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Don Taylor
It is seems that people that live like hell always do well. Is that true?
Proverbs 6:12-15, Psalm 73 and Hebrews 10:31
Many people don't have good fathers. I am one of them. It caused much heartache in my life. I could have done drugs or went to the crime way. I did not because God is good. If people accepted Jesus, it would solve much of the social issues today.
Government spends billions, if the gospel was more in this world, they would be not needed as much governmental spending.
Deuteronomy 10:18
He defends the cause of the fatherless
We will have seasons in life, may we have wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
James 4:13-17
13Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” 16As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. 17If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
Did you grow up on the farm?
Genesis 1:24-31
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
If you ever wonder an a deep question? What is good and bad? How to live your life? Psalm 5.
There is hope for the world. May all the drug addicts came to know this. My friend got fired because of drug use. May this person embrace this idea.
1 Peter 1:10-12
10Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 12It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
Proverbs 6:6-11
6Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
7It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
9How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
11and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
We need to know to handle life.
Ecclesiastes 3:3
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build
We can have peace if we have God.
Psalm 4
1Answer me when I call to you,
my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress;
have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
2How long will you people turn my glory into shame?
How long will you love delusions and seek false gods?
3Know that the Lord has set apart his faithful servant for himself;
the Lord hears when I call to him.
4Tremble and do not sin;
when you are on your beds,
search your hearts and be silent.
5Offer the sacrifices of the righteous
and trust in the Lord.
6Many, Lord, are asking, “Who will bring us prosperity?”
Let the light of your face shine on us.
7Fill my heart with joy
when their grain and new wine abound.
8In peace I will lie down and sleep,
for you alone, Lord,
make me dwell in safety.
Do you like birds and seals? I enjoy them greatly.
Genesis 1:20-23
And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
We all need hope in this world. Do you lack hope in this world? We need to turn to 1 Peter 1:3-9.
3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Have you ever wondered about the topic of co-signing and pledges? Read this.
Proverbs 6:1-5
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—
and give your neighbor no rest!
Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Have you been hated on by haters? How to handle the hatred of people that are against God of the Bible and His followers.
May all true believers take comfort in Psalm 3.
Lord, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.”
But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
I call out to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy mountain.
I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.
I will not fear though tens of thousands
assail me on every side.
Arise, Lord!
Deliver me, my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.
From the Lord comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people.
Have you ever thought about the sun, moon and the stars?
Genesis 1:14-19
And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
There is a season for everything.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven— A time to give birth and a time to die
We live in a crazy world. People want unity but there is no unity. The only unity is the hatred for God and the Bible. Psalm 2 goes well with Luke 23:1-12 and Revelation 20:1-10.
Are you on the right side of history?
Don't be fooled by the world. God made everything and we need to get the straight answers from Him.
Genesis 1:9-13
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
2 Peter 3:5
God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.
Psalm 24:2
for he founded it on the seas
and established it on the waters.
Psalm 104:7-9
7 But at your rebuke the waters fled,
at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
8 they flowed over the mountains,
they went down into the valleys,
to the place you assigned for them.
9 You set a boundary they cannot cross;
never again will they cover the earth.
Read Romans 1:18-32
Are we in trouble in the world? May we understand lamentation 5.
Do we love sin instead of God? If that is true then we are in trouble.
Work is so hard, do the Jesus Christ pose. Life is more than you. May God give you wisdom with working and money. We all have our ideas, but we need to connect with God.
Ecclesiastes 2:17-26
So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was unhappy to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
So I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is futility. Therefore I completely despaired over all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun. When there is a person who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and then gives his legacy to one who has not labored for it; this too is futility and a great evil. For what does a person get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun? Because all his days his activity is painful and irritating; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is futility. There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and show himself some good in his trouble. This too I have seen, that it is from the hand of God. For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him? For to a person who is good in His sight, He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is futility and striving after wind.
