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“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 Yesterday we posed a question, “What does God require of me?” God requires different things from different people and at different seasons of our lives, His requirements may change. Today let us look at mothers of young children. This scripture in Proverbs is not a guarantee that if we do everything right as a mother, that our children will never depart from our teaching. We know it does not always work out that way. A better interpretation…
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” Micah 6:8 Micah, who was a prophet at the same time as Isaiah and Hosea was warning the…
Job is one of the finest characters in the Old Testament; he was committed to his family, he was faithful to Yahweh, and his resilience to suffering is commendable. However, Job’s friends are criticized harshly for their lack of finesse regarding Job’s torment. At one point, even Job refers to…
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“And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it.” Exodus 36:2 On the mountain, God gave Moses a plan for the tabernacle that he wanted built as a place of worship for the Israelites. He gave Moses specific details for every part from the boards of the framework, to the oil that would be used in the candlestick. Many skills would be needed to accomplish this great task. They did not have the tools or…
“Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.” Psalm 25:4-5. Like most of David’s psalms, this one is a prayer. David starts out by declaring his personal relationship with God. He uses the words “my God, I trust in thee.” So many people today use the words “my God” in daily conversation, but David used it here as a recognition that he knew God intimately. It was not spoken lightly, but in sincerity. It…
Several years back, the Lord started really dealing with me to study the subject of being an encourager. Though I had spent most of my life in ministry trying to help others, I felt a special need to explore the topic even deeper than I had currently known. One day I purchased an old book while at the thrift store called, “Encouragement- The Key to Caring” by Dr. Larry Crabb and Dr. Dan Allender. It changed my life! It also became a newly-cherished treasure to add to my personal library of books. The things we will explore today did not…
“Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.” Ecclesiastes 11:5 There are so many things I don’t understand. For example, how does your skin hold you all together but it’s so fragile that even paper can cut it? How does God make every single snowflake to have its own unique design? I can become overwhelmed by what I don’t know, and there will be many times that I won’t understand what God is doing on…
