Proverbs 17:4,9-11 ESV 4An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. 9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. 10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool. 11 An evil man … Continue reading Evildoers Listening to Wicked Lips
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Calling it Love When it is Hate
I John 4:20-21 ESV “If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.” Love Others, … Continue reading Calling it Love When it is Hate
Ashamed of Jesus and of His Words
Luke 9:23 ESV “And he said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.’” Many people today, at least here in America where I live, are professing faith in Jesus Christ. Many are claiming that their sins are forgiven (past, present, and … Continue reading Ashamed of Jesus and of His Words
He Who has Clean Hands and a Pure Heart
Psalms 24:3-6 ESV “Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the … Continue reading He Who has Clean Hands and a Pure Heart
What Does it Mean to Love the World?
1 John 2:15-17 ESV “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but … Continue reading What Does it Mean to Love the World?
Dead Men, Dry Bones
An Original Work / January 17, 2022 Dead men, dry bones, Wickedness fully formed. Hearers not, doers nay, So they all go out and play. Lie now, lie then, Truth not tell then to then. Whispers here, whispers there, Never once do say a prayer. “Turn now this way, Turnabout is fair play.” Jekyll-Hyde, double … Continue reading Dead Men, Dry Bones
Gone With the Wind
An Original Work / February 12, 2022 Gone with the wind are people in sin, Following platitudes in their ingratitude. Beckoning not Him they forgot, Bent on their fortitudes, slaves to their hardihood. All for the flesh that they refresh, Living their livelihoods slaves to consumer goods. Them caring not God they forgot, Living for … Continue reading Gone With the Wind
Those Who Wander from the Way of Good Sense
Proverbs 21:2-4 ESV “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart. To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.” The ways of the flesh may be right in … Continue reading Those Who Wander from the Way of Good Sense
Unless You Turn and Become Like Children
Matthew 18:1-4 ESV “At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, ‘Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom … Continue reading Unless You Turn and Become Like Children
Nonsense, Nonsense
An Original Work / February 4, 2022 Nonsense, nonsense coming from their mouths, Raise their banners, raise them very loud, Bold in witness, that but not of God, Please the world and draw in their large crowds. “Win the world to us, but not to God, Please the crowds and make sure music’s loud, Tell … Continue reading Nonsense, Nonsense
Walking Wounded 