We are fools and the world is foolish. We are in trouble as people. The culture is looking for answers. The cure is the Bible. May we live the Bible and tell others.
Proverbs 4
If you want to win in life then follow Psalm One.
Psalm One
Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
I see the book of Lamentation chapter four and the United States in it. Israel followed God but walked away from the Lord. United States followed God but then walked out. May God not bless the United States.
Life without God can it be good?
Ecclesiastes 2:12-16
Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom,
and also madness and folly.
What more can the king’s successor do
than what has already been done?
I saw that wisdom is better than folly,
just as light is better than darkness.
The wise have eyes in their heads,
while the fool walks in the darkness;
but I came to realize
that the same fate overtakes them both.
Then I said to myself,
“The fate of the fool will overtake me also.
What then do I gain by being wise?”
I said to myself, “This too is meaningless.”
For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered;
the days have already come when both have been forgotten.
Like the fool, the wise too must die!
Rush Limbaugh died today, life is very short. May we follow the Lord.
James 4:13-17
13Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” 16As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. 17If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
Have you ever watched a science episode on Netflix and wondered what really happened? I had the same idea.
The science programs have people that were not there and they are trying to explain what happened. If there was a crime scene, do you trust someone that was there or someone that heard the news? I hope you trust the person that saw the crime.
God was there and the science shows were not.
Genesis 1:3-5
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
What is happening in the United States? I can relate to Jerimiah in the book of Lamentations. I talked about the third chapter of the book.
How to handle God's judgement?
We live in a place where pleasure is end-all-be-all. This will lead people to be sad. What are we leaving out?
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
1I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless. 2 “Laughter,” I said, “is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?” 3 I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.
4 I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards. 5 I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. 6 I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees. 7 I bought male and female slaves and had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me. 8 I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers, and a harem as well—the delights of a man’s heart. 9 I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.
10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor,
and this was the reward for all my toil.
11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
nothing was gained under the sun.
Do you want a rich life and have peace? People always think of being rich when they think of a great life. There is something greater than money.
Proverbs 3:1-10
1My son, do not forget my teaching,
but keep my commands in your heart,
2for they will prolong your life many years
and bring you peace and prosperity.
3Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.
5Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
7Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and shun evil.
8This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones.
9Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops;
10then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.
I hope that you are well. I will talk about being single. It is good to be single because the Bible says it is good. (I will tell you this, sex is only for marriage. Marriage is only between a man and a woman.)
I will you about my past relationship my the opposite sex and lightly touch on it. I will talk about my dad being a jerk to my mom and later divorce which I didn't trust women. Later, I am used being single and thinking I am always will be single. My great love is for Jesus and my church is my family.
1 Corinthians 7:1-7
Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. I say this as a concession, not as a command. I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
2020 was a hard year. We all need some grace in 2021. I have good news about healing of the disease and finding the love that we need. I am not talking about healing from Covid but of sin. We need healing from sin and we must be humbled. Jesus lived a perfect life and died on the cross and He arose from the dead. We can receive this gift by turning to Him. Have a great 2021 with Jesus.
We live in a world that teaches that God is not real and science disproves God. May we look at the evidences.
Genesis 1:3-5
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
The Atheist Test
Test One
A person who thinks the Coca-Cola can can have no designer:
A) is intelligent
B) is a fool
C) has motivation for denying the obvious
Test Two
Do you know of:
A) building that has no builder? Yes or no
B) painting that has no painter? Yes or no
C) A car that have no maker? Yes or no
Test Three
Is there order in the universe? Yes or no
Did it happen by accident? Yes or no
Or was it designed by an intelligent mind? Yes or no
Test Four
Do you have all knowledge? Yes or no
Where you in the beginning of time? Yes or no
Test Five
A person who sees a building and doesn't know if there was a builder:
A) is intelligent
B) is a fool
C) has motivation for denying the obvious
Is there a reason why a person don't want to see God? We must be open to God to know God.
A thief doesn't see the police because the thief is avoiding the cop. Sin has a way to separate us from God.
