"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil" Proverbs 3:3-7). Gracious Heavenly Father, thank You so much for sharing Your divine wisdom with us, thereby helping us to acquire the ability to make good decisions. Help us to use this gift in a way that will bring You glory, and that will bring us joy, and make us a blessing to others. In the Name of...

"Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart, and so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man" (Proverbs 3:3, 4). Heavenly Father, I come to You in the name that is above every name, the Name of Jesus, Your beloved Son, and our Savior. Please help us not to take Your name in vain, by the things we say and do, but rather, may we lift You up, so that the world will see You in all Your love and mercy, and be...

"My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands; For length of days and long life and peace they will add to you" Proverbs 3:1, 2). Heavenly Father, how blessed we are to have You for our teacher, teaching us the way of Your law, that we might walk in light, not darkness, and be blessed. Please make us aware that Your way is always the best way! This we pray in the blessed name of Jesus the Christ. Amen. Today, we begin a study in chapter 3 of the book of Proverbs. Proverbs is...

"[T]hough I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so: circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless" (Philippians 3:4-6). Dear God, it is with deepest gratitude that we approach Your Throne of Grace, we do it confiding in your power to save us to the uttermost! We realize that without You we are helpless, but with You, we...

"No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more. Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The Lord of hosts is His name): “If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the Lord, Then the...

"Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am hallowed in you before their eyes" (Ezekiel 36: 22, 23).  My Savior and my God, what a friend I have found in You! You are always where...

" ' "And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: "Because the enemy has said of you, 'Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,' " ' therefore prophesy, and say, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people" — therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear...

"For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them"...

"Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke,]though I was a husband to them, says the Lord, But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I...

"Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they (the women who had come with Him from Gallilee), and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why...