In The Word Read: Proverbs 6-7 Parental Counsel 6 My son, if you have become a guarantor for your neighbor, Or have given a handshake for a stranger, 2 If you have been ensnared by the words of your mouth, Or caught by the words of your mouth, 3 Then do this, my son, and save yourself: Since […]
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Guard Your Heart
In The Word Read: Proverbs 4-5 A Father’s Instruction 4 Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father, And pay attention so that you may gain understanding, 2 For I give you good teaching; Do not abandon my instruction. 3 When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of […]
Worth The Effort
In The Word Read: Proverbs 2-3 The Pursuit of Wisdom Brings Security 2 My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you, 2 Make your ear attentive to wisdom; Incline your heart to understanding. 3 For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding; 4 If you seek her as […]
God’s Wisdom
In The Word Read: Proverbs 1 The Usefulness of Proverbs 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: 2 To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding, 3 To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice, and integrity; 4 To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion, 5 A […]
Choices Have Consequences
In The Word Read: Galatians 5:25-6:18 25 If we live by the Spirit, let’s follow the Spirit as well. 26 Let’s not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another. Bear One Another’s Burdens 6 Brothers and sisters, even if a person is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual are to restore such a person in […]
Listen Carefully
In The Word Read: Galatians 5:2-24 2 Look! I, Paul, tell you that if you have yourselves circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 And I testify again to every man who has himself circumcised, that he is obligated to keep the whole Law. 4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking […]
The Challenging Truth
In The Word Read: Galatians 4:8-5:1 8 However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and […]
Heirs And Sons
In The Word Read: Galatians 3:19-4:7 19 Why the Law then? It was added on account of the violations, having been ordered through angels at the hand of a mediator, until the Seed would come to whom the promise had been made. 20 Now a mediator is not for one party only; but God is only one. […]
Right Perspective Of Good Deeds
In The Word Read: Galatians 3:1-18 Faith Brings Righteousness 3 You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? 2 This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you […]
Know God’s Word Well
In The Word Read: Galatians 2 The Council at Jerusalem 2 Then after an interval of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. 2 It was because of a revelation that I went up; and I submitted to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did […]