“Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither…

“But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.” Numbers 33:55 Growing up I…

“Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh” James 5:8 I sometimes have the greatest intentions but don’t always come through. Procrastination has derailed many of my plans and I have no one to blame but myself. I have said “I will get it done tomorrow”, but it…

“So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey. And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the people of Nineveh believed…

“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” James 4:17 I went to dinner with a friend from church and we enjoyed a good time of fellowship. When dinner finished, we went outside the restaurant to continue talking, and there was a group of people talking…

“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:31-32 Dr. James Tillotson came to our church and preached a message about bitterness.…

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7 I have heard many say, “I have been fighting the devil all week”, but you listen to them for a little bit and realize they are on the same team with the devil. They are not fighting or resisting,…

“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.” Proverbs 18:22 I recently had the privilege of attending a wedding, and it is always a time of reflection for me as I ponder my own wedding. I remember our pastor at the time telling us that we would always remember…

“And Hezekiah received the letter of (from) the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou…

“Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither (here). But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the…