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When wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, 11 Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you, 12 To deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things, 13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice in doing evil, and delight ….  Read More

“For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding” verse 6 Proverbs chapter 2 verses 1-9 My son, if you receive my words, and treasure my commands within you, 2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, 4 If you ….  Read More

Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our ….  Read More

GOD’S GUIDANCE IN HIS WORD God promises us three things in His Word: instruction; teaching; guidance: ‘I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with my eye’, Psalm 32 verse 8. Reading the Bible is essential if we want to know God’s will for us – ….  Read More

WHY SHOULD WE READ IT? It is ‘food’ for the soul It cleanses our life It keeps us from sinning It draws us nearer to God It guides us through life HOW SHOULD WE READ IT? prayerfully expectantly carefully humbly regularly systematically PUT THE ABOVE SIX THINGS INTO PRACTICE READ JOHN chapter 10 verses 1-42 ….  Read More

HOW DID WE GET IT? SOME SIMPLE FACTS ‘BIBLE’ means ‘book / writings’ it was written by around 40 authors, over a period of approximately 1500-1600 years. it contains the revealed mind and will of God – it is complete and perfect. there have been 3 stages involved in bringing it to us: revelation inspiration ….  Read More

Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing ….  Read More

 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” 47 Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!” 48 Immediately ….  Read More

“He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed” verse 20.  Proverbs chapter 14 verses 15-25 Good understanding gains favour, but the way of the unfaithful is hard. 16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly. 17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful ambassador brings health. 18 Poverty and shame will come to him who disdains correction, ….  Read More

For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshippers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3 But ….  Read More