Proverbs 14:2 “Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly, but those who despise Him are devious in their ways.” Luke 6:45 “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is…
Continue ReadingProverbs 11:2 “When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.” James 4:6 “But He gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” Job 20:6-7 “Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds, he will perish forever, like…
Continue ReadingJude 1:21 – “keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.” Clearly Jude is revealing that we have responsibility. We are not to only sit back and wait for God to pour into us. We are to actively pursue God and God will…
Continue ReadingJude 11 – Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion. “The way of Cain.” 1 John 3:12 “Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and…
Continue ReadingJude 9-10 – But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them. “But even the archangel Michael, when…
Continue ReadingEzekiel 3:18 “When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.” James 1:14-15 “but each person…
Continue ReadingHow highly do we regard God? It shows in how we live and how we speak. Our regard for God is revealed by what we believe and by what we think. If we consider God so far above us that He and His ways are beyond our complete understanding, then that is only the beginning…
Continue ReadingJohn 10:1-5 – Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his…
Continue ReadingProverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and He will make your paths straight. Family and friends, we must submit to God! We must abandon all that we think we know of eternal matters and cast it aside to carry on without the burden…
Continue ReadingProverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and He will make your paths straight. Family and friends, we must submit to God! We must abandon all that we think we know of eternal matters and cast it aside to carry on without the burden…
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