Pride and Humility

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. Proverbs 27:1-2   Who would not want to be self-confident? Self-confidence can be inspiring. These people...

The Confusion of Our Ways

There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, and the end of joy may be grief. Proverbs 14:12 Someone once asked me, “If I do something when I don’t really feel like that is what I want to do, am...

The Fear Of The Lord

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7 Fear is not a comfortable term for us. We instinctively think of it as a negative term. The idea is to be afraid; to have an emotional dread of...

He Satisfies The Soul

Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in; hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them – Psalm 107:5 For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things – Psalm 107:9 People can look impressive...

Working Out Our Salvation

So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.  Do all things...

The Sacrifices God Always Accepts

For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise – Psalm 51:16-17 And as Jesus reclined at table in the...