A Blessing To Your Children No doubt you want to be a blessing to your children. Our children are blessed directly by several things we do, found in the Book of Proverbs. The blessing of integrity – Prov 20:7. They receive a blessing indirectly as the Lord blesses our integrity. ...
How to Stand How to Stand In 1 Thes 3:8 Paul wrote, “For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord”. There are a few things in life and in the ministry that compel a man to keep on preaching and ministering the word of God. Of course,...
Guard Against These Pleasing man. Jn 12:43, 1 Thes 2:4, Gal 1:10. Why even worry about making friends by being a man pleaser. Men are very hard to please because you aren’t ever certain what it’s going to take to keep them happy. When you are a man-pleaser, you aren’t...
Youth, Aging and Death Youth, Ecc 12:1 Remembering your Creator in the days of your youth is essential. Yet, every attempt has been made in our society to talk youth out of believing that God is the creator. The condition of our society is evidence that youth do not retain...
This lesson contrasts those who fear before God, Ecc 8:12, with those who don’t fear before God, Ecc 8:13. The way that ‘before’ is used in these verses means “under the jurisdiction of”. We are all under God’s jurisdiction. That is, we are all subject to God’s judgment. God is...
Don’t envy sinners. One of the greatest safeguards against straying from the Lord, when you are a young Christian, is to “let not thine heart envy sinners”. When I was a teenager, envying sinners caused me to turn away from the Lord so I could pursue what they were doing....
Ps 55:19 says, “Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.” The fear of God is one of the most essential things in the Bible. Solomon said that to fear God and keep his commandments is the whole duty of man [Ecc 12:13]. Yet, Paul said that the...
God offers his people unique ways to happiness. We can be happy in ways that the world knows nothing about. The world’s happiness is derived from pleasure. They might be happy with an event, a person, an accomplishment, or some form of entertainment. We can be happy with these things,...
Shushan Was Perplexed Est 3: 8-15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Haman had convinced King Ahasuerus to let him write a decree to destroy all of the Jews, men, women, and children, in his provinces and to take the spoil of them into the king’s treasures. The decree was to be published...
Five times the word “Creator” appears in your Bible. In the context of each reference we learn why it is important to remember that God created us. Ecc 12:1, “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth”. According to the context of this verse, Ecc 11:9-10; 12:13-14, young...
