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 …
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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 …
Look ahead
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. – Proverbs 27:2 Where is this thing going? If I stay on this trajectory, where am I likely to end up? What’s the real game being played around me? If X is true and Y is true, what …
Lions in the street
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. – Proverbs 26:13 Of course there’s a lion in the street. Probably more than one. And the reason they’re there is to scare away those who can’t be bothered to kill them. You’ve got what it takes to …
Are you in the dark, or are you in the darkroom?
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. – Genesis 1:2 The Hebrew word for darkness is the same word for obscurity. Chôsek. “Darkness, obscurity and secret place”. Right from the beginning, God shows …
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Don’t be casual about it
But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. – Deuteronomy 4:4 Cleave. Cling to. Stick to. Adhere strongly to. Remain true to. Be faithful to. Become very strongly involved with or emotionally attached to (someone). That’s the posture you need to have towards your relationship …
Fight for it
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. – 1 Timothy 6:12 When Israel crossed over the river Jordan into the Promised Land, they entered into a new experience of warfare. God had fought for them to bring …