Sunday, August 30, 2015

Start Time: 7:41 AM

End Time: 8:20 AM

Title: Life Ascends to the Heights

Scriptures: Proverbs 15:12 - 33

God’s Message/Promise/Commands:

Wow!  Today we continue on chapter 15 of Proverbs and I tell you, we have more and more amazing wisdom from the Lord.  I don't think I can discuss everything and so the same way i have been doing for the past few days, I will choose 3 that I believe God is teaching me personally:

1) Verse 33, "Fear-of-God is a school in skilled living - first you learn humility, then you experience glory." What a powerful truth!  Humility is key in God's glory!  So if you want God's glory to be in our lives, we have to be humble.  Another thing I learned is that if you fear God, the 1st thing you learn is humility.  So when you can sense pride in you...then better check and evaluate because the Fear of the Lord brings out humility in us in every way. 

2) Verse 26, "God can't stand evil scheming, but He puts words of grace and beauty on display." - the first time I read this earlier, a thought came into my mind... our weapon against evil scheming people is...to display words of grace and beauty.  Amazing!  The human mind will not accept this because it sounds twisted.  I mean, you have one person plotting against you, and your response is words of grace and beauty?  Isn't that weird?  But hey it's God's words and it's the truth.  God's thoughts are totally beyond our way of thinking and in His book, words of grace and beauty is powerful enough to break the evil plot of others!

3) Verse 13, "A cheerful heart brings a smile to your face; a sad heart makes it hard to get through the day." Simple but very true!  Have you ever considered the condition of your heart today?  Because it can impact the outcome of your day. 

Prayer:

Lord thank You for such amazing and wise words today!  I am truly humbled and blessed to have been given such great and powerful words to live by today.  Help me Lord to apply them in my life.  To understand that when I start to feel proud of myself or of what I know, I better check and evaluate because humility is key for skilled living in You and to have Your glory manifested in me.  Help me Lord to live humbly and to understand the my words of grace and beauty are powerful weapon I can use against those who plot against me.  It's like repaying evil with good.  And Lord help me to understand that my heart is important and its condition daily can impact my whole day and not just my own but others too.  In Jesus' Name, Amen!

Memory Verse Share for today:

Proverbs 15:13 (The Message Version)

A cheerful heart brings a smile to your face; a sad heart makes it hard to get through the day.

How's your heart today?  God tells us that the condition of our hearts impacts the outcome of our day.  So let us assess our hearts and choose to be cheerful today!

God bless!