The Narrow Way Is The Right Way
The Narrow Way Is The Right Way Psalm 1:6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms Perish simply means “lost.” It is a word of finality, if you please. The wicked are going to perish. …
How Deep Are Your Roots?
How Deep Are Your Roots? Psalm 1:3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms Water for drinking is a picture …
Blessed Delight
Blessed Delight Psalm 1:1–2 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and …
Proverbs: It Was Worth It
Proverbs: It Was Worth It Proverbs 31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands, And let her own works praise her in the gates. Insight Who then will regret days of toil and nights of watching? Who then would exchange the saint’s path and portion, with all its responsibilities …
Known By Her Fruit
Known By Her Fruit Proverbs 31:31 (b) Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates. Insight The virtues of a noble wife are those that are extolled throughout the Book of Proverbs: hard work, wise investments, good use of time, …
Fruitful Living
Fruitful Living Proverbs 31:31 (a) Give her of the fruit of her hands. Insight When the mists of earth have gone forever, when its pride and folly and iniquity are eternally past, such a one as the mother of Lemuel has been describing, shall appear in her Lord’s own presence …
Godly Fear is Praiseworthy
Godly Fear is Praiseworthy Proverbs 31:30 (c) A woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. Insight Godly women do not succeed in their own strength. The book of Proverbs ends where it began: ‘The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.’ Because of the Fall, virtue …
Living With Excellence
Living With Excellence Proverbs 31:29 “Many daughters have done well, but you excel them all.” Insight While her husband, rejoicing in such a partner of his joys and sorrows, exclaims in honest praise, “Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excels them all!” He has found in her what the …
The Blessing of a Husband
The Blessing of a Husband Proverbs 31:28 Her husband also, and he praises her. Insight Her husband … praises her by telling others she is the greatest of the noble women. 1 Application If the husband makes Christ’s love for the church the pattern for loving his wife, then he …
God Bless You Mom
God Bless You Mom Proverbs 31:28 (a) Her children rise up and call her blessed. Insight Who’s the one who tied your shoe when you were young And knew just when to come and see what you had done? And who’s the one who patched your eye and told you …