Persevere through trials

Proverbs 24:10, “If you fail under pressure, your strength is too small.” (NLT) “If you are slack (careless) in the day of distress, your strength is limited.”  (AMP)  “If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!” (NIV) Strength that is...

Divine inspiration

  Proverbs 20:5 says, “A plan (motive, wise counsel) in the heart of a man is like water in a deep well, But a man of understanding draws it out.”  An idea, a divine inspiration in the heart of a man is like water in a deep well. If you want to make use of...

Excuse me but your stress crack is showing

Proverbs 15:15, “For the despondent, every day brings trouble; For the happy heart, life is a continual feast.” To be despondent is to feel or show extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression; in low spirits from loss of hope or courage.  It doesn’t matter...

Life can get a little messy

  Proverbs 14:4, “Without oxen a stable stays clean, but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.”  Life is not always neat and tighty. Places that are always neat and tighty don’t have a lot of life.  For example graveyards are very nice and tighty, while a house...

Godliness equals function

Proverbs 12:3 says, “Wickedness never brings stability, but the godly have deep roots.” I love this constant theme in Proverbs of godliness = function.  The godly have deep roots that cause them to stand firm and stable.  The godly are synonymous with...

The battle within

It’s one thing to feel the effects of a battle, it’s another to fight in it.  No doubt there is a battlefield in the mind. A lot of the times what people perceive as oppression is actually just incorrect thinking.  Focusing on the wrong things that cause anxiety,...