REVELATION 21:1–5 – Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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Proverbs 1:2-7 – To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth —
Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
When something is common, tolerated, and not dealt with for what it is, it simply becomes an acceptable “flaw” and chalked up as just being human. That is very dangerous.
We are going to go someplace. We are going to make a decision where to run when we encounter the inevitable drowning circumstances in life.
Here is a quick one question Bible quiz. Of the Ten Commandments which one stands out and leads to a breaking of all the other nine? Which one is the door, that if disobeyed and allowed, opens us to all other kinds of sin?
Today’s scripture is one of those places we feel like taking our shoes off; for this is holy ground. It is a sacred time and place. It is one causing us to pause and reflect.
PSALM 31:9-10 – Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also. For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.” Go back up to the scripture and identify the types and levels…