Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. – Proverbs 17:1 …it’s how much you keep, and how much peace you keep with it. Peace of mind is grossly underrated.
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Devising and directing
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. – Proverbs 16:9 You devise the plan…and God will direct your steps. You get to dream and imagine the WHAT, and God will direct you regarding the HOW. It’s a perfect partnership. But God needs you to get dreaming so he can start …
Strengthen your hands
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. – Nehemiah 6:9 One of the reasons you need to guard your heart (Proverbs 4:23) is so that you can protect your hands. Your hands represent the strength …
Extracting the profit
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 …
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, …