Many people will (mistakenly) think that anyone who memorizes a huge amount of Scripture must be some sort of “super saint”. I have this to say about that, and that’s this: Super saint? NO I AIN’T! Not even close. (To echo the Apostle Paul in Romans 7:18, “For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh”.) In fact, just the opposite of their notion is true, because the more of the Bible I memorize, the more I realize how utterly and entirely sinful I am in and of myself, in my flesh. You see, as Psalm 19:7-8 clearly states, the Bible – and especially memorizing the Bible – “enlightens the eyes”. It breaks through the blindness which besets us from birth and opens one’s eyes. To the truth and existence and nature and will of God. To the nature and detrimental, destructive, and indeed deadly consequences of sin (Romans 6:23). And to the nature of man. Our flesh. Our fallacy. Our tendencies. Why we do what we do. Why we do what we should not and not do what we should! (Romans 7:19) So you can see why I say that the more Scripture one memorizes, the more one will see the righteousness of God and the sinfulness of oneself, of the flesh, to the extent that I can honestly say that I’m the BIGGEST SINNER I know, I’m the biggest sinner I’ve EVER known, and I’m probably the biggest sinner YOU’VE ever known, at least that’s how I see it, that’s my (believe it or not blissful) Bible-borne perspective.
But thankfully Psalm 19:7-8 doesn’t stop there! Because it’s just as clear that the Bible also “restores the soul” and “makes wise the simple” and “rejoices the heart”! It’s not just a win, not just a home run, memorizing and reciting Scripture is a GRAND SLAM! And not just spiritually, but humanly… not just in the spiritual realm, but in the human realm, not just in the life to come but also this present life (1 Timothy 4:8). And I can testify from firsthand experience that all of this is absolutely true: so long as I’m doing so on a regular basis, my spirit remains utterly joyful, rarely ever leaving the proverbial “cloud nine”. I find that I see things that many others don’t (heightened insight produced by the Word within). And I find that my heart remains filled with and focused on the things above, not on the things that are on earth (Colossians 3:2), not on the things which are seen, but unseen, not the things which are temporal but eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18) – what a wonderful way to go through life! And what’s amazing is that I’m just at the START this journey of memorizing the entire Bible, after which the Lord is leading me to turn this into a full-fledged, full-speed-ahead, full-time ministry – here’s the plan…
PHASE 1: Memorize the ENTIRE Bible as a “love/thank You” gift back to Him and also to prove, to demonstrate to the world the utter and tangible power and benefits of the ingested (memorized) Word of God! And for the first few months to highlight the need and leave room for the Lord to lead like-minded Bible-loving believers to support this in whatever ways they’re able and willing and excited to do so when learning about this historic endeavor and opportunity.
PHASE 2: After memorizing all or at least the vast majority of the New Testament, the next step will commence and entail totally changing the emphasis of this website from seeking one-time and especially Monthly Partners so as to get and keep this going to just giving back by meeting the needs of others, to “fulfill the law of Christ” by “bearing the burdens of others” (Galatians 6:2) and “serving one another” (Galatians 5:13; 1 Peter 4:10).
Specifically, I will make myself available all throughout the day virtually every day so anyone will be able to:
- Ask and receive Bible-based answers to their questions about the Bible itself, God, sin, human nature, and whatever else might be on their hearts at any given time. Literally for the rest of my or their lives, they will have a ready and waiting friend and/or listening ear and/or shoulder to cry on according to their need at the time. Without reservation, and without judgment.
- Submit prayer requests to be prayed for by someone who is brimming with the living Word within him, which I firmly believe is the biggest key to effective prayer: the Word sanctifies (John 17:17) and cleanses (Ephesians 5:26) and keeps pure (Psalm 119:9) and away from sin (Psalm 119:11); now combine all of this with the fact that “the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears attend to their prayer” (1 Peter 3:12) and “The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much” (James 5:16b) and perhaps speaking most poignantly to the amazing link between memorizing Scripture and an effective prayer life, “If you abide in Me, and MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, ask WHATEVER you WISH, and it SHALL BE DONE for you.” (John 15:7). How will people’s lives literally change and be transformed by the supplication and intercession by one in whom such a massive amount of Scripture will be dwelling? GAME-CHANGER. Life-changer. WORLD-changer! (Literally. Just ask the people who were living in the time of Elijah.)
