Scripture Reading: Proverbs 14:16-17, 29; 15: 1, 18; 16:29 “A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.” (Proverbs 14:16) It is healthy to have a fear of evil. A wise person will run from evil. He is wise enough to know that evil...
Scripture Reading — Romans 2:1-29 “To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:…But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:” (Romans 2:7,10) Yes, My child, there are great...
“For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise . . . from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14)....
Scripture Reading: Genesis 21:10-14a “‘Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. ‘ And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.” (Genesis 21: 10-11) Abraham was shocked when Sarah...
Scripture Reading—Psalm 51:10, 11 “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10) This prayer of David’s reveals the kind of man he was. It shows his innermost character. It was from a pure heart that he prayed to have a clean...
“Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.” Lamentations 1:8 The prophet Jeremiah writes these sorrowful words while gazing upon what formerly was Jerusalem. A place that once was a vibrant city,...
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:1-16; Luke 6:20-49 “Blessed Are Ye!”: Who are poor in Spirit. Who mourn. Who are meek. Who hunger and thirst after righteousness. Who are merciful. Who are pure in heart. Who are peacemakers. Who are persecuted for righteousness sake. Who are lied about and falsely accused. Never...
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 14:2, 26-27; 15:33; 16:6; 19:23; 22:4 “He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.” (Proverbs 14:2) You can tell what people think about God by the way they live. Those who are honest and upright and...
Scripture Reading — Hebrews 8:1-13 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall...
“And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine...