Location and TimesProverbs 11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: And the hope of unjust men perisheth. For those missionaries working in a Catholic country I have found this verse to be of Read more […]
Archives for October 2014
Saying what is acceptable
Proverbs 10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: But the froward tongue shall be cut out. We need to know what is acceptable to say when we serve God as pastors, missionaries or soul Read more […]
Tell the truth
Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, And he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. Don’t be a fool! Open rebuke is better than secret love. Let your mouth say what is in your Read more […]
Sunday in Review: October 26, 2014
I never tire of going to church and worshipping our great God with the wonderful people He has sent to Vision Baptist Church! pastor preached two fantastic messages. In the Sunday morning Read more […]
men will fail you
Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: But love covereth all sins. As a missionary you will be called on to train men. They will fail you and you will be hurt. How you deal with their failures Read more […]
How are you using your mouth?
Proverbs 10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. What is your mouth? Is it a well of life? There is great power in the tongue. Read more […]
Let’s do something
Proverbs 4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. How I wish that we could challenge God’s people to not sleep until Read more […]
Not until
Psalm 132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, An habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. David said that he would not go to his house, nor to his bed, nor sleep until he had found a place Read more […]
Power for His name
Psalm 111:6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works, That he may give them the heritage of the heathen. Maybe the reason we do not have His power to the extent we wish is that we do not Read more […]
Whose pleasure?
Psalm 103:21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. Whose pleasure do you do with your life? Some say to each his own but God wants you to do his pleasure. Read more […]
Don’t turn aside
Psalm 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. What a holy hatred! He hated those the work of those that turn aside. Read more […]
Getting concerned for the world!
Psalm 98:2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath made known His salvation–He openly shewed his righteousness in Read more […]
So many have had no chance
Psalm 81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; And Israel would none of me. God’s people will have none of Him and yet there are people all over the world that have never had the opportunity Read more […]
How do you spend your days
Psalm 78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in trouble. How are your days being consumed? As I get older I know that I do not want to waste the life that God has Read more […]
That I may declare His works
Psalm 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all thy works. As the psalmist gets close to God he declares all God’s work. Read more […]
Parent Corner
The Roman’s “positive” is the way to live. – October 12, 2014 Romans chapters 1, 2 and the first part of 3 teach that the wicked man, the moral man and the man that ignores the truth of the Read more […]
Get the Word to the World
Psalm 68:11 The Lord gave the word: Great was the company of those that published it. Just how great is the company of those that publish His word. We must work to increase the size of the company Read more […]
What a promise
Psalm 66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, And shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. What a promise the psalmist makes to God through inspiration of the Holy Spirit. All the Read more […]
He hears
Psalm 65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, Unto thee shall all flesh come. Everybody everywhere is looking for a “god” that actually hears prayers. Our God, the one true God does indeed hear and Read more […]
A secret counsel
Psalm 64:2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; From the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: What would happen if the righteous were to have a secret counsel? In the Read more […]
Giving
Psalm 39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. Like the old country preacher said: “Be a doing Read more […]
A great promise
Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. All the ends of the earth shall remember and that is a Read more […]
Dodge Hunger Update
This morning the Students of Vision spent several hours at the North Georgia Food Bank sorting cans, making food boxes, laughing, and most importantly glorifying our God! Early Read more […]
What are you talking about?
Psalm 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: With flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. What does our conversation consist of? Do we speak vanity with our neighbors? Read more […]
Old Testament Great Commission
Psalm 9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings. What people did He want them to declare His doings among? I believe that even back in the Old Read more […]
Tell the world
Psalm 8:9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Adam Clark says the following in his commentary on this verse: The name of JESUS is celebrated in almost every part Read more […]
How excellent is thy name
Psalm 8:1 O LORD our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth! Who hast set thy glory above the heavens. Is His name Excellent in all the Earth? What have we done to make it excellent Read more […]
Further
Ezra 8:36 And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. Some commissions Read more […]
Not freed from your responsibility
Ezra 1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Read more […]
Given a position
Ezra 1:2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Cyrus Read more […]
Not be negligent
II Chronicles 29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense. This word to the men Read more […]
Not a big thing to give back what He has given you
I Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. All that Read more […]
Am I serving with all my might?
1 Chronicles 29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron Read more […]
David’s promise to Solomon
I Chronicles 28:20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor Read more […]