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Scripture  Praise the Lord! For all who fear God and trust in him are blessed beyond expression.  ~Psalm 112:1, TLB Quote Men misinterpret God’s goodness as if He were condoning our sin. He is not pleased with our sin and His goodness is to lead us to repentance. ~H.A. Ironside I usually get my blogs…

Scripture Our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! ~2 Corinthians 4:16-17 Quote Tribulation {Suffering} is the divinely appointed flail that separates the chaff from the wheat. ~H. A. Ironside Lord willing I will be in Romans 5…

Scripture “Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. ~Matthew 10:34, CSB Quote Be careful about jumping to conclusions: you may land on a lie. ~Unknown Source {don’t remember} There are some lesson that we humans have to learn over and over and…

Scripture The Lord God has spoken to me, and I have listened; I do not rebel nor turn away. ~Isaiah 50:5, TLB Quote “Only the one who listens well is worth listening to.” ~Timothy Keller Jesus was a perfect listener. His ear was tuned to the Father and thus Jesus spoke truth to us. Even…

Scripture I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.  ~Psalm 89:23, TLB Quote “Prayer is an opening of a channel from God’s fullness to our emptiness.” ~Mrs. Charles E. Cowman Psalm 89 is a royal song about David. This Psalm contains a vision by the prophet Nathan and I…

Scripture A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool. ~Proverbs 17:10, NLT Quote “Fools never learn.” ~Anonymous According to Timothy Keller, there are degrees of teachability. The discerning is on the high end of the spectrum and the fool is on the lower…

Scripture Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to others. ~Proverbs 12:15, NLT Quote No one is objective and we can start with the modern person’s prejudice against anything that is not modern. ~Timothy Keller Someone has said, “The only thing we learn from history is that we don’t learn from…

Scripture A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence. ~Proverbs 11:13, NLT Quote Because the human heart is driven by self-justification, gossip is almost irresistible. ~Timothy Keller Keller has been on gossip for a week and to be honest with you, I did not want to blog on…

Scripture God is not a man, that he should lie; He doesn’t change his mind like humans do. Has He ever promised, without doing what he said? ~Numbers 23:19, TLB Quote “I am a pencil in the hand of God.” ~Mother Teresa The Greek word for preach is ka-rü’s-so which means to herald, to officiate…

Scripture “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” ~Isaiah 29:13, NIV Quote God is not moved by the quality of our voice but the sincerity of our heart. ~Chris Tomlin It is easy to allow worship to become a mere habit. We go through a…