Posts with the category “proverbs”

For your ways are in full view of the Lord,    and he examines all your paths.The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;    the cords of their sins hold them fast.For lack of discipline they will die,    led astray by their own great folly.Proverbs 5:21-23We are almost a week out of New Years and I wonder how your resolutions are going? Apparently, most people give up on their resolutions by the 1...  Read More

HeTeach me, Lord, the way of your decrees,    that I may follow it to the end.Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law    and obey it with all my heart.Direct me in the path of your commands,    for there I find delight.Turn my heart toward your statutes    and not toward selfish gain.Turn my eyes away from worthless things;    preserve my life according to your word.Fulfill your promise...  Read More

My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,    and do not resent his rebuke,because the Lord disciplines those he loves,    as a father the son he delights in.Proverbs 3:11A week or so ago we considered the fear of the Lord and whether God punishes us in direct correlation with our sin. That is, can we connect getting COVID to that time we forgot to give to Church.And as I said on the Sunday, we...  Read More