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OUR RIGHTEOUS LORD  For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face. —Psalm 11:7              There is not one wrong thing that can be found in our Lord. He is perfectly right and there is no flaw in Him.   He only does and loves righteous deeds and hates wickedness — “The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence” (Psalm 11:5). Those doing wicked and violent things are not in His favor and they will answer to Him. Nobody gets away with anything.             Those who know Him are made right, not because of what…

MINDSET OF THE WICKED  For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD. In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.” —Psalm 10:3-4              The wicked boasts of his own desires, are greedy and they renounce the Lord.   He curses the Lord. Pride causes him not to seek the Lord. He thinks that “There is no God.” How sad is this. The wicked are selfish and are only concerned about themselves. It is all about what they can get. They think they are accountable to nobody……

LOVING GOD IS TO TRUST AND OBEY  Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil. —Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. —Psalms9:10             Obedience to God is of utmost importance and should be the highest priority of every man, woman and child— “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all…

HIS MAJESTY!  O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of…

TRUST GOD’S GOODNESS!  He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. —Ecclesiastes 3:11  I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. — Ecclesiastes 3:14              Trust in the Lord. He has plans and purposes that He is carrying out. You and I have eternal destinies. Are we living for the Lord? Have we truly called on His Name? If so our eternal destiny is…

THE WISE AND THE FOOL  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 slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly. —Proverbs 26:16 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips. —Proverbs 27:2             A person who is wise in their own eyes lacks humility.   They think they know it all.   “There is more hope for a fool than for him.” They are stuck on themselves and what they think and that you need to listen to them…

KEEP GOOD COMPANY!  Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day. Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. —Proverbs 23:17-18  Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them, for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble. —Proverbs 24:1-2             Fellow follower of Jesus the hope we have is eternal! We live for Jesus now and we will be with Him forever! What a great future we have and that “hope will not be cut off.” So do not envy sinners or evil men. Don’t even desire what they desire. Companionship…

GIVE THANKS FOR HEARING AND SEEING!  The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both. —Proverbs 20:12              Listen… the birds are singing this morning. What a joy to hear them! I always love listening to them. I have never heard a sad song from the birds that live in my area. Oh, I hear a raspy crow from time to time, but all the other birds have happy tunes. Often, when I step outside and hear a Cardinal chirping, I will whistle back its song. It is funny as we go back and forth and it brings joy to enter into its song. I hear…

BEWARE OF THE ISOLATED KNOW-IT-ALLS!  Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment. —Proverbs 18:1              Beware of all those who claim to be followers of Jesus but have isolated themselves from the Body of Christ, the church.   These people speak arrogantly against the Body of Christ as if they have all the answers.   “These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage” (Jude 1:16).  People like this are all about themselves and making disciples after themselves and not about making disciples after Jesus. They are like “savage…

A HEALTHY TREE… OR NOT  Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. —Psalm 1:1-3             How does one become “like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.”   We…