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Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. (Proverbs 1:7, NLT)
A Dad’s Wise Advice
My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck.
My [...]

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Knowing the One Who Knows - Part 3

Now look at what the NEW Testament says:
We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow [...]

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Here’s some Old Testament scriptures for today:
“The people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.” (Daniel 11:32b, NKJ)
This is what the Lord says:
“Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom, or the powerful boast in their power, or the rich boast in their riches.
But those who wish to boast should [...]

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Guess what?
WE DON’T HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING!!
This hit home to me as I listened to some messages by Joyce Meyer. (The series she was doing was about freedom.)
She was saying that if we come to Him like little children, we don’t have to question. We just TRUST, knowing that our God, the ALL-KNOWING ONE, [...]

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HE DOES HAVE A PLAN!
How often we can wonder what God has in store for us!
In our struggles we question, “God what are You doing with me?” All we see is “the same old, same old”! We struggle and wonder is there any way out of our dilemma. Is there any hope on the horizon?
Well, [...]

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Just Scriptures today!! I pray that the Lord will use His Word to speak to your heart.
The underworld is naked in God’s presence.
The place of destruction is uncovered. (Job 26:6, NLT)
Even Death and Destruction hold no secrets from the Lord.
How much more does he know the human heart! (Proverbs 15:11, NLT)
“To whom will [...]

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MAN LOOKS ON THE OUTSIDE! GOD LOOKS ON THE INSIDE!
“Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7)
This happened after King [...]

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Now, it’s time to go back to where I was! A few weeks ago I started in Proverbs, planning to do a series. Then I came to verse 7, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.”
Here’s what I said about it:
“Part of fearing and reverencing God is knowing and acknowledging that God, [...]

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Okay, so far I’ve only looked at “hard hearts” in the Old Testament. But look what I’ve found in the New. Here’s how Paul felt about Israel’s hardheartedness:
“With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it. My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending [...]

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…. WHAT A SAD AND SORRY STATE!!
But it happens. And we see it happen in God’s chosen people, Israel. Before they entered the promised land, God warned them:
“Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today….. (lest) [...]

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