Knowledge needs to be tempered by the love of God
Knowledge needs to be tempered by the love of God. Don’t let knowledge lead to pride, big headed mess that leads to vanity, bold and rash actions.
Tag: Vanity
Today’s Thought: The lowest place
“Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?” When we take the lowest place and “seek not high things” we need have no fear of falling. Pride is the destroyer of men’s souls. We rise in the balloon of our own self-esteem, only to fall to… Read More Today’s Thought: The lowest place
Man does not live by bread alone
The triumph of Jesus points the way to victory in the lives of all those who follow him. We do not require the extreme rigours of the wilderness to tempt us to make stones into bread. Most men live by bread alone, and do not discover until too late that all is vanity and vexation… Read More Man does not live by bread alone
Today’s thought “Correct me, O Lord, but … not in your anger” (July 20)
Today’s thought “Correct me, O Lord, but … not in your anger” (July 20) Jeremiah 10 starts with a challenging message – just as appropriate for today as it was then. The nation had become totally godless – and we see many comparisons in the messages Jeremiah is caused to give them – with God’s… Read More Today’s thought “Correct me, O Lord, but … not in your anger” (July 20)
Today’s thought “That the world may know” (April 22)
Today’s thought “That the world may know” (April 22) What does the world “know”? One answer is – a great multitude of things! But nearly all of those things are of no lasting significance. We started reading Ecclesiastes today and Solomon is lamenting that all life is only “vanity” – meaning a ‘mist’ which has… Read More Today’s thought “That the world may know” (April 22)
Today’s thought “Is there “shalom” (peace) for Absalom?’” (August 01)
Today’s thought “Is there “shalom” (peace) for Absalom?’” (August 01) 2Sa 18:29: 29 And the king said, [a]Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, [b]even me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. (2 Samuel 18:29 ASV) Is the… Read More Today’s thought “Is there “shalom” (peace) for Absalom?’” (August 01)
Extra verses to memorize Deuteronomy 4:15-16 Watching yourselves very carefully
“15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire. 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,… Read More Extra verses to memorize Deuteronomy 4:15-16 Watching yourselves very carefully
Memorizing wonderfully 57 All men are liars and are vanity
Romans 3:4 4 Forbid it: Yea, let GOD be True, but every man a liar. AS it is written that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and might overcome when thou art judged. * To remember Ps 31:22 As for me, I said in my {1 } haste, I am cut off from before thine… Read More Memorizing wonderfully 57 All men are liars and are vanity
Memorizing wonderfully 55 Exchanging the truth of God for a lie
@@——-Romans 1:25_____ 25 Who changed THE TRUTH of GOD into a LIE, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. * To remember Isa 42:17 They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images,… Read More Memorizing wonderfully 55 Exchanging the truth of God for a lie
This was my reward
“This was my reward” (Thought by the bible readings of April 23) The wisest of kings, Solomon, reflects on what his life had really achieved. In reading Ecclesiastes, we perceive his remarkable insight into the meaning and purpose, from a human perspective, of all that we do and all that we possess in our lives.… Read More This was my reward
Continuing Paul’s Prayer Requests
Christ did not teach the apostles to give up to pray. Jesus disciples also assured their followers that they had to go to continue to speak to God . They could not give up to call on Him. Jesus taught them in a parable that they always ought to pray and that they should not… Read More Continuing Paul’s Prayer Requests
Fragments from the Book of Job #2: chapters 12-20
Etymologically the name Job could be related to the Hebrew word for “enemy,” with reference to either Job’s attitude to God or his response to suffering. The name might also be a contracted form of “Where is my father?” In Fragments from the Book of Job #1: chapters 1-12 we could find the blameless and upright… Read More Fragments from the Book of Job #2: chapters 12-20
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