Archives for August 2017

Psalm 49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: Yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. Men live for their honor. They think that they can make something of themselves. They strive to enjoy life that is worth something and that […]

Psalm 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. I think that too often we do not think of God being where pleasure is found. The devil has made us think that God hates pleasure and robs us of […]

Psalm 37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. People who do not love God can enjoy only temporary success. They can claw their way to […]

Psalm 25:11 For thy name’s sake, O LORD, Pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. God is so good to us because He is good. It is not about us but about Him. It is His character. The psalmist knew that when asking for forgiveness it wouldn’t be deserved but would fit with the character […]

Psalm 13:6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. All of us can say the same thing if we are born again. He saved us. He has heard and answered our prayers. He deserves our love and loyalty. We should be praising Him. To do so, praise Him, we […]

Job 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, And he seeth all his goings. We can’t hide from God. He sees us and knows us. There is nothing hidden from him. He knows my rebellion. He knows me so I should just be honest with Him. I can come clean and admit […]

Job 31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: Job said that he had confessed his sin and been honest before God. He didn’t try to hide and not confess. He didn’t try to cover his own failure but had gone to God for help. I think there […]

Job 19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. Job is tired of his “so called” friends trying to correct him. Maybe if they had corrected him once or twice it would have been ok but they had corrected him 10 times. He said […]

Job 9:20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: If I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. There is no way for me to fix myself. If I try to say that I am right and good then my mouth will prove otherwise. If I were to say […]

Job 7:17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? And that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? God is so good to even consider us. God, who created it all, who is above all, who is eternal notices man. God thinks about us. God set His heart upon man. Can you believe that? […]

Esther 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I […]

Nehemiah 13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. Nehemiah was checking to make sure that the congregation was taking care of its spiritual workers like they should. They had been […]

James 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but […]

Nehemiah 6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. Don’t just accept that someone who says that they are talking for God is indeed doing so. Try the spirits. Don’t just accept what someone says. Investigate. Think […]

Nehemiah 4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. If we do not get rid of the trash, the rubbish, then we will find that we are unable to work. As we work and serve […]

Ezra 5:5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. It was the eye of their God on them that caused them to do the work […]

II Chronicles 34:27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. A tender heart and […]

II Chronicles 31:4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD. They gave to the priests and the Levites and this encouraged them in the Lord and in His law. As they ministered […]

II Chronicles 25:15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? Amazingly Amaziah thought that he could go to false gods, […]

II Chronicles 16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. There is nothing wrong with going to a doctor. The real problem isn’t the doctor but […]

II Chronicles 7:22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. They forsook God. God was the one […]

I Chronicles 29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, David loved God and so he […]

I Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. I think it is easy for us to ignore Satan but we do so at our peril. He is real. He has real power. He influenced David and caused Israel and David to suffer. Satan provoked David. He motivated him. […]

I Chronicles 16:25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the people are idols: But the LORD made the heavens. God is to be praised. He is to be feared. You are to know that He is […]

I Chronicles 12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. The children of Issachar were men that understood the times. They knew what Israel ought […]

I Chronicles 11:9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him. David was becoming stronger and stronger. His influence was spreading. People were realizing that he was a powerful king. From the outside or common appearance it might seem that David was accomplishing great things. The truth is that […]

II Kings 24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. Dad’s influence is amazing. Jehoiachin does wicked things because he was following the example his dad had given him. There are other verses in II Kings where men did good things […]

II Kings 12:15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. This is wild. The men that were working on the temple were completely faithful. They didn’t need to make them give accounts for the money. No need for receipts […]

II Kings 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women […]

II Kings 5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? It is amazing to me how we […]