Who Has Favor With the Lord, Ps 5:12

Favor with the Lord ought to be our greatest concern; even more so than our favor with men.  Unfortunately, many Christians are much more concerned about finding favor with men than they are with finding favor with the Lord.  You might be saying, “If I knew how to have favor with the Lord, I would […]

Evidence of a Spirit Filled Life, Acts 4:8-13

This lesson deals with the evidence of a Spirit filled life.  Being filled with the Spirit is evidenced by: Scriptural Words – when you have a Spirit filled life, you will speak as the oracles of God.  You won’t just be talking about sports, shopping, hunting, grandkids, and the like.  You will be used by […]

The Paths of Wisdom, Prov 3:17

Ps 25:4 says, “Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.”  So, the Lord has some paths that we can find in the Bible and these are the paths upon which you and I should walk through this life.  Thus far, we have studied the paths of life, the paths of light, and the paths […]

Get Wisdom, Prov 4:5, 7

Get wisdom In Prov 4:5, 7 Solomon instructed us to get wisdom.  If you have a desire to get wisdom, then you need to be sure that you are on the right track. You can tell whether you’re going to get wisdom or not by: Whom you fear.  Prov 9:10, The fear of the Lord […]

Conceit, Rom 12:16

Conceit is found in seven verses. By checking the contexts of each verse we can learn what it does to men.  Conceit is an exaggerated opinion of oneself, one’s merits, one’s wealth, one’s education, etc.  Therefore, Paul commanded us to “be not wise in your own conceits,” [Rom 2:16].  Here’s what conceit will do to […]

The Lips of the Righteous, Prov 10:21

The Lips of the Righteous Prov 10:21 says, “The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom”. Let’s discuss this verse carefully and see how it applies to us. The lips. We must speak.  He said, “preach the gospel”.  We have to keep our mouths open; we keep them closed, […]

Finding God’s Direction, Jer 10:23

People often ask how they can determine God’s direction on a particular decision or matter in their lives.  It is not uncommon for people to be very uncertain about a decision that they are trying to make.  Yet, we are sure that the Lord does not want you to be unsure of his direction in […]

The Wise Man, Prov 1:5

We are concluding our series on the men in the Book of Proverbs.  Today we will discuss the wise man.  The wise man: Listens and learns – Prov 1:5 – he will hear, and will increase learning, and will attain unto wise counsels.  Prov 13:16 he dealeth with knowledge.  He’s not concerned about impressing others […]

Gideon a Good Soldier, Jud 6:12

Gideon a Good Soldier Jud 6:12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Gideon a good soldier.  Gideon is the perfect example of the soldier God wants us to be. God chose Gideon to fight the Midianites because Gideon: Fed himself while under enemy oppression.  Jud 6:11 threshed wheat by the winepress.  Jud 6:4 they had left no sustenance […]

Loving Favour, Prov 22:1

Loving Favour Prov 22:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Prov 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. According to this verse, loving favour is better than silver and gold.  Well, most people wouldn’t turn down a little silver and gold.  My memory from banking […]