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These daily posts (and their author) are back from three weeks of rest and refreshing. With just two weeks left until Christmas, it feels like a good time to turn our attention each day to one of the magnificent promises of our Saviour’s arrival. Daily Readings: Psalm 27 and Isaiah 9:1-7 In Isaiah’s day, and
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These daily posts (and their author) will be on a 3-week break. We will resume on Monday 12 December. Stay strong in the Lord, and in His mighty power! (Ephesians 6:10) Daily Readings: Psalm 65 and Proverbs 26 “Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools, or you will become as foolish as they are.” Be
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Daily Readings: Psalm 64 and Proverbs 25 Proverbs 25-29 is an extra collection of Solomon’s Proverbs which was compiled in the days of the righteous King Hezekiah of Judah, some 270 years after Solomon. As is the case with the rest of the book, each of these proverbs is worthy of careful consideration. One which
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Daily Readings: Psalm 63 and Proverbs 24:13-34 “Do your planning and prepare your fields before building your house.” – v.27 “I walked by the field of a lazy person, the vineyard of one with no common sense.I saw that it was overgrown with nettles. It was covered with weeds, and its walls were broken down.” – v30-31 Translating v.27
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Daily Readings: Psalm 62 and Proverbs 24:1-22 The wise man writes, “The wise are mightier than the strong, and those with knowledge grow stronger and stronger.” (v.5) Later he adds, “If you fail under pressure, your strength is too small.” (v.10) I think those two lines are very closely connected. Wisdom gives birth to true courage and
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Daily Readings: Proverbs 23:13-35 and Psalm 61 “O my son, give me your heart. May your eyes take delight in following my ways.” (v.26) Centuries later, the apostle Paul would write: “Imitate me as I imitate Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1). Today’s key verse from Proverbs 23 has the same ring to it. In Proverbs 23:26, the
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Daily Readings: Psalm 60 and Proverbs 23:1-12 “While dining with a ruler, pay attention … (v1) … Don’t eat with people who are stingy (v6) … Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich… (v.4) … Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers (v.10)” In these verses, the father seeks to impart
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Daily Readings: Psalm 59 and Proverbs 22:17-23 “Don’t rob the poor just because you can, or exploit the needy in court.For the Lord is their defender. He will ruin anyone who ruins them.” (v.22-23) Here is a father putting the fear of God into his son by warning him of God’s active opposition and punishment if he should dare
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Daily Readings: Psalm 58 and Proverbs 22:1-16 “Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.” (v.6) Many of us will remember this Proverb better in its older wording: “Train up a child in the way he should go,And when he is old he will not depart from
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Daily Readings: Psalm 57 and Proverbs 21 “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.” (v.5) What an encouraging word for those who are willing to apply themselves to the tasks, challenges and opportunities before them. The modern equivalent would be something like: “Fail to plan, and you’re planning to
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