Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.                                                                                                                    Proverbs 3:5-6  Today: Read Proverbs 3 Perhaps this is the most well known of all of the Proverbs. Its truths bring…

If you seek her (wisdom) as silver and search for her (wisdom) as for hidden treasures; then you will discern the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God.                                                                                                                                                                                                     Proverbs 2:4-5  Today: Read Proverbs 2 Today, we are reminded that the…

A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel…                                                                                                      Proverbs 1:5  Today: Read Proverbs 1 Proverbs is an excellent source for wisdom as it provides us with timeless principles for life. Like the entirety of God’s word, spending time…

…in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.                                                                                                          Ephesians 6:16-17  Today we will examine the last three pieces…

Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace…                                                                                                           Ephesians 6:14-15  It is so often downplayed but the reality remains. Spiritual warfare is a certainty in this life. Everyday we face…

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction…

Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.                                                                                                                    Ephesians 5:33  It is quite interesting that the Bible affirms what we already know about husbands and wives. Ask a man the…

“Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”                                                                                              Ephesians 5:14  Are you spiritually awake? Are you enjoying a vibrant, personal relationship with Jesus? Are you walking daily in the power of the Holy Spirit? In today’s passage, Paul quotes from Isaiah instructing us to…

But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.                                                                                                             Ephesians 5:3-4  In today’s passage, Paul instructs us to avoid sexual immortality and even…

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.                                                                                                            Ephesians 4:29 There is tremendous power in the words that we use. We can use our tongues…