When serving God in Pakistan, I enjoyed reading some good books and often quoted from these in my journal. On…
# 412 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 4:10-19 Choose Life!
The book of Deuteronomy has one key message and it is summarized by Moses as follows: 19 This day I…
# 411 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 4:1-9. Grandma and Grandpa!
Except for my youngest son, I had the privilege of being present when my other two sons and my daughter…
# 410 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 3:21-35. Never walk away!
On one occasion, Jesus was walking along the road with his disciples and he had a number of conversations with…
# 409 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 3:13-20. A ‘hymn to wisdom’
When a child I wasn’t really into poetry but I do recall one poem, I guess, because of its simplicity.…
# 408 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 3:1-12 The benefits of discipline.
Do you want to live longer or maybe even jump higher? The John Hopkins Medicine website suggests these four basics:…
# 407 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 3:1-12. Don’t assume that you know it all (MSG 3:5)
An interesting cultural lesson that we learnt slowly when we were in Pakistan was that if, for example, we were…
# 406 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 2:1-22 Wisdom that comes from heaven.
I guess we have all read books or seen movies of prospectors searching for gold, or of adventurers seeking treasure…
# 405 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 2:1-22 The Path of the Righteous.
Amy Carmichael was born in Ireland in 1867. As a follower of Jesus, she served amongst women, in Belfast and…
# 404 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 1:20-33. “The absurdity of choosing folly.”
The Cambridge Dictionary defines personification as “the act of giving a human quality or characteristic to something which is not…
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