Daily Proverb - The cause and effects of Drinking!

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
                                                                                               - Proverb 20:1

Father, please protect me from being led astray. Amen!

Daily Proverb - The cure for Road Rage!

Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
                                                                                                            - Proverb 19:11

Father, you know how quick my rage flares, please help me to overlook the many offenses.  Amen!

Daily Proverb - Listen to advice and accept instruction!

Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.
                                                                     - Proverbs 18:20

Father, thank you for making your wisdom available to us. Please help us to focus and open our eyes and ears.  Amen!

Daily Proverb - Keep Silent you Fool and look smart!

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
                                                                                                                    - Proverbs 17:28

Now you know where the joke comes from.  Let's cherish the wisdom of the Lord and apply discipline today. Maybe, we can be a little smarter TODAY!

Father, please guide our day and our tongue so we may be a blessing to you and the ones around us. Amen.

Daily Proverb Selection - Proverb 16:3

Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.

- Proverb 16:3


Where is my commitment to my daily work? The Corporation? The Government? My Self?


My Prayer

Father, today I commit my efforts and plans to you. Please guide me, Please protect me, and please have my efforts bring glory to you. Amen.

Daily Proverb Selection 15:16

Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it.                                    - Proverbs 15:16
When has having great treasure brought you great trouble?  
Possibly without including the Father?

My Prayer
Father, your word and instruction speaks to us each and every day. Please grow and create in me a clean heart that focuses on you, today.  Amen.

Forsaken by our father and mother

Though my father and mother forsake me,
    the Lord will receive me.                                 Psalm 27:10

No matter how good or bad we have it with our parents, this Scripture gives us ultimate hope and peace.

Father, thank you for being you. The unconditional love is so amazing, even when we have turned our backs to you. Please forgive us, guide us, and be our friend.   Amen

Fear of the Lord

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom...

Then why aren't you dummies scared?

Fear = Respect, Reverence, Honor, and Glory.

Respect the Lord
Revere the Lord
Honor the Lord
Give glory to the Lord

Amen

An excellent wife who can find?

Proverbs 31: 10-11 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.  The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.


Father, thank you for the blessing of a wife. Strengthen her this day and give her peace. Amen.

A note of hope

A waiter friend shared a story of a co-worker's mother passing. Her father, in his grief tried to commit suicide.  Her boyfriend then leaves her and the bills are stacking up and she is totally lost all within the last 90 days.

I shared a bible with her and her father, the only thing that has helped me in my life when everything else has failed me.

Lord, thanks for your comfort so that we can be your advocates to comfort others.  Amen

Today's Beauty

Father, your gift of beauty and color is so amazing each day.  Thank you!   Amen

Finishing Strong - Psalms 71

Father, guide and protect me as I grow closer to the finish line here on earth. Give me strength to Finish strong this race. Amen

Psalms 71

In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

2 In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;turn your ear to me and save me.

3 Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.

4 Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.

5 For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.

6 From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.

7 I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge.

8 My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.

9 Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.

10 For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.

11 They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him.”

12 Do not be far from me, my God; come quickly, God, to help me.

13 May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.

14 As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.

15 My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds, of your saving acts all day long— though I know not how to relate them all.

16 I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord; I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.

17 Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.

18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.

19 Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, you who have done great things. Who is like you, God?

20 Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

21 You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.

22 I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.

23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I whom you have delivered.

24 My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.

Let the Son Shine

 God, let your son shine through into our lives.  Save us from ourselves. Amen!

 Create in me a clean heart oh God and renew a right spirit within me.

In God's house, you are always welcome!

The role of angels

14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation? (ESV)
       Hebrews 1:14

God provides angels to serve and protect us daily. Thanks be to God. Amen

Let's Exhort one another

I exhort (strongly encourage) you to always remember Jesus as our Savior today.

Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 

For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
           - Hebrews 3:12-14

- Brad B