Proverbs

Read the Bible in One Year: Day 6 – Remembering the Victories Helps Us Stand Firm As We Wait for The Promises

Genesis 13:5-15:21 / Matthew 5:27-48 / Psalm 6 / Proverbs 1:29-33 Genesis 14:20 … blessed be God Most High, who has defeated your enemies for you. I love that!!  Sometimes we think we must fight for ourselves, but God makes it clear all throughout scripture that He is our defender, and that we are to …

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Read the Bible in One Year: Day 3 – Walk in Close Fellowship with God

Genesis 5-7 / Matthew 3:7-4:11 / Psalm 3 / Proverbs 1:10-19 Gen 5:22 After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years…  Enoch lived 365 years, walking in close fellowship with God.  Then one day he disappeared, because God took him.  Gen 6:9 Noah was a righteous man…  …

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Read the Bible in One Year: Day 2 – Shrewd = Clever, Discerning Awareness

Genesis 3, 4 / Matthew 2:13-3:6 / Psalm 2 / Proverbs 1:7-9 The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the LORD God had made. What a fascinating sentence!  Does this mean all animals were created as shrewd? What does that word mean?  Shrewd is “marked by clever discerning awareness, or given to …

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Read the Bible in One Year: Day 1 – Image Bearers are Culture Shapers

Genesis 1, 2 / Matthew 1:1-2:12 / Psalm 1 / Proverbs 1:1-6 In today’s reading I noticed a few things. First, when God created the earth and everything in it, when He created Adam and Eve, He intended for those who were created in His image (the Image Bearers) to be fruitful and multiply, but …

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