- Find a BIBLICAL – Bible-loving, Bible-believing, Bible-practicing – church near them, right in their local area! I am already in the process of putting together this network of churches; denomination will be irrelevant, the only criterion will be the extent to which they demonstrably adhere to the principles set forth in the Bible about “how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.” (1 Timothy 3:15) With a primary focus on how supportive they are of Bible memory. I expect even just the human-interest/intellectual aspect of this project to attract countless people who aren’t even religious or are very early on in their spiritual growth who’ll need and want to find a church that will foster and maximize said growth.
- Find the businesses in YOUR area that are owned and/or managed by fellow Christians who love the Lord and His Word and realize the importance of and support Bible memory. Galatians 6:10 and 1 Timothy 6:2 make clear that it is our responsibility as Christians that our everyday choices inure to the benefit of fellow believers whenever possible, so I’m going to make that super easy and convenient by posting a nationwide (but searchable by state/county/city) LIST of Christian businesses so we can all choose THEM whenever we need a product or service; once assembled, it will appear on the “Find A Christian Biz” / Yellow Pages section here at BibleMemory.ORG so please check back for that in the coming weeks.
PHASE 3: Turn this burgeoning history-in-the-making effort into a full-speed-ahead, full-fledged, full-time ministry to Educate, Encourage, and Empower others to memorize and recite Scripture on a regular, systematic, verse-by-verse, book-by-book basis! Tall goal, but totally doable, because something very interesting happened as I memorized my very first book of the Bible, the New Testament book of James. That goal seemed not just tall but downright monumental. Undoable. Right? Wrong! Because, amazingly, the more of it I memorize, the EASIER it gets! The more of it I memorize, the more I am able to memorize. By the time I came to Chapter 5, I knew this large task was indeed going to be accomplished. BIG difference than when I was facing Chapter 1 Verse 1.
This is a fantastic real-life demonstration of Matthew 19:26 which says, “With men, this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Including memorizing the ENTIRE Bible! You see, in the physical realm, the more water you pour into a glass, the less capacity it will have for more water to be added. But in the spiritual realm, when it comes to God and His Word, the Bible, the exact OPPOSITE is true! The MORE you pour into your mind, the MORE capacity you’ll have for additional verses and chapters and books to be added! Not less. And this amazing power is exponential in nature: I saw a large increase in capacity from James 1 to James 5, but double or triple the capacity by the time I finished memorizing Hebrews 1-5, and then quadruple or quintuple the capacity by the time I finished memorizing Hebrews 6-10, and so on. This finding is literally historic, and indeed the closest thing to a bona fide miracle in recent history of which I’m aware: it’s verifiable, it’s tangible, and – due to the “living and active” nature of the Bible (Hebrews 4:12) – it’s even repeatable. While the specific extent of this phenomenon might vary from person to person, the essence of the Word does not. Ever. This is how I’ll be able not just to Educate and Encourage the masses to memorize and recite Scripture on a regular, systematic basis but also to EMPOWER them to do so (the Word through me). (Believe me, once a person gets a taste of this, his or her life will never be the same. Human metaphors don’t really do it justice but in terms of the Christian life, it’s like trying filet mignon for the first time after a lifetime of eating hamburger.)
This will primarily be accomplished by producing a course, a syllabus, an entire series of videos, CD’s, and even audio cassettes, which will take all of this and make it SUPER EASY and CONVENIENT for people the world over to learn and apply this at their own pace and as their individual schedules permit. I am utterly convinced that another worldwide spiritual revival will occur, but I’m even more certain that it will only occur as people start ingesting the living Word of God by memorizing and reciting it regularly – “all the day” (Psalm 119:97) and even “day AND night” (Psalm 1:2-3).
