, it’s your greatest strength.
Don’t forget the Covenant
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. – Proverbs 2:17 First, you need to know that you have a Covenant with God. A new Covenant, through the death and resurrection of Jesus. This may sound as foreign to some as words like Ethereum, shorting the stock, black swan, …
What you need right now
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. – Proverbs 1:4 When your circumstances are uncertain, and your normal has been obliterated, what you need is subtilty, knowledge and discretion. Subtilty – shrewdness, craftiness and prudence. Knowledge – knowledge, perception, cunning, skill, discernment and understanding. Discretion – discretion, purpose, sagacity, …
Worth leaving home for
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. – 2 Chronicles 9:6 If you only had one day a month to leave your house and …
Happiness is…
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. – 2 Chronicles 9:7 …standing continually in the presence of a great King, and continually hearing His wisdom. That’s what you have when you get born again. One greater than Solomon is in your midst. (Matthew …