The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway. Proverbs 15:19 In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them. Proverbs 22:5 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied…
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Planning For Tomorrow’s Tomorrow!
“A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.” Proverbs 13:22 In our quest to become financially free, we recognize God as the owner of everything, including “our” wealth. We also recognize the opportunity to use today’s resources in a way that benefits the…
Listen up, kiddo!
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching. For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother. Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all…
Wise Sayings
Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company; for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble. By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. The wise prevail through great power, and those who have…
Where Grace and Works Intersect
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith —and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”-Paul As for you,…
Questions of Righteousness
“A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.”-Paul…
Because Talk is Cheap
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”-John http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1John3:18&version=NIV In 1 John 3, we see contrasts between children of God and children of the devil; between love and hate; between falsehood and sincerity. When considering the seriousness of the consequences of hate, one can quickly realize that…
The Righteous and the Rock
It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High, proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what…
Food for Thought 