Proverbs 13:10. Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. Pride Drives To Do Stupid Things There are many situations that cross our path in life.  How we deal with those situations shows our true character.  Pride can drive us to do some pretty stupid things at times.  We are trying…

Revelation 3:19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. True Love Involves Rebuke and Chastisement We often think of love as something that should never hurt us.  However, the Lord made it clear that true love will, at times, involve rebuke and chastisement.  The Lord wants us to…

Romans 14:19. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. Romans 15:1-2. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. Finding Problems…

1 Corinthians 2:14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. DISCERNMENT, n. The act of discerning; also, the power or faculty of the mind, by which it distinguishes one thing from another, as…

Ezra 4:15. That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which…

Proverbs 24:16. For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. A Saint – A Desire to Right The big difference between the saint and the sinner is a desire to do right.  When the saint falls down, he does not want to be laying around…

John 2:23-25. Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was…

Psalms 31:15. My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. Trusting the Hand of God Our life is in the Lord’s hand.  He controls the day-to-day happenings that cross our paths.  David said that his times were in the Lord’s hand.  The hand…

Luke 15:31-32. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. A Little Pharisee in All of Us The…

Luke 10:41-42. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. One Thing That is Needful As Christians, it can be easy to let the world and…

1 Samuel 8:1-3. And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took…

Luke 4:4 …It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Luke 4:8 …it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:12 …It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Defense Against the Devil Our…

Proverbs 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. Landmarks of Family Estates A landmark or boundary marker lets us know something about the limits or edges of a piece of property.  Many times, in large family estates, it is possible that the boundary markers may go back many generations.  The land or estate…

Deuteronomy 1:26. Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God: Deuteronomy 1:43. So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill. Rebellion and Feigned Repentance Moses is retelling the story about…