By the way, this would be a great time to let you know that as I’ve been memorizing Scripture, a very specific METHOD of doing so is coming into focus, which, as noted above, I can testify firsthand is making it MUCH EASIER for me to memorize and retain – not just the Bible but EVERYTHING: to-do lists, schedule and meetings, various events that occur, etc., a true “sponge” effect! – and I’m 99.9% sure that it will do so for virtually anyone and everyone who applies it. It’s still coming together but seems to be getting close to the point that it can be rolled out. This one aspect alone of this one phase alone could easily and literally change the world and people’s everyday lives.
PHASE 4: Set up new and/or work with established addiction centers to specifically address the huge need for healing, curing, and then preventing from recurring (relapse) the massive crisis of addiction to pain killers, opioids, and other drugs, as well as the dreadful disease of depression. I am absolutely certain that the best and probably only way to truly beat, to truly eradicate, overcome, and conquer an addiction is to turn to something even more addictive – and I am equally certain that the most addictive thing in the universe is the BIBLE, the living and active Word of God, the Word ingested. No doubt about it. The main challenge is that so relatively few ever really give regular and systematic Bible memory a try, but I – with your and the Lord’s help – intend to change that!
It won’t happen overnight but I have no doubt that change is indeed coming. And just in case you don’t think the Bible extends or has relevance to the physical realm of human existence, I humbly give you Proverbs 4:22 which, referring to the Bible, the “my words” of verse 20, clearly states that His words “are LIFE to those who find them, and HEALTH to ALL their WHOLE BODY.” Is that an amazing verse or what?! We have a super-duper health “pill” readily available to us (the Bible is the most-published and available book of all time) yet SO FEW EVER ACTUALLY SWALLOW IT! To their utter “missing out” yet few if any are even aware of this because nobody has trumpeted it from the proverbial mountaintops but with your help I intend to change this, too, and do just that!
I didn’t start memorizing entire books of the Bible as a child but did memorize a lot of single Bible verses and – totally not surprisingly in light of that verse/truth/fact – I haven’t had to see a doctor or go to the hospital my entire adult life. Not even a single time. No emergencies. No health surprises. Not one. I don’t think the two are unrelated or that this remarkable health history is mere coincidence or the result of “good genes”; no, I’m certain it’s that verse at work.
No, it won’t happen overnight but down the road I look forward to organizing some clinical/medical trials to demonstrate that this is universal and not just specific to me. I dare say that other than imparting the Gospel or giving one’s own life to save another’s, there is no greater act of love and kindness and therefore Christlikeness (since He epitomized and epitomizes both) than to free a person from the cruel slavery and bondage of addiction or depression, to provide them with the answer, the antidote, something that actually and permanently WORKS! So even just this phase of the action plan will likely be enough to revolutionize the nation and world.
CONCLUSION: If you like what you’ve heard here and found yourself nodding in agreement several times, please read on…
“Look in the Mirror!”
/in Uncategorized /by Bible MemoryRemember that ubiquitous comeback line when we were children? Usually from a sibling (and accompanied in rapid succession with the sticking out of the tongue). Sometimes (cringe) to a parent or teacher or maybe babysitter, or anyone who said something to us which we didn’t particularly like: “Look in the mirror!”
In a very different take on that line, I want to talk about one of my all-time favorite verses in the entire Bible which has been such a blessing and practical, tangible benefit in my life.
I actually referenced it in a recent post, as a side note, but I’d now like to circle back and give it the focus and spotlight it deserves. It’s Proverbs 14:8.
The more I look around at current-day society, the more and more deception and self-deception I see floating around. This should come as no surprise to anyone: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” (NKJV/KJV) The NASB translates it thusly: “The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?”
The plain and simple – and firsthand 🙁 – truth is that ALL of us are prone to self-deceit, to self-deception.
