1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake…

Romans 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. The Battle of the Flesh and Mind The battle of the flesh and mind is where the true Christian should live.  If that battle is not…

Psalms 8:3-4 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? The Heavens of Old The heavens of old have been around for 6000 years.  God used his fingers to make…

Mark 7:21-23 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. All These Evil Things The heart of man is pretty evil.  It is a wonder the Lord…

We should be overgrown with flesh, if we had not our seasonable winters. It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit, because there is no winter there.  John Bunyan – Seasonable Counsel, Or, Advice to Suffers 1 Peter 4:19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of…

1 Samuel 18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul. When People Are Afraid of a Spiritual Christian Sometimes people get upset around a spiritual Christian.  Saul was actually afraid of David just because the Lord was with him.  The people who get the most upset…

Luke 10:29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? Justifying Ourselves Justifying ourselves and being self-righteous does not work with God.  This Pharisee was trying to justify his actions in not helping his neighbor out.  If he could put certain people into the neighbor category and leave others out,…

1 Samuel 10:26-27 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. Getting Behind the Man of…

Luke 9:46-47 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, The Thought of the Heart The Lord knew the thoughts of the heart of his own disciples.  Surely he knows what we are truly…

Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. The Weigthier Matters The Pharisees had a problem with priorities…

1 Samuel 10:9  And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. God Gave Saul Another Heart Saul started out right as a king.  God gave him another heart.  Maybe his heart was not right…

And truly I think the more righteous any is in his own eyes before conversion, the more need he has of heart-breaking work, in order to his salvation; because a man is not by nature so easily convinced that his righteousness is to God abominable, as he is that his debauchery and profaneness is.  John Bunyan…

Ruth 2:12 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. The Wing of Trust Boaz wanted to make sure to comfort Ruth in her time of trouble.  He could tell from her countenance and attitude that she had…

Doth not Christ say, ‘The whole have no need of a physician’; that is, they see no need, but Christ will make them see their need before he ministers his sovereign grace unto them; and good reason, otherwise he will have but little thanks for his kindness. – John Bunyan – The Acceptable Sacrifice Luke…