Proverbs 13 (New Living Translation) Proverbs 13 1 A wise child accepts a parent’s discipline;[a] a mocker refuses to listen to correction. 2 Wise words will win you a good meal, but treacherous people have an appetite for violence. 3 Those who
Read more…Psalm 12 (New Living Translation) Psalm 12 For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[a] 1 Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth! 2 Neighbors
Read more…Proverbs 1:3 (New International Version) 3 for receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair Proverbs 10:5 (New International Version) 5 He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during ha
Read more…Proverbs 6:6-8 (New International Version)
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest
Proverbs 21:5 (New Internat
Matthew 4 (New International Version) Matthew 4 Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness 1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came
Read more…Proverbs 18 (New Living Translation) Proverbs 18 1 Unfriendly people care only about themselves; they lash out at common sense. 2 Fools have no interest in understanding; they only want to air their own opinions. 3 Doing wrong leads to disgrace
Read more…Luke 6 (New Living Translation) Luke 6 A Discussion about the Sabbath 1 One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples broke off heads of grain, rubbed off the husks in their hands, and ate the grain. 2 But some Phar
Read more…Proverbs 16 (New Living Translation) Proverbs 16 1 We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer. 2 People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives. 3 Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans wi
Read more…May 13, 2011 Unexpected Treasure Amy Carroll "But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us." 2 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV) Devotion: "Where is that goat?" the young Bedouin shepherd mutter
Read more…Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (1 John 4:7) The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us. (Rom. 5:5) Ye have not received the s
Read more…Bill Yount:
"Angelic Beachcombers" Storming the Beaches of the Nations
They appeared to be angelic beings with metal detectors searching for treasure on the beaches of the earth. What seemed to be washed up upon the shores of life through storms and
Ecclesiastes 12 (New Living Translation) Ecclesiastes 12 1 Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.” 2 Remember him before the light of
Read more…Today’s Truth She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls. She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy (Proverbs
Read more…May 12 The Comfortable Church Matthew 28:16-20 I think it’s fairly evident that the society we live in is very self-centered, and this same characteristic can be present in a church. Whenever a local body of believers develops an inward focus, its
Read more…May 12, 2011 Mary Southerland Today’s Truth When she speaks, her words are wise, and kindness is the rule for everything she says (Proverbs 31:26, TLB). Friend to Friend Family is important to God. He created it before He created the church and
Read more…Genesis 12 (New Living Translation) Genesis 12 The Call of Abram 1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation. I
Read more…May 11, 2011 Off-Season Training Glynnis Whitwer "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3
Read more…Then Daniel praised the God of heaven 20 and said: “Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. 21 He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the di
Read more…Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication 12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13 Now he had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,[a] a
Read more…David’s Prayer of Thanks 16 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and prayed, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 17 And now, O God, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your serv
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