Tuesday, February 15, 2011

1 Timothy 6:6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain. NKJV

How content we are is always one of the foremost things in our minds. How godly we are needs to be also. We should always try to be godly in every moment of our lives, remembering what great gain it is if we're content in it.

1 Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: (KJV)

Job 20:12 “ Though evil is sweet in his mouth, And he hides it under his tongue, 13 Though he spares it and does not forsake it, But still keeps it in his mouth, 14 Yet his food in his stomach turns sour; It becomes cobra venom within him. NKJV

Evil, even though it may seem innocuous at first, always turns things sour-- which is why we must forsake it and walk by the light of God's word the Bible. We can be deceived by the devil, but find wonderful truth to live by in the Bible, which effectively counteracts all the lies of the devil.

Psalm 144:1 Blessed be the LORD my Rock,
Who trains my hands for war,
And my fingers for battle—
2 My lovingkindness and my fortress,
My high tower and my deliverer,
My shield and the One in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues my people under me. NKJV

It is so great to be a child of the LORD. In Him there are immense and wonderful blessings. We can always rely on Him.

Proverbs 20:3 It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel. NKJV

Some people start arguments thinking they are smart, but this verse says the opposite.

Proverbs 20:6 Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man? NKJV

Does your faithfulness measure up to your opinion of your own goodness?

Proverbs 20:11 Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether what he does is pure and right. NKJV

To try to do what is pure and right all the time sets an honorable standard to live by.

Proverbs 20:18 Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war. NKJV

Counsel allows you to benefit from someone elses experience, so you will have greater success in what you do.

Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart. NKJV

2 Kings 18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. 3 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done. NKJV

2 Kings 18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. 6 For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses. 7a The LORD was with him; he prospered wherever he went. NKJV

Hezekiah set such a godly example to follow: he did what was right in the sight of the LORD; trusted the LORD; held fast to the LORD and did not depart from following Him. In Hezekiah's true devotion to the LORD, blessings were apparent-- the LORD was with him and Hezekiah prospered wherever he went.

2 Kings 18:11 Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 12 because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded; and they would neither hear nor do them. NKJV

It's important to learn how God expects us to live by reading and studying the Bible often and going to church regularly where we can hear God's Word proclaimed. Just knowing what God says we should do is never enough. Obedience to God's Word really matters!

Ezekiel 21:24 “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand. NKJV

God said "in all your doings your sins appear". In contrast to this we are supposed to be sanctified wholly.

1Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (KJV)