The memory of the righteous will be a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. (Proverbs 10:7) A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. (Proverbs 22:1) A good person leaves an inheritance for his children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored …
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22220.061 Wisdom for the Trenches Principles
1. How to Recognize A Fool Principle 1: Failing to recognize the Supreme Being is being supremely foolish. Principle 2: Corruption isn’t just wrong. It’s stupid. In the long run, it doesn’t even work. Principle 3: Filth and faith are mutually exclusive; as one grows, the other dies. 2. Adultery: One “A” You Don’t Want …
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22220 Wisdom for the Trenches
CONTENTS Introduction 1. How to Recognize a Fool 2. Adultery: One ”A” You Don’t Want to Earn 3. Anger: The Nuclear Emotion… with Huge Fallout 4. Lying: The Self-Made Trap 5. Gossip: The Hidden Dagger 6. Reproof: A Building Block for Character 7. Insults and Curses: Unsolicited Instruction 8. Listening: God’s Channel for Personal Growth …
22220.015 One Dangerous Babe (or Dude) to Avoid
The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge. She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way, “Let all who are simple come here!” she says to those who lack …
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22180.010 In the Presence of a King
12 Days of Christmas: Day 10 After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was. When they saw the star they shouted joyfully. As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary …
22180.001 Can You See God’s Grace?
12 Days of Christmas: Day 1 This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to Christ, fourteen generations.(Matthew 1:1, …
22180.012 Wisdom and Favor
12 Days of Christmas: Day 12 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.(Luke 2:52) Oh, the great economy of words in Scripture! Wouldn’t you like to know more about the childhood of Jesus than simply what this one verse tells us? Why on earth did God …
22180.011 Following God’s Plan
12 Days of Christmas: Day 11 After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.” Then …
22180.009 Worship the Lord with Gladness
12 Days of Christmas: Day 9 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem saying, “Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When …
22180.008 Persevering in Prayer
12 Days of Christmas: Day 8 She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.(Luke 2:37) Prayer seems to be one of the most difficult commands given in Scripture, and yet, it is one of the greatest gifts God has …