While not dealing with issues as they arise from time to time in our lives is bad, what’s even worse is NOT SEEING THEM in the first place, right? Because the former is IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT the latter. To state the obvious, we can’t resolve an issue we don’t see.
“12-step” plans have been all the rage in the recovery sector for decades. so no disrespect to those, if someone finds them to be a helpful aid in getting their life back on track, fantastic, but I’m going to give you a TWO-step plan to resolve ANY issue or problem that may arise in life:
STEP #1: Look into the MIRROR of the Bible to see which qualities and conduct should and shouldn’t be in your life
STEP #2: Then DEAL WITH THEM, right away, without dilly-dallying around
That’s all there is to it. This really is all that’s needed. To look at what the Bible says, then look at our lives and get the latter in line with the former as needed.
In other words… the Bible: read it then heed it. Read then heed… or bleed. Your choice, my choice, the choice of each and every person (Romans 14:12).
We tend to complicate and indeed over-complicate the Christian life. To largely spin our wheels. And thus needlessly waste so much time and opportunity. I’ve certainly been guilty of this throughout my life. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – and many times in the future: I’ve been the biggest sinner I know, I’ve been the biggest sinner I’ve ever known, and I’ve been the biggest sinner you’ve probably ever known, at least that’s my perspective, having 24/7 awareness of my past sins and utter sinfulness. But praise the Lord I can honestly say that such has kept decreasing and decreasing dramatically, constantly with only little blips here and there which, like the first flames of a forest fire, should be put out immediately lest it spread (otherwise it will) – ever since I started memorizing the Bible on a regular, systematic basis. Psalm 119:11 is true! Colossians 3:16-17 is true! The Bible – and maximally, memorizing and reciting it regularly… not just as a part of your daily life but AS your life daily, as a lifestyle – is the antidote for sin. The antidote. Prayer is great in this regard, too, but is informed by Bible memory and recitation, which greatly, greatly, greatly (in extent and essence) frees and unleashes and expands the capacity for the Holy Spirit and prayer in our life.
In another recent post I discussed how important, indeed how crucial and imperative it is to “examine ourselves” and “test ourselves” and “be all the more diligent to MAKE CERTAIN about” our salvation, that it’s genuine and not just a figment of our self-deception or mere guessing or hopeful wishing (2 Corinthians 13:5; 2 Peter 1:10). I mentioned many specific “tests” the Bible itself clearly and plainly provides for us to do just that, including the entire books of James and 1 John which themselves are just such a checklist and written for that main purpose. (James 1:4; 1 John 5:13)
So to end this post, I’ll reference those very specific tests but add a general guideline or “key” to grade the test. A way to confirm the validity and genuineness of our salvation “at a quick glance” as it were. Two verses:
Resolving and affirmatively settling and confirming one’s genuine salvation will remove any and all “big picture”, overarching anxiety in one’s life. Guaranteed. Not some of the “small picture” episodes (Bible memory will take care of those!) but ALL of the big-picture variety. Because each of us instinctively knows that eternity, the life to come, is the ONLY thing that really matters in this life. (Ecclesiastes 3:11; Romans 1:19)
We’ve grown up and come a long way, yet ironically the key to this life and the one to come is this: “Look in the mirror!” Then comb our hair, promptly, if it’s out of place.
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Plan Ahead!
/in Uncategorized /by Bible MemoryI’m sure we’re all very familiar with an adage I used to love as a kid and ever since: “Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark!”
So true. And indeed something that garnered him entrance into the “hall of faith” in Hebrews 11.
But in this post I’d like to look at a New Testament example and discuss two aspects or applications of this time-tested truth. (There’s a reason an adage, well, becomes an adage.)
First, the New Testament example of this general application.
