Archives for March 2018

Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: But a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. God used King Solomon to share proverbs that could change our lives. He saw that children that are undisciplined embarrass their mothers. What might be cute when they are small will embarrass you when they grow […]

Proverbs 23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: For they are deceitful meat. Money and power draw people to you. That doesn’t mean that […]

Proverbs 19:6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. Everybody wants help from the great prince. The prince has access to power. The prince has money. The prince is famous. He can change your life. So people seek out the prince. They do […]

Proverbs 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. If we learn to control our mouth, it will greatly improve our life. If you open your mouth and say all that you think you are only asking to get hurt. This lesson applies to […]

Proverbs 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck. Godly parents are one of the greatest blessings any person could desire. Parents that will teach you the truth are […]

Psalm 147:11The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his mercy. God is pleased with those that realize that their money, their friends, their connections, science, and nothing else can help them like He can. He wants you to believe Him. God wants us to trust Him. He wants […]

Psalm 127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; So are children of the youth. Being a parent is one of the greatest blessings that God has ever given any of us. We get to raise up and train children that He has given us. They are not ours to keep but […]

Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And a light unto my path. The Word of God gives us direction. The Bible shows us how to live. There are so many decisions to be made. Who to marry? How to have a happy home? How to raise my children? How to live […]

Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in man. When things go wrong our first inclination is usually to look for someone to help us. We think of friends, people with money and power, doctors, lawyers, etc. The psalmist said that the Lord was the best to trust. […]

Psalm 109:21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: Because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. The psalmist asks God to do things for Him. He is unashamed to ask God to work on His behalf. He knows that the reason God would do something is because of […]

Psalm 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; And his truth endureth to all generations. We worship Him with thanksgiving. We are grateful for the opportunity to worship Him. We praise […]

Psalm 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. God is just so full of love. He feels for you. He hurts when you hurt. He is full of goodness. He is friendly. He is courteous. He is good. He is very patient […]

Psalm 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: For he it is that shall tread down our enemies. Victory in Jesus is one of our theme songs. We have victory through what He did on the cross. We win through Him. He is the One that defeated sin, Satan, and hell. It is through the […]

Psalm 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. There is no doubt that there will be times when we are afraid. Getting scared is a given. It will happen. What we do when we are so scared is what matters. We need to make a decision. We will trust in the […]

Psalm 39:4 LORD, Make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; That I may know how frail I am. God help us to know that we are weak and in desperate need of you. Our human bodies are fragile. We have a very definite limited lifespan. We get […]

Psalm 37: 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: But the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. We are not wicked if we have been born again. In this verse, you see what we do that have been saved. We pay our bills. We do not borrow and not pay it back. We are givers […]

Psalm 18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies. When the psalmist was in trouble, he knew to call upon the God of heaven. He knew that God exists. He knew that God did hear and answer prayer. He knew that God […]

Psalm 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; But he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. Believers should despise a vile person. We should have no respect for them. This is a person who has rejected God. They know the truth and reject […]

Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Job had been in captivity. He had been suffering at the hands of Satan in a contest of wills between God and the devil. Job had lost […]

Job 34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. There is no place to hide our sin. There are no deep dark corners of the world where we can hide. Sin has horrible consequences. Sin lies to us making us think that we can get away […]

Job 31:29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him: Job had not been glad to see his enemies suffer. He had not hoped to see God get even with those that hurt him. That is a tremendous truth. Many people have others that […]

Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, And that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: In the middle of all the storms and troubles Job still knows that his Redeemer lives. He knows that somehow God will win in all these problems. This faith and hope in the middle […]

Job 17:15 And where is now my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it? Job is suffering horribly from all that is going wrong in his life. His children are dead. His financial losses are astronomical. His friends are tormenting him about how it is all his fault. He feels like there is […]

Job 8:6 If thou wert pure and upright; Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 7 Though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end should greatly increase. The first thing that impresses me here is the way God will make this hurtful comment come true. If […]

Job 4:8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow wickedness, reap the same. It has been pretty evident throughout history that you reap what you sow. If you plow twisted sin, and plant wickedness you will receive the same. You get back what you dish out. What goes around comes back […]

Esther 6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. The king couldn’t sleep. Unable to sleep he called for one of his men to read to him out of the books that recorded each day’s […]

Nehemiah 13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. Solomon was the wisest of men, yet he sinned because […]

Nehemiah 7:5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, I love realizing that God was working in […]

Nehemiah 2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, Nehemiah couldn’t hide the anguish he felt. He was hurting because of the condition of his home city of Jerusalem. The walls were […]

Ezra 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. God had heard and answered their prayer. They […]

Ezra 1:4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. This passage of the Bible illustrates the concept of Goers and Senders. […]