December - 2015

"Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his l

In God's world, we will never run out of new things to learn. Knowledge and wisdom--in the potential--is unlimited. The universe is not...

"Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways" (Proverbs 3:31).

Two gunmen in Paris shoot 12 journalists dead. In the days following, people find strength in the well-known proverb: 'The pen is...

“In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrong doing” (Job 1:22).

Now that’s remarkable! In one man’s life nothing goes right, everything he has worked for is trashed, the people he holds dear are...

"For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation" (Psalm 149

The gladness and felicity of love exists in the awareness within the loved one, that she is pleasing to the lover; and the occasion of...

"He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds" (Psalm 147:3).

Broken-hearted. No two-word statement of our condition more expressly describes the poignancy and pain that so many bear within. A movie...

“Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but do not let me fall into the han

Those who perceive that God is far more compassionate than the best of men have cottoned-on to a great truth. Many suppose that God is...

“When one rules over men in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God . . . .he is like the br

Few men and women become kings or governors, but every person's decisions and actions bear in some measure on the lives of others. In...

“With your help I can advance against a troop, with my God I can scale a wall” (2 Samuel 22:30).

A difference pertains between a person who thinks that the only thing he can depend on in life is his own wits and his own strength, and...

“You love those who hate you, and hate those who love you” (2 Samuel 19:6).

In express defiance of the king’s orders, Joab had killed Absalom and put his rebel army to flight. Though David was restored to his...

“Be gentle with the young man Absalom for my sake” (2 Samuel 18:5).

So says David to his three generals as they prepare to make war on the rebel army under the command of Absalom, his son. The words are...

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"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously wi

“But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of the cov

" . . .So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ

"Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many gr

"Jesus replied, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified'"

"In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in

" . . . He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ f

"Simon Peter asked him, 'Lord, where are you going?' Jesus replied, 'Where I am goi

"Though you have not seen him you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe

"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you

"It was revealed to them that were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the thing

"If you really knew me, you would know my father as well" (John 14:7).

"Like newborn babies crave pure spiritual milk so that you may grow up in your salvation, now t

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Desmond Ford