GET RID OF GRASSHOPPER MENTALITY Proverbs 30:27 When we hear of grasshopper mentality, our minds quickly go to Numbers 13:33 when the spies sent by Moses to check out the land of Canaan came with their evil report saying:…
LEFT TO HIMSELF Proverbs 29:15-17 The need for a child to be properly brought up is seen all through the book of Proverbs. As a parent, you should rise up to this responsibility and see to it that your…
DON’T BE AN ABSENTEE Proverbs 27:8-17 This life we live can be compared to a theatrical stage and God as the lead director has appointed roles to everyone to play. If you do not play your role, a lot…
LET IT END WITH YOU Proverbs 26:17-28 Gossip is idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters when the person is not there. Without realizing it, gossip is deeply rooted in our need to feel good about ourselves. It…
DANGERS OF PRIDE Proverbs 25:14-16, 27-28 Pride can be described as the character of a person who has a bloated estimate of his own merits, making him to look down on others, treating them with contempt and disrespect. This…
VENGEANCE IS THE LORD’S Proverbs 24:17-18, 28-29 When people hurt you, it is normal for you to want to pay them back in their own coin. Even when you are restrained from doing just that out of good nature…
WEALTH IS ILLUSIVE Proverbs 23:1-5 God is not against riches. In fact, the Bible says money is a defense (Ecclesiastes 7:12). It answers all things. This positive position of the Bible about money should not make us lose sight…
REPUTATION MATTERS Proverbs 22:1-8 God wants us to value what we are far above what we have. Verse 1 says a good name is better than riches. A name represents who a person is. It says a lot about…
MAKING GOOD DECISION Proverbs 21: 2, Gen 13:10-12 Today’s reading brings to mind the choice of Lot as recorded in the book of Genesis. Lot was the nephew of Abraham. Abraham took him along when God told him to…