Reading the Word “Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.” (Proverbs 26:1, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word I live in Michigan where we enjoy four very distinct seasons each year. … Continue reading Honor Is Out of Place for a Fool
Reading the Word Proverbs 25:21–22 (ESV)21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,22 for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward … Continue reading Love Your Enemies
Shaped by the Word is a daily, Bible-reading devotional. I do not include supplemental material on Sundays, but I do publish a suggested Scripture reading. Please be sure to subscribe to this page so you can follow along every day. … Continue reading Don’t Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart
Today’s post is part of our Psalm Saturdays series from guest blogger Robert Chamberlain. You can read his archives at www.roberlain.wordpress.com . Psalm 129:1–8 (ESV)1 “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say—2 “Greatly have they afflicted me from my … Continue reading Affliction
Reading the Word “Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you.” (Proverbs 25:17, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word Today’s proverb begins with the phrase “Let your foot be … Continue reading Respect Your Neighbor’s Space
Reading the Word Proverbs 25:7–10 (ESV)7 What your eyes have seen8 do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?9 Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and … Continue reading Haste Brings Shame
Reading the Word Proverbs 24:30–34 (ESV)30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall … Continue reading A Little Sleep and a Little Slumber
Reading the Word “Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.” (Proverbs 24:27, ESV) Understanding and Applying the Word Preparation is important. We must always do things in the proper … Continue reading First Things First
Shaped by the Word is a daily, Bible-reading devotional. I do not publish supplemental material on Sundays, but I do include a suggested Scripture reading. Please be sure to subscribe to this page so you can follow along every day. … Continue reading Fear the Lord and the King
Today’s post is part of our Psalm Saturdays series from guest blogger Robert Chamberlain. You can read his archives at www.roberlain.wordpress.com . Psalm 128:1–6 (ESV)1 Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways!2 You shall eat the fruit of … Continue reading Happiness
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