Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 NASB Will give you – What a great promise! Be greatly pleased with God and you’ll get everything your heart desires, right? Take pleasure in God and you’ll be guaranteed divinely provided health, wealth, and happiness (unless, of course, you desire…
“Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and become the fathers of sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there and do not decrease. Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you…
“Give us this day our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11 NASB Give us – The God who gives. That’s how we usually think of the God of the New Testament. If He isn’t providing for our salvation, then He is busy taking care of our needs. He is the Christmas God, secretly arranging presents for His…
And you shall rejoice in all the good that God your God has given you and your family. Deuteronomy 26:11 (JLI) Given – “No one leaves this world with even half of his desires fulfilled.”[1] Why? Because we are happiness addicts and like all addictions, tolerance increases our desire in proportion to its fulfillment. No…
Also some of the Asiarchs who were friends of his sent to him and repeatedly urged him not to venture into the theater. Acts 19:31 NASB Not to venture – Day 3. I don’t worry too much about sacred cows. Cows are really pretty docile animals. They usually just go wherever they are led. I…
To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey. Matthew 25:15 NASB Gave – God might not be a policeman but He is an accountant. Of course, He is also advocate, prosecutor, judge and jury (actually, there is no…
And He saw a certain poor widow putting in two small copper coins. Luke 21:2 NASB Copper coins – A lepton was the smallest coin used by the Jews. It had a value of about ¼ of a penny. In common parlance, it wasn’t worth the paper it was written on. It’s hard to imagine…
“Give, and good measure will be given to you, pressed down and shaken together, and running over, they will pour into your lap. For what ever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return.” Luke 6:38 Give – God has a bigger shovel than you have. Most of us…
“Give, and good measure will be given to you, pressed down and shaken together, and running over, they will pour into your lap. For what ever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return.” Luke 6:38 Give – There are two Greek verbs that mean “to give.” Doreomai means…
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of other people so that they will notice you. Otherwise you cannot expect any reward from your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 6:1 (translation R. T. France) Practice Your Righteousness – If you grew up anywhere near Baptists, you probably remember the children’s Sunday school…
