Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked. Proverbs 13:6 Be blameless and righteousness will guard you. Be wicked (blameworthy), and your own sin will overthrow you. Safety and destruction hang in the balance. What malady in your life, family, company, church, community can be traced back to you? What’s in your heart […]
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Do you feel lifeless, like a corpse toppling down the steep hill of your to-do list? Sometimes I feel this way. Often I think a vacation, change of situation, or a cup of coffee is the answer. Ultimately, the answer is this: It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken
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Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all transgressions. Proverbs 10:12 Hatred sweeps a dusty porch and has an allergy fit. Love sprays it with water first. Does this analogy work?
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"… and you have forgotten Me," declares the Lord God. Ezekiel 22:12 Maybe all the tension I'm feeling right now is designed to remind me that God is God. He is the God of my life, my marriage, my family, and my church. His passion erupts in Ezekiel because His people have forgotten
He who walks in integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out. Proverbs 10:9 To walk in integrity is to be complete. In other words, to allow outside appearance to honestly represent inside reality. To pervert your ways is to twist others’ perception of you into something untrue.
The wise of heart will receive commands, But the foolish of lips will be ruined. -Proverbs 10:8 Wisdom is in hearts, foolishness in lips. Wisdom has much to learn, foolishness much to say. Wisdom is listening, contemplating and responding; foolishness is excess talking. Wisdom is reading; foolishness is excess writing… Touche Bible. Touche. Foolish of Fingertips, signing
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