More Precious than Gold

Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold; For wisdom is better than rubies, And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her. “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion. The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I...

Choose your friends carefully

Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go, lest you learn his ways and set a snare for your soul. Prov. 22:25-26 (NKJV) The people around us have a way of rubbing off on us. It’s been said that we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. That can be the people we live with, friends, people at the coffee shop, workmates, or just those angry talking heads we...

Treat each other well

Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous. 1 Peter 3:8 (NKJV) We all have struggles of one sort or another. Let’s keep that in mind and be thoughtful of others as we go through our days, treating each other with the care and consideration we ourselves would appreciate.

Keep doing good

For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. – Hebrews 6:10 (NKJV) Many people wonder whether those things they do on a regular basis: helping a friend, buying lunch for a man on the street, or just cleaning the church; makes any difference in the eyes of God. Here the Bible lets us know that it...

Love God more than things

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world–the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life–is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.  1 John 2:15-17 (NKJV) Our world is often filled with...