Archive for March 2018
Proverbs 11:23 Desire and expectation_
The desire of the righteous is only good, the expectation of the lawless is wrath. Proverbs 11:23 (EB) Desire and expectation are both forward looking. They spring from hope in tomorrow. What’s around the corner? What will the day bring? My thoughts are constantly scanning the horizon. What will be happening this weekend? The coming…
Read MoreMy tutor, Mr. Need_
Need is uncomfortable yet its purpose is to speak to me and point me toward the supply. Am I listening?
Read MoreAsking, receiving, and living faith_
Faith is like a muscle; it gets stronger with exercise. The four-step program today: Knock, ask, seek, repeat.
Read MoreProverbs 11:22 Rings, pigs, and purpose_
As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout so is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. Proverbs 11:22 NASB To Israel, swine were unclean. The Israelites were not allowed to eat pork and pigs became a symbol of something that was detested, rejected, not to be associated with. “There is probably no animal as…
Read MoreJohn 14:12-14 Personal fruitfulness_
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If…
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