It is more important to maintain your values rather than give them up for a higher bottom line.
Read: Proverbs 16:6
6 In mercy and truth
Atonement is provided for iniquity;
And by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.
January 11, 2013
Month: January 2013
January 10, 2013
Build A Relationship
If you never mention a person’s name when you speak with them, you won’t build a relationship. As a leader use the person’s name, it builds intimacy.
Read: Proverbs 27:23
23 Know the state of your flocks,
and put your heart into caring for your herds
January 9, 2013
Talk & Talk
People who talk too much…talk too much. They cannot keep a secret.
Read: Proverbs 20:19
19 A gossip goes around telling secrets,
so don’t hang around with chatterers.
January 8, 2013
People
You don’t have to wonder. Greedy and selfish people are who they are and good people love to give and share.
Read: Proverbs 21:25
26 Some people are always greedy for more,
but the godly love to give!
January 7, 2013
Stop It
Don’t rush back and forth and around in circles being anxious about whatever. Stop it.
Read: Proverbs 16:3
3 Commit your actions to the Lord,
and your plans will succeed.
January 6, 2013
Most Important
Getting into the New Year we have to know what is most important. Knowing God is most important!
Read: Matthew 22:37-39
37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b]
January 5, 2013
Quickly
Just because you care, encourage those you know to develop a relationship with the Lord. The truth will only help them.
Read: Isaiah 50, 10-11
10 Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys his servant?
If you are walking in darkness,
without a ray of light,
trust in the Lord
and rely on your God.
11 But watch out, you who live in your own light
and warm yourselves by your own fires.
This is the reward you will receive from me:
You will soon fall down in great torment.
January 4, 2013
Here’s The Reward
Be determined. Give God first place in your life and here’s the reward.
Read: Isaiah 50: 4,7
4 The Sovereign Lord has given me his words of wisdom,
so that I know how to comfort the weary.
Morning by morning he wakens me
and opens my understanding to his will.
7 Because the Sovereign Lord helps me,
I will not be disgraced.
Therefore, I have set my face like a stone,
determined to do his will.
And I know that I will not be put to shame
January 3, 2013
Focus
When you’re in a difficult situation focus on the light at the end of the tunnel.
Read: I Peter 4:12-13
12 Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you. 13 Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world.
January 2, 2013
You’ve Got to Know
Get to know what God expects from you so you can receive HIS promise.
Read: Deuteronomy 8:6-10
6 “So obey the commands of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and fearing him. 7 For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land of flowing streams and pools of water, with fountains and springs that gush out in the valleys and hills. 8 It is a land of wheat and barley; of grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates; of olive oil and honey. 9 It is a land where food is plentiful and nothing is lacking. It is a land where iron is as common as stone, and copper is abundant in the hills. 10 When you have eaten your fill, be sure to praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.