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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.

The Danger In Making Assumptions

GENESIS 50:14-21 – After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father. When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” So they…

Human Beings Not Human Doings

PSALM 69:20 – Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. THEME OF THE DAY. HUMAN BEINGS NOT HUMAN DOINGS. My wife walked to my desk and said, “Please read this.” It was a Facebook post from someone we did not know. It was…

Life’s Ultimate Purpose

PSALM 27:8 – You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, LORD, do I seek.” THEME OF THE DAY. LIFE’S ULTIMATE PURPOSE. Here is a simple question. It is one which at one point or another in a person’s life will likely be asked. It may come at various times. During seasons of grief, loss, or some…

Forgiving Like Christ

MATTHEW 18:21-22 – Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. THEME OF THE DAY. FORGIVING LIKE CHRIST. I think it is a huge problem in many relationships. Whether…

Really Think Them Through

MATTHEW 16:24-27 – Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his…

Digging Deep Into God’s Word

2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. THEME OF THE DAY. DIGGING DEEP…