Jan Magiera did a fantastic teaching this week on a biblical illustration for keeping ourselves in fellowship with God. If we keep ourselves in the garden via meditation on God’s Word, then it is God’s job to provide us with the full measure of water to cause us to prosper spiritually. God truly is the great gardener of our lives!
Special thanks to Jan for teaching this week.
1 Corinthians 10:12 cautions us that “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” When we put stock in our own ability to stand in life – even if it be upon our strengths, we are setting ourselves up for failure and disappointment. Likewise, Solomon (in the book of Ecclesiastes) describes all the many places he set his affections, areas in which he excelled upon Earth, and how they all were ultimately lacking. To truly obtain meaning in life we find that all things “under the sun” come up short, but heavenly affections result in great happiness and meaning.
Verses:
1 Corinthians 10:12
1 Kings 3:12
Deuteronomy 17:14-17
Ecclesiastes 1-2:20
Philippians 3:4-8
Colossians 3:1-2
Additional Verses on Solomons Violating God’s Word (from Deuteronomy 17):
On multiplying wives to himself: 1 Kings 11:3
On multiplying horses to himself: 1 Kings 4:26
On greatly multiplying gold and silver to himself: Ecclesiastes 2:8
June 10, 2010
Wisdom is understanding how to apply knowledge obtained. Wisdom brings many things such as happiness, length of day, riches and hnor, pleasant paths, peace, life, grace, safety, reduction of fear, sweet sleep, no stumbling. It is declared to be the most import thing. Wisdoms brings in, preserves, and guards good things. It makes you strong and stronger. The beginning of wisdom only comes through reverance of God and to obtain wisdom all we need to do is to ask for it from God with faith unwaivering.
Verses:
Proverbs 16:20
Proverbs 3:13-26
Proverbs 4:5-7
Proverbs 9:10-11
Proverbs 24:5, 13-14
Proverbs 28:26
Ecclesiastes 7:12,19
James 3:17-18
Psalm 111:10
James 1:5-6
Proverbs 6:20
October 22, 2009
Our God is a merciful, compassionate God whose will toward us is great things; health, prosperity, deliverance, and salvation to name a major few. When you are getting to know God, a major way to do so is to prove God’s intentions and power towards you through prayer. God says that anything we ask according to His Will (which we know through the Bible) He hears, and because He hears we will have what we ask for. So don’t make prayer a last resort and don’t underestimate it; ask God early and often, become God’s good friend through prayer.
Verses:
Jeremiah 29:11-13
Psalms 34:4-9
Romans 10:9-10
I John 5:14
III John :2
Proverbs 15:8
I Peter 5:6-7
James 5:16
Lamantations 3:22-23
I John 5:14-15
Matthew 7:7-8