Proverbs 2:6 – For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,Proverbs 18:15 – An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Romans 12:2 – Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
MATTHEW 21:22 – And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” In today’s scripture, Jesus gives us one of the most staggering, encouraging, and challenging privileges in the Christian life; prayer, but more importantly, believing prayer. Let’s look at believing prayer along the three words found in the previous sentence – staggering, encouraging, and challenging. First…
ROMANS 11:36 – For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.” I love the way Paul David Tripp describes the sin of selfishness. He calls it “our DNA” and he is right. We were born in sin, and as believers we will daily, even constantly, fight against the sin of selfishness. And…
MARK 11:15-17 – And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. And he was teaching them and…
REVELATION 3:14-22 – “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation. “ ‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of…
2 CORINTHIANS 11:3 – But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” We live in the age of distractions. They come at us from all angles and I don’t need to list them. We have many in common from our roles in…
MARK 4:35-41 – On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was…