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.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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.
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…
Consistency, faithfulness, steadfastness, stable, constant . . . these are words all Christians desire would describe their walks with the Lord.
GALATIANS 6:9 – And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Let’s make a distinction before we move on. Today’s nugget theme is not “Why Be Afraid of God?” but “Why Fear God?” The former should be alive and well to those outside of Jesus Christ and His…