A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold is as pictures of silver.(Prov.25:11) It is so important to speak the right words to people at the right time to produce the right results. When you think of apples of gold in pictures of silver, then you are thinking of wealth and excellence. When we speak wisdom into the lives of others we are making them wealthy. Therefore we must seek God for He is the source of all wisdom and He will give us just the right words needed at the right time.
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#The moon and stars to rule by night: for His mercy endureth forever. Psalms 136:9 Give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good.
The Hebrew word for mercy is Checed, for kindness, by implication towards God. Piety, favor, loving kindness. Give thanks unto the Lord for He is Good, and His mercy endures forever. The Omega Block is there in the heavens to give some of us warm weather, as we just experienced cool fall-like weather. Thank God for His mercy in sparing us a busy hurricane season, as the moon and the stars rule by night, causing the oceans to roar, and for the blessing of this wonderful weather. To Him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for His mercy endureth forever. To Him that made great lights: for His mercy endureth forever. The sun to rule by day: for His mercy endureth forever. To Him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for His mercy endureth forever. And brought out Israel from among them: for His mercy endureth forever. With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for His mercy endureth forever.
Give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good, and His mercy endureth forever. He does not give us what we deserve, but gives grace to the humble, cause His mercy endureth forever. O magnify the Lord with me, cause His mercy endureth forever. Sing unto the Lord, and praise His holy name, for His mercy endureth forever. Lift your voice and sing His praises in the land of the living, for His mercy endureth forever. May we always be thankful and rejoice in the Lord, for the joy of the Lord is our strength. It is my prayer that whatever you are going through, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good, and His mercy endureth forever. For in Him we live, we move, and we have our being. May the Lord bless you with His loving kindness as He shelters us from the storms of life. For He is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last.
#A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26 Create in me a clean heart
The Hebrew word for heart is Labe, used very widely for the feelings, the will, and even the intellect. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. Create in me a clean heart, O God, is the prayer of King David for Israel. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. I will also save you from all your uncleanness: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. Israel will return to Jehovah God, and He will sanctify them from their stony heart, unto a heart of flesh. Create in me a clean heart, is our prayer, and put the right spirit in us. Thank God the hurricane Season is slow, and we pray we will not have a major one this year. The Lord will be exalted in the heavens.
#Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labor which thou takest under the sun. Ecclesiastes 9:9 Live joyfully with thy wife
The Hebrew word for vanity is Habel, meaning transitory, for such are your days under the sun. Also, their love, and their hatred, and their envy, have now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Live joyfully with thy wife all your appointed times, for there is no joy in the grave
#Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. James 1:17 Every good gift is from God
The Greek word for variableness is parallage, meaning transmutation of fickleness. But every man is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath. For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Every good gift is from God, so be thankful and do not let the sun go down on your wrath. Be angry but sin not. Speak the truth in love and be ye kind-hearted, and tender in spirit, forgiving one another even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you. We must lift one another in prayer daily before the Lord, so that the fruits of righteousness will be seen in our lives. For God is not willing that any would perish, but that all would come to repentance.
Every good gift is from God, and He makes no preferences toward us. So thank God for His mercies, which are new every morning, for great is thy faithfulness, O God my rock and my redeemer. Do not blame God for your temptations, for God is not evil and cannot tempt any man, but He does test us to do good, so that we can be recipients of His perfect gift. God is not fickle, and He treats us all the same, so put away all complaining and, with meekness, seek the implanted word of God, which can save your soul.
#Every wise woman buildeth her house; but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. Proverbs 14:1 Be a wise builder
The Hebrew word for buildeth is Banah, meaning to build literally and figuratively, to obtain children, to repair, and to set up. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD; but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth Him. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Be a wise builder, for every wise woman buildeth her house, but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. Be a Proverbs 31 woman who looks well after her house. Marriage is a delicate issue, and so keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. I have seen wise women work hard at building their family, and then I have seen foolish women let things of this world get in the way of family life and building a strong house. With her own hands, she tears it down. So be a wise builder. Jesus said a wise man built his house upon the rock, and the storms came, and the rains with the floods came and beat upon that house, but it stood, because it was built upon the rock. The foolish man built his house upon the sands, and the storms came, and the rain and floods beat upon that house, and it fell, because it had no foundation.
Women, build your house upon the Lord Jesus Christ, and He will enable your home to stand the storms of life, and your children will praise you. Do not be like the foolish woman, who, with her own hands, tears down her house, because it has no foundation. Jesus is the solid rock on which we stand, for all other ground is sinking sand. Be a wise builder, and let Jesus Christ be the head of your family, and He will keep it together in the storms of life. It is my prayer that you will meditate on these scriptures and let Jesus lead your family and build your house upon the rock. Do not let a fetish be the downfall of your home, but make it upon the word of God. Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
#Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget them. Isaiah 49:15 Jesus loves us with an everlasting love
The Hebrew word for forget is Shakach, meaning to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of from want of memory or attention. Behold, these shall come from far and lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. Sing O heavens; and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted His people, and will have mercy upon His afflicted. But Zion said, the LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before Me. Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
Jesus loves us with an everlasting love, and though a woman may forget to have compassion on the son of her womb? But I will not forget them. For the earth will break out into singing, O mountains, Jehovah hath comforted His people, and I will have mercy upon His afflicted. For His mercies are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness O God unto thee. Who is like unto thee, O God? None loves thee more than He. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from which my help comes, for my help comes from the Lord, who made the heavens and the earth. It is said that an elephant never forgets, and that is true, but neither will God forget us. Jesus loves us with an everlasting love and has forgiven our sins, casting them as far as the east is from the west. I will praise thee forever
O Lord my God, for I have been fearfully and wonderfully made. I will sing praises in the night season and rejoice in the morning because of thy great love for me. Teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wisdom, O God. I will thank the God of all comfort, who has comforted me from all my afflictions.