I love the Apostle Paul. Other than the Lord Jesus Himself – with whom none can even begin to compare – Paul has always been at the top of my list of biblical heroes. (Along with David, Daniel, Joseph, Abraham, Job, and Samuel and Ruth and Rahab, and pre-decline Solomon [Proverbs Solomon, not Ecclesiastes Solomon], among others.) I love everything about him. His utter tenacity in fulfilling what he believed to be right. (His view was of course diametrically opposite of God’s before a certain meeting on the road to Damascus, but even then nobody can say he wasn’t tenacious and dedicated. Misguided, yes, but totally tenacious and dedicated.) His love for others — sometimes, when called for, tough love (e.g., 2 Corinthians and especially Galatians) – which surpasses anyone I’ve ever seen or heard of other than the Lord Jesus Himself, when in Romans 9:3 he says that he loved his fellow Jews so much that, if it were an option, he’d give up his own salvation in exchange for theirs. That he’d put himself under the eternal curse of hell if it meant they would go to heaven. Ladies and gentlemen, that is a level of love I can’t even imagine much less say I possess. I’m a very loving person — always have been in a human, social sense but even exponentially more so since I started memorizing the Bible on a regular, systematic basis — but I’m quite sure I’ll never reach the point where I’d be willing to give up my salvation for anyone else’s. But that’s exactly the level of love which the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22) had sewn in Paul’s transformed heart and life. Amazing. Stunning. And so admirable.
But one aspect of the Apostle Paul I’ve come to appreciate especially in recent years is his sense of practicality and attention to details. Wanna see what I’m talking about? Just read what he wrote near the end of his life: “Only Luke is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service. But Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.” (2 Timothy 4:11-13)
At first glance there might not seem to be much in these three short verses. But upon closer inspection we can learn a LOT about Paul. His personality and nature. Social, connected, great leader shepherding his fellow workers like a great army general would on the battlefield. Delegating various tasks to various people, as best suited. More concerned about the churches he had planted and people he had led to Christ (in this case, at Ephesus) than his own emotional comfort, i.e., I think it’s safe to say that the vast majority of people nearing the very end of their life (verses 6-7) would seek to surround themselves with as many of their loved ones as possible. But not Paul! No sir, no ma’am, he kept just one by his side at that time (Luke) so the others could continue on in ministry and spreading the Gospel and watering the growth of new believers and churches. What selflessness! He clearly had internalized what the Holy Spirit had led him to write in Philippians 2:3-4. Always thinking about the interest of others, not his own, under the umbrella of always thinking about the interests and desires and will of God.
His sense of practicality is also demonstrated in this passage and downright palpable. He saw that Mark could be useful to him in ministry and didn’t hesitate to put those wheels into motion.
His love for the Bible is also demonstrated in that “the books” and “parchments” likely refer to the Old Testament. We’ll have to wait until heaven to find out for sure but I’m 99.99% certain that Paul also internalized what the Holy Spirit had led him to write in Colossians 3:16, that he had memorized and regularly recited huge portions of the Bible at the time, the Old Testament. (I also often wonder and can hardly wait to find out from him personally if he knew or at least had a sense, had any inkling that many of his penned letters to churches and individuals would comprise a huge part of the Bible’s New Testament. I.e., it’s possible that under the miraculous umbrella of “dual” authorship – human and divine – the human author was referring to the Old Testament when he wrote 2 Timothy 3:16 while the divine Author was of course, we know now, referring prophetically to the entire Bible, the whole of Scripture.) But what’s 100% known is that he loved the Bible, the Word of God, EVERY word of God, with all his heart and mind and soul. [I wish there were far more ways in which my life imitated Paul’s but praise the Lord this is definitely one of them, a deep and abiding love and respect for His Word, which is why I’ve dedicated literally the rest of my life to memorizing the entire Bible, every word of the Word, so I can recite His own words in that greatest (and longest =) of all love letters BACK TO HIM as a unique and indeed historic love/thank-You gift for all He has done for me and us, all He does, all He intends to yet do, and just for who and how He is!]
But wait, there’s more! Another thing demonstrated in this passage, in these three short verses, is that Paul – like Noah – planned ahead. Did you catch that phrase “bring the cloak”? A cloak was a piece of garment which doubled as a coat and blanket. He makes clear in verse 21 that “winter” was coming, and he wