1 CORINTHIANS 15:33 – Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” PSALM 119:63 – I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts. THEME OF THE DAY. WHO ARE YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS? Before we get far into today’s nugget, let us do some work of observation and comparisons in today’s scriptures. First, what is…
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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.
PSALM 92:1-2 – It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night. THEME OF THE DAY. STARTING AND ENDING OUR DAYS RIGHT. How do we start our days? Are we the type of individuals waking up, hitting the snooze button…
MATTHEW 9:35-38 – And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but…
1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-8a – If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give…
PSALM 89:26 – He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation. THEME OF THE DAY. PRAYER: THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE. We may measure the quality, even the depth of our relationship with the Lord Jesus by our prayer lives. Of all the disciplines in the Christian life – reading the Bible, serving God’s…
PSALM 81:8-14 – Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god. I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.…