Today’s Word
The Academy Awards
As snow in summer and rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. Proverbs 26:1 Honor – You can tell a lot about a person by observing whom they honor. Unfortunately, hero worship today often looks like snow in summer. It’s certainly upside-down and often damaging to the surroundings. Solomon understood the…
Hitting the Nail on the Head
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provision of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness, but these are things you should have done without neglecting the others.” Matthew 23:23 Woe – So you think you know what is happening when Jesus…
Jesus and Holiness
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.” John 14:15 Keep – How many of us would be included in the Kingdom if Jesus came back right now and said, “Now I’ll take only those who have obeyed my commandments.” Would you be able to step forward and say, “Lord, I have obeyed. I’m…
Fundamentals
“You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.” Leviticus 19:2 Holy – The bottom line of God’s requirements for men is this single word: qadosh – holy Jesus thought it was so important that he quoted this verse (Matthew 5:48) when He summarized His discussion of the law. If your translation…
Relent, O Lord
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth. Daniel 9:13 We Have Not Sought – If you knew Hebrew, you would shudder at the…
The Standard Bearer
You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood, in your striving against sin Hebrews 12:4 Not Yet – We are “not yet” people. The problem is that our eyes are turned in the wrong direction. We look at our circumstances and think, “Well, God has not yet blessed me in all that…
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