Habakkuk 1:3-4 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. Lawless Rules…

Proverbs 17:20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say There is a saying many have heard, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”  That is definitely true.  However, there…

Revelation 1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. No Time to Mess Around It is no time to be messing around as Christians.  The time is at hand for us to read the…

Proverbs 1:24-25 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: Listening For God’s Calling There are many who refuse to listen to God.  They have the Word of God placed before…

1 Peter 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; Arming Yourselves When you arm yourself with a weapon, you are providing protection against unexpected events.  Jack Wood used to preach a…

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. To live by faith, or walk by faith, is to have the life regulated by a habitual prevailing regard to those doctrines and invisible realities which are revealed to us in Scripture. A person may be said to…

James 3:16-18 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them…

Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen. Psalms 78:70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: Deuteronomy 7:7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:…

Ezekiel 13:10. Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter: Untempered Mortar Untempered mortar looks good on the outside but has no strength on the inside.  The prophets in Ezekiel’s time told the people…

Daniel 1:8. But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Daniel Took a Stand Against Wrong Sometimes we need to take a…

Hebrews 12:1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Running With Patience Running the Christian race with patience is not…

Psalms 24:3-4. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. The Presence of the Lord The hill of the Lord could symbolically be representative of…

Hebrews 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? The blessed man is he who is under education in God’s school, where he endures chastisement, and by chastisement is instructed. – Richard Cecil – Words Old and New  Learning the Hard…

Lamentations 5:21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. We Need to Turn Around We need to turn around.  Jeremiah realized that we need the Lord’s help in order to repent.  Turning to God is not something that is natural for man.  This is…