Proverbs 13:4Laziness is defined as resistance to work or exertion. Proverbs 10:4 says lazy hands make for poverty. Hands that refuse or resist all manner of work, effort or exertion cannot have abundance.Isn’t it interesting that prosperity and abundance are the results of work and effort?The lazy man’s appetite is never satisfied, never filled, never
Read MoreJames 2:22’Prove that your faith is real by what you do.’We please God by what we do, not just by what we say and believe. Its important we take our faith further, not only believing, but also saying and doing!Its true that without faith, its impossible to please God, but its also true that the
Read MoreMathew 5:8’Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.’I’ve thought quite a bit about this pure heart matter. I sure do want the benefits of a pure heart- a deeper and more intimate relationship with God (for they will see God), and higher quality of relationships and connections (will have kings as
Read MoreMark 6: 30-44This is the story of the little boy with 5 loaves and 2 fish. When my daughter was younger, she had a rather interesting version of the story. ‘Jesus fed 5 thousand million people with 5 breads and 2 fishes’. Whatever darling, at least we agree He fed a whole lot of people,
Read MoreJohn 6:12,39′. . . let nothing be wasted.’ verse 12b God is not wasteful, not even in the least bit so. God is prudent and pays attention to detail. He is neither porous nor careless.Imagine this, He made the whole world yet He knows every single creature by name and detail. He is still able to
Read MoreProverbs 17:2’A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share inheritances as one of the family’.This means therefore that it doesn’t matter where you start, what matters is how you wisely use what you’ve been blessed with. No matter how dire or how bleak our circumstances may seem, we have all been blessed
Read MoreGen 19:1-end Lord, help me not to be like Lot who couldn’t save even his wife and daughters from destruction! He was too weak to instruct his household in the ways of Jehovah. He had no influence whatsoever. Such a bland life.Instead, I desire to be like Abraham, for even You testified that Abraham taught his
Read MoreActs20:35’It is more blessed to give than to receive’I have quoted this scripture for years, without giving much thought to it.Well, it sure means what it says. Its a bigger blessing when you give than when you get. In plain English, this means I’m more blessed when I give out $10 million than when i receive
Read MoreMatthew 5:8’Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God’Like the words of Cece Winans’ song, I cry out today: ‘a heart like Yours, is my desire. A heart like Yours, is what I’m searching for. . . . please hear me Lord, give me a heart like Yours. .’Create in me a
Read MoreExodus 2:1-10Daniel 11:32b ‘. . . but the people that know their God shall be strong and do exploits’.Moses was born at an interesting time. The Pharoah at the time of His birth threatened by the success of the Isrealites in Egypt, had ordered that all male Hebrew children be killed as soon as they
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