God Does Not Want What You Have

Isaiah 1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? Perhaps because we each know what we ourselves want more than we know what anyone else wants, it is very natural for us to assume that other people want exactly what we want and are motivated in...

Cultivate the Lord’s Presence Now

I John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. When I was a little kid way back in the 1970s, I can remember a series of films that were making the rounds in...

Sometimes it is Better Not to Listen

Ecclesiastes 7:21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee. Is ignorance bliss? Sometimes we say that and sometimes you wonder. We are living in a day of a 24/7 news cycle, meaning we get news twenty-four hours a day,...

To See Life Accurately

Ecclesiastes 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. If you have ever met people who have been down life’s long road, you may...

Wisdom is Better than Wealth

Ecclesiastes 7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. Have you ever played the little game where you are asked the question, “Which would you rather?” You know, which is better? Sometimes we play this negatively...