Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? (Proverbs 5:20) The thing about the word ‘forbidden’ is that it can almost appear to be a challenge to the inner person. Like the child that’s told the chocolate is forbidden, when we’re told we cannot have […]
Read More MTP05 – Avoiding the ForbiddenKeep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. (Proverbs 4:23, 24) The two sentiments are linked. We will have a tendency to speak what comes from the heart. However much we tend to cover it with […]
Read More MTP04 – Words From The HeartMy child, don’t turn away or become bitter when the LORD corrects you. Pro 3:12 The LORD corrects everyone he loves, just as parents correct their favorite child. (Proverbs 3:11, 12) There is a connection between discipleship and discipline. That connection is simple. To follow requires you to be kept in line. It is only our […]
Read More MTP03 – God Keeps You In LineYes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. (Proverbs 2:3-5) Again connecting Proverbs with the Kingdom, in His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus […]
Read More MTP02 – Treasure Above All TreasuresWhat a month this February was. Historically these months are notorious for how quick they pass, so much so that I hardly count them as a month in themselves but just a pit-stop between winter and spring. This February, however, has felt like the longest February I have ever lived through. Changes in family arrangements […]
Read More Thank God for February and Introducing March Thru ProverbsFor receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair (Proverbs 1:3) After looking through the gospel of Matthew there were certain themes that could be seen right through it. Themes that reflected the core of the Kingdom. These themes were not new in any way shape or form, these are eternal. […]
Read More MTP01 – Underlying Principles Of LifeRecently I did the quarterly review of the kind of stuff that’s been published over at the over place. As I mentioned in that report though, whereas that blog is an open access blog with a lot of stuff easily accessible to people interested in the things I am, this here blog, the older blog, […]
Read More State of the Blog Address: Jan-Mar – DMCDI’m sure I’ll do a full update on what’s up with the man cd very soon, but in the meantime just free blogging as it is. Just wanted to give a little something on the craze of today. I have vague recollections of doing things back in the day to celebrate April 1st. On the […]
Read More No Time For April Fooling In the Time For New LifeCharm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. (Proverbs 31:30) This particular chapter in Proverbs is lauded for what has been known as the portrait of the virtuous woman, but really it’s about the virtuous wife and the difference is crucial. With this portrait we […]
Read More MTP31 – A Virtuous WifeEvery word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar. (Proverbs 30:5-6) Food and drink today are not what they used to be. I cannot imagine people of my grandparents’ generation being […]
Read More MTP30 – No Additives
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