Moral Character, Job 2:3-9

Moral Character Job 2:3-9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Among Christians there is a tendency to relegate moral character to spirituality.  As a result, many of the problems that you have experienced in your life could have been avoided altogether if your moral character were stronger.  But since you see every problem...

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A Matter of Perception, Job 9:11

A Matter of Perception Job 9:11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO You say that perception is reality, but it isn’t if reality is not your perception. Most of the time, how you view a thing is just a matter of perception.  Today, we examine from the Bible those things that diminish...

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Resist, Jas 4:7

When you search for the word “resist” in the Bible, you find some references that give us great instruction.  To resist is to withstand the force or the effect of; to be able to repel; to exert oneself to counteract or strive against.  Notice what we are to resist and...

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Pureness of Heart, Prov 22:11

Pureness of Heart Prov. 22:11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Prov 22:11, Solomon wrote about a person that loveth pureness of heart.  Now think about that… pureness of heart.  That should be the goal of every Christian.  I realize that the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked.  But with Christ in...

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Perpetual Backsliding, Jer 8:5

Perpetual Backsliding Jer. 8:5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Perpetual backsliding is a phrase used to describe Judah’s condition during the ministry of Jeremiah.  This is a condition in which the country had gotten so far away from God there was no turning back to him.  The Lord said that they held...

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Till Afterwards, Prov 29:11

Prov 29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.  Afterwards is at a later or a succeeding time. More times than not you shouldn’t tell all you know.  You might tell some and then wait.  You’re not trying to impress others with...

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The Beauty of Esther, Esther 2:7

The Beauty of Esther Esther 2:7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In her character we find the beauty of Esther the queen.  We see the beauty of her: Virginity.  Est 2:2, 7  Her virginity qualified her to be considered for the position of queen.  In a television interview the Kardashian sisters they...

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Bezaleel, Ex 31:1-5

Bezaleel was God’s principal choice to make the tabernacle and everything in and for the tabernacle that the Lord commanded Moses to make.  Aholiab was his principal assistant in the work. There are some interesting things that those of us who work for the Lord can learn from  studying Bezaleel....

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The Spider, Prov 30:28

Prov 30 was written by a man named Agur.  Agur professed to be a brutish man, v.2.  Brutish here means he was untaught.  However, he was observant.  The things he wrote in this proverb he learned, not by education but, by observation.  And in all of his observation, he understood...

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His Own Soul, Prov 19:8

The word “soul” is often just a reference to a human being, a person, as in Gen 46:15, 18, 22, 25-27.  So, when the Bible refers to a man loving his own soul and doing good to his own soul, he loves himself.  This kind of love is not the...

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