Bourbon Street and Beyond

Scripture My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.  Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. ~Proverbs 7:1-2, NIV Quote Do not bite the bait of pleasure until you know there is no hook beneath it. ~Thomas Jefferson Young people have a lot to deal with…

Guard The Heart

Scripture Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. ~Proverbs 4:23, NLT Quote Learn from the mistakes of others: you don’t have time to make them all yourself. ~Anonymous The heart is not primarily the symbol of emotion, though emotion is not excluded, but of thought, of the mind…

The Motto of Proverbs

Scripture Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.  ~Proverbs 1:7, NLT Quote “I never learned anything while I was talking” ~Bob Brechtel or Lou Holtz The AV translated verse 7 like this…The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and…

The Plan

Scripture The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations and thwarts all their schemes.  But the LORD ’s plans stand firm forever; his intentions can never be shaken. ~Psalm 33:10-11, NLT Quote You can make your plans but the LORD’s purpose will prevail. ~Solomon Psalm 33 is an anonymous hymn of praise which the Jews used…

Pride

Scripture When I was prosperous, I said, “Nothing can stop me now!”  ~Psalms 30:6 Quote One reason God permits trials is that we might not get comfortable in our faith and stop growing. ~Warren W. Wiersbe This is a Psalm of David but we don’t know exactly when it was written. What we do know…

The Curse

Scripture So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. ~Genesis 3:23, NLT Quote The consequences of sin are always greater than assumed. ~Ya’akov Adam and Eve got evicted from Eden; they were literally put out. Not only did…