"Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."
Pride goes before destruction,and a haughty spirit before a fall.(Proverbs 16:18) When I am blessed with abundance,I will beware lest my heart becomes proud,and I forget the Lord my God who provided all goodthings, thinking that it was my power and the strengthof my hand that brought this wealth.(Deuteronomy 8:12–14, 17)
12 Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12 I will owe nothing to anyone except to love them, for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You …
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With only 21 verses, Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament, and yet it is a complete message with the twin prophetic themes of condemnation (1–16) and consolation (17–21; the consolation portion concerns Judah, not Edom). The burden of Obadiah is a pronouncement of inescapable doom upon the Edomites (Esau) because they looked …
Amos is an extraordinarily concise and penetrating prophet who multiplies oracles and images to hammer home the solemn theme of inescapable judgment. Only in the last five verses is there a message of hope and promise. The three promises at the end of the book (9:11–15) are that God will restore the line of David, …
Description of the Day Joel 2 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)2 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion;sound the alarm on my holy mountain!Let all the residents of the land tremble,for the day of the Lord is coming;in fact, it is near—2 a day of darkness and gloom,a day of clouds and total darkness,like the dawn spreading …
Joel’s theme is the day of the Lord that will come upon Judah and the nations. He uses Judah’s dreadful experience of a recent locust plague to illustrate the devastation that awaits the nation if they do not humbly turn to the Lord in repentance and obedience. The day of judgment upon Judah is seen …
The book of Hosea offers a profound illustration of the way we are loved by God. His love for us is unconditional, but it is also marked by His holiness. Because of this, God seeks better things for us than the things we choose for ourselves. This book reminds us of our need to turn …
While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” Matthew 24:3 CSB 1. Jesus replied to them, “Watch out that no one deceives you. (Matthew 24:4 …
Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.(1 Corinthians 10:12) I do not dare to classify or compare myself with otherpeople, for it is unwise to measure or compare myself with others.I will not boast beyond proper limitsbut within the sphere of the gospel of Christ.“Let him who boasts boast in the …