GET GODLY COUNSEL!  Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.  —Proverbs 26:12 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly. —Proverbs 26:16             There are some people who just will not listen to the advice of others. In their own eyes they have the answer and they are not open to hearing anyone else. They think they know better than everybody else. They think they only have the truth in the matter. Even when there is a large group of people giving counsel contrary to him he still…

BE MADE RIGHT AND PURE BEFORE GOD!  How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure? —Psalm 25:4             Here are two great questions for us. Can you and I be made right before God? Can we be pure before Him? This is impossible if we are left to ourselves. There is no way you and I could make ourselves pure and be right before God. But there is a way and only one way.        Many people think they can be right and pure before God because of the “good” they do. But that measurement of “good” is from…

GOD IS CREATOR/OWNER OF ALL CREATION… INCLUDING YOU The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. —Psalm 24:1-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO77-m4SS3M             The earth, everything on it and all life is His. He is the Creator. He is the owner. He founded it all. He has a plan for it and He is carrying that plan out.             In the beginning of His creation “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good” (Genesis 1:31). The sin of man brought death, guilt, fear, shame, conflict, pain, sweat and…

YOU ARE CHOSEN, ROYAL, HOLY AND GOD’S SPECIAL POSSESSION! Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel. —Exodus 19:5-6 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. —I Peter 2:9             Israel was to be a testimony to the world…

TRUSTWORTHY FOLLOWERS Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. And let them judge the people at all times. Every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you. —Exodus 18:21-22 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. —II Timothy 2:2…

 BE STILL The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent. —Exodus 14:14             What strength does man have?   “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God” (Psalm 20:7).  Man exalts himself because of his pride but “Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust” (Isaiah 40:15).              Pharaoh was prideful in his power and thought he could do as he pleased.   He would not listen to the Lord’s warnings communicated through his…

  DISCIPLE SOMEONE! Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.” —Exodus 10:1-2 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to…

THE POWER OF GOD’S WORD  The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb. By them your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward. But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression. —Psalm 19:9-13  Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. —Psalm 119:133 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcE1di1Wtl0             God’s Word…

KILLING KIDS IS SATANICALLY MOTIVATED Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, “When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live. —Exodus 1:15-17 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.” —Exodus 1:22…

CARRIED GUILT FORGIVEN!     When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died, ‘Say to Joseph, Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” But Joseph said to them, “Do…