#For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. 2 Timothy 1:12 Be fully persuaded
The Greek word for "persuaded" is Peitho, meaning to convince, to pacify or conciliate, or to agree, implying confidence. Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: Whereunto I am appointed a preacher and an aposle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. Be fully persuaded. Hold fast to the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed unto thee, keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus, and Hermogenes.
Be fully persuaded that whom you have believed in is the faith that Paul is teaching Timothy, and how to suffer these things, without being ashamed of the gospel, that God can keep that which has been committed unto me against that day. We must convince others of whom we have been fully persuaded and called with this holy calling according to His own purpose and grace. Christ in you, the hope of glory, and the consummator of our faith. This is the faith that Paul received from the Lord Jesus Christ, and he is fully persuaded of it, teaching the Gentiles. Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles, and he accepted the call to preach on the Damascus road. So no matter how others will try to dissuade you from believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, be fully persuaded of what you have believed in. For Jesus is our rock and our salvation, and He will see you unto the end of your faith, so be not ashamed of me, a prisoner of this gospel, but keep the faith until the end, which can save you and sanctify you until the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ.
#For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part, but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 We will know when Jesus comes again
The Greek word for know is Ghinoceko, meaning to perceive and be resolved or understand. Paul is an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, and he is a Hebrew of the Hebrews and a scholar, but he marvels that we know in part. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect comes, Jesus, then that which is in part shall be done away. We will know when Jesus comes again and reverses the Adamic curse on mankind.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man, I put away childish things. Jesus told us except we become as a child, we would not enter the Kingdom of God. So childlike faith is what we must seek, but childish behavior we must grow out of when we become men.
We will know when Jesus comes again, for we will have glorified bodies just like Jesus, and we will have complete knowledge and understanding. Now we see through a glass darkly, but when we are face to face with Jesus, we will know as we are known. No matter how many degrees we have behind our names, we still know in part. This is the human condition, and partial knowledge is part of the curse of sin. We use only about six percent of our brains, and that is why we know only in part. We must study the Bible daily, yet we still lack a comprehensive understanding of it. Thank God the Holy Spirit takes the things of Christ and makes them understandable for us. For in Him we live, move, and have our being.
We will know when Jesus comes again, and many things that we do not understand now, we will know when we are face-to-face with Jesus Christ. So do not fear, but now abideth faith, hope, and love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. We will lose our partial knowledge when Jesus appears face-to-face with us. What a joy that will be in heaven, for everyone will know everyone, because Jesus will give us all our glorified bodies.
#In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Isaiah 6:1
The Hebrew word for throne is Kicceh, for covered, i.e., a seat, stool. Above it stood the seraphims, each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of Him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Woe is me, for I am undone and a man of unclean lips and dwell with a people of unclean lips.
Who is like unto the God of Jehovah, the God of angel armies? I will worship Him all my days and praise His name forever for thou art worthy of all our praise. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and wash me with your coals of fire. For I delight to do thy will, and your throne is forever, the seat of righteousness. The earth is your footstool, and we are the sheep of your pasture. Search me, O God, and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Yes, I will walk in your ways, and speak the truth in love to thy people, just consecrate my heart, and I will follow thee wherever thou sendest me. Help me to know my end, so that I may apply my heart to do thy will, and I will be careful to give you all the glory and the honor. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Thou made him lower than the angels, I shall yet praise thee for you are the source of my joy, and the lifter of my countenance. I will walk in thy way that thou hast appointed for me to go, lead me in the secret place of thy tabernacle, and I will forever praise thee. Let the seraphims praise thee, and everything that hath breath praise thee, for thou only art holy and worthy of all our praises. Let the whole earth be full of thy glory, O God my rock and deliverer.
#For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake. Acts 9:16 Paul learned to suffer for Jesus.
The Greek word for "suffer" is "pascho," meaning to experience a sensation or impression, usually painful, and to vex. Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem. And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. Paul learned to suffer for Jesus, and we, too, must do the same, for it is appointed for us not only to believe in Jesus, but to suffer for Him. And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting hands on him said Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, has sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then Saul was certain days with the disciples who were in Damascus. So Saul had his name changed to Paul, and he said I have learned to be content in whatever state I am in. Lord, I pray that I may be able to say the same thing and also suffer for your sake.