We have broken God's law so we are in trouble. We must repent and follow Jesus.
People see the darkness all around them. They like the spirit of Christmas. I live in Seattle, it is getting darker spiritually. Even people that are not spiritual know this this idea.
Israel had free-will to follow God but they didn't want God. People that are Born-Again can follow sin instead of God but bad events will happen. This Christmas may you embrace Jesus. Sin does not pay read this.
Read Lamentations 2.
We live in a world that is crazy. People like the idea of Christmas because of peace, love and joy. Suicides are up, drug addictions are up. Abuse in families are increasing. Depression is increasing. We love for love but if we exclude Jesus and the Bible, then we will have only bad events. Merry Christmas! If you are a type of person the exclude Jesus in Christmas time and in life. This podcast is for you.
Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind! I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind. What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted. I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.” Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind. For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
the more knowledge, the more grief.
We live in a loud and confusing world. Have you ever looked around and cried? What can we do to improve our lives and the culture? Listen to this podcast if this is your desire.
Are you backing your words with wisdom? If you are not living what you are saying, then your words are empty. I need to go to the spring everyday.
Proverbs 2
My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding—
indeed, if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He holds success in store for the upright,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair—every good path.
For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.
Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways.
Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
who has left the partner of her youth
and ignored the covenant she made before God.
Surely her house leads down to death
and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.
Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
For the upright will live in the land,
and the blameless will remain in it;
but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the unfaithful will be torn from it.
The holidays can be tough. Death is a fact of life and we have to face sadness. My grandmother died on December 6th, 2019. I do not have any living grandparents left.
My previous three grandparents knew Jesus for most of their lives. My grandmother that passed last year was stubborn. She didn't want Jesus, then she took a fall. She was in bad health and soon would die. God humbled her and she repented before Jesus.
All my grandparents are in heaven now. I want to encourage all the believers to keep praying for your loved that don't know Jesus. There is hope 'til they die.
If you don't know Jesus, you don't know when you will die. Is hell worth it for sin?
Psalm 116:15 says, "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."
Are we good people that don't deserve hell? I know that some of you don't believe in the Bible or God, but play with me. Are you good people that don't deserve hell?
You just died and you are talking to to God. You say to God that you are a good person. Let us dive in.
First Commandment: "You shall have no other gods before me?"
If we put anything over God, then we have broken this Commandment.
Third Commandment: "You shall not take the name of God in vain."
We all have used God's name in a bad way.
Fifth Commandments: Honor your father and your mother."
We have been monsters towards our parents.
Sixth Commandment: "You shall not murder."
You think that you are safe. If you have hated someone in your heart, then you have murder.
Jesus said, "Everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court....and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell."
Seventh Commandments: "You shall not commit adultery."
Jesus said:
"You have heard that it was said, 'You Shall not commit adultery'; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her already committed adultery with her in his heart."
Read romance novels or looked at porn. You are in trouble.
Ninth Commandment: "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."
Have you lied? We all had.
We deserve hell, so read the book of Romans in the Bible.
Is there issues for not believing in God? If we reject Genesis 1:1-2 says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters."
If you are person says there is no God, then I have to show you these words. Psalm 14:1 says, "The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
there is no one who does good." The sinful nature will rule if a person believes there is no God by bad science or a bad desire. God can clean the desire of people. Repent from your sins and follow Jesus.
I have few words for you. The culture like the idea of no God because God is not there. Sex outside of marriage is fine without the God of the Bible. This causes issues in the family and future families.
Evolutionism is racist. Charles Darwin wrote in 1881: "The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turkish hollow in the struggle for existence. Looking to the world at very distant date, what an endless number of the lower races will have been eliminated by the higher civilized races throughout the world."
Darwin attempted to persuade followers that "the chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shewn by man's attaining to higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, that can woman-whether requiring deep thoughts, reason, or imagination, or merely the use of the senses and hands....We may also infer...the average mental power in man must be above that of woman."
The United States are in trouble. I don't know where you live but is your country in trouble.
Israel was following the Lord then got tempted by sin. The sin got them in God's judgement.
May the church repent from their sins and follow God. Revival starts with the church. If believers are not following God, then the world will not follow God.
Lamentations 1:1-22.
Do you want the meaningless? Many people will go down this road.
If you reject Jesus, then you will have a meaningless life. If you have accepted Jesus, but not following Jesus. That person has a meaningless life.
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun?Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets, hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time. No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them."
We long for wisdom. We read books, listen to podcasts and watch Netflix. We miss wisdom because we refuse to listen to God and the Bible. Your life will be sorry if you reject truth and think that you know better. Proverbs 1:20-33 talks about if wisdom had a personality.
Wisdom is calling out, the Holy Spirit is drawing mankind, do you want to hear truth?
Proverbs 1:20-33
Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,
she raises her voice in the public square;
top of the wall she cries out,
at the city gate she makes her speech:
“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?
How long will mockers delight in mockery
and fools hate knowledge?
Repent at my rebuke!
Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
I will make known to you my teachings.
But since you refuse to listen when I call
and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,
since you disregard all my advice
and do not accept my rebuke,
I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;
I will mock when calamity overtakes you—
when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
“Then they will call to me but I will not answer;
they will look for me but will not find me,
since they hated knowledge
and did not choose to fear the Lord.
Since they would not accept my advice
and spurned my rebuke,
they will eat the fruit of their ways
and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
but whoever listens to me will live in safety
and be at ease, without fear of harm.”
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We live in a sick world that lies are promoted. Many people don't have discernment. I will include many Born Again Christians. They lack the knowledge of the Bible and follow the world's idea. I want to be a God pleaser and not a man pleaser.
Proverbs 1:10-19
10My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.
11If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
12Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;
13We will find all kinds of precious wealth,
We will fill our houses with spoil;
14Throw in your lot with us,
We shall all have one purse,”
15My son, do not walk in the way with them.
Keep your feet from their path,
16For their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.
17Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;
18But they lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives.
19So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors.
Parents are important. The family is important. We need a biblically view on marriage and the family.
Proverbs 1:8-9
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
They are a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.
My birthday is coming soon. People always ask people what their secrets are.
I will talk about my past, present and future. I will talk about ministry, relationships and jobs. May you enjoy!
Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path.
The Gospel
1) God loves you and created you to know Him personally. He has a wonderful plan for your life.
God's Love
John 3:16
God's Plan
John 17:3
2) People are sinful
Romans 3:23
People are separated
Romans 6:23
Jesus Christ is the the Bridge to heaven
He died in our place
Romans 5:8
He arose from the dead
1 Corinthians 15:3-6
He is the only way to heaven
John 14:6
We must receive Jesus
John 1:12
We receive Jesus through faith
Ephesians 2:8-9
We need to be born again
John 3:1-8
Jesus is knocking at the door of your heart
Revelation 3:20
I am the biggest fool. I know what I should do, but I don't do what I should. You are most likely like myself. We need to take the Proverbs road. Read a chapter of Proverbs everyday. May we seek Jesus.
Proverbs 1:1-7
The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
for gaining wisdom and instruction;
for understanding words of insight;
for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,
doing what is right and just and fair;
for giving prudence to those who are simple,
knowledge and discretion to the young—
let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and let the discerning get guidance—
for understanding proverbs and parables,
the sayings and riddles of the wise. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
People don't like 2020. Covid is here. Election year is here which brings slander. There are riots and people are afraid.
I believe that I need to act accordingly but this world is not my home.
Hebrews 11:8-10
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Many times, we talk about the great future that we have. The issue is that people never go beyond talk. We need to ask God to help us, then we can do anything. May we get wisdom from God.
Proverbs 14:23
All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
We need to go to God if we don't have a father. I didn't have a father until I made God my Father.