So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 As we come to the end of another year, I am shocked at how quickly time passes. Moses authored Psalm 90 and encouraged us to “number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12).…
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Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.Proverbs 27:1 Many of us get caught in the trap of thinking that the things that we accomplish today will give us a secure tomorrow. This notion contradicts the teaching of Proverbs 27:1 because those who are preoccupied with their…
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“Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth. Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you. Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she will promote you; She…
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Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped.Job 1:20 Job had just lost everything. This is his immediate reaction to hearing about the death of his ten children and the theft of all his possessions. He falls to the ground and worships God. It’s hard…
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I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.Psalm 32:8 I’m sure you’ve noticed that even from a distance, it’s pretty easy to tell where someone is looking. The slightest eye movement can give away where your gaze is going. That’s why basketball players…
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For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity.Proverbs 24:16 This is one of my favorite verses in the Bible because it explains so succinctly a major difference between believers and non-believers. We are all going to fail at times. Romans 3:23 says, All have sinned…
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“For the Lord your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”Deuteronomy 20:4 One of the problems with being human is that we always try to save ourselves because of a lack of patience. How many times have you asked someone to do something for you,…
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Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.1 Corinthians 11:1 What a bold command Paul gives to the Corinthian church. Here, he offers himself up as an example of Christlikeness. As Christians, we each are engaged in the lifelong process of sanctification, the purpose of which is to make us more and more Christlike. Because…
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So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen for we are brethren. Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left then I will go to the right; or, if you go the right,…
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For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.2 Timothy 1:12 A young challenger in a boxing match was asked how he defeated a well-known and…
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