“My son, be attentive to my wisdom;incline your ear to my understanding,that you may keep discretion,and your lips may guard knowledge.For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey,and her speech is smoother than oil,but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,sharp as a two-edged sword.Her feet go down to death;her steps follow the … Continue reading The Lips of a Forbidden Woman
According to Your Word, O Lord
Mary was a young woman, a virgin, who feared the Lord God and who worshipped him with her whole heart. And one day she was visited by an angel of God who came to her with a message from God. He told her not to be afraid, for she had found favor with God. And … Continue reading According to Your Word, O Lord
Turn Your Feet Away from Evil
“Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;guard her, for she is your life.Do not enter the path of the wicked,and do not walk in the way of the evil.Avoid it; do not go on it;turn away from it and pass on.For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;they are robbed of sleep unless … Continue reading Turn Your Feet Away from Evil
Not Leaning on Our Own Understanding
Proverbs 3:1-8 ESV “My son, do not forget my teaching,but let your heart keep my commandments,for length of days and years of lifeand peace they will add to you.Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you;bind them around your neck;write them on the tablet of your heart.So you will find favor and good successin the … Continue reading Not Leaning on Our Own Understanding
What Real Faith Looks Like
Proverbs 2:1-15 ESV “My son, if you receive my wordsand treasure up my commandments with you,2 making your ear attentive to wisdomand inclining your heart to understanding;3 yes, if you call out for insightand raise your voice for understanding,4 if you seek it like silverand search for it as for hidden treasures,5 then you will … Continue reading What Real Faith Looks Like
Fools Despise Wisdom and Instruction
Proverbs 1 (select verses) 7”The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;fools despise wisdom and instruction.”10 “My son, if sinners entice you,do not consent.”15 “My son, do not walk in the way with them;hold back your foot from their paths,16 for their feet run to evil,and they make haste to shed blood.” This … Continue reading Fools Despise Wisdom and Instruction
He Trains our Hands for Battle
“Blessed be the Lord, my rock,who trains my hands for war,and my fingers for battle;he is my steadfast love and my fortress,my stronghold and my deliverer,my shield and he in whom I take refuge,who subdues peoples under me.” (Psalms 144:1-2 ESV) I used to believe that humans had power over me that God could do … Continue reading He Trains our Hands for Battle
While I Pass by Safely
“Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me!Give ear to my voice when I call to you!Let my prayer be counted as incense before you,and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;keep watch over the door of my lips!Do not let my heart incline to … Continue reading While I Pass by Safely
They Plan to Trip Us Up
“Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men;preserve me from violent men,who plan evil things in their heartand stir up wars continually.They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's,and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah “Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;preserve me from violent men,who have planned to trip … Continue reading They Plan to Trip Us Up
The Days that Were Formed for Us
“For you formed my inward parts;you knitted me together in my mother's womb.I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.Wonderful are your works;my soul knows it very well.My frame was not hidden from you,when I was being made in secret,intricately woven in the depths of the earth.Your eyes saw my unformed substance;in your … Continue reading The Days that Were Formed for Us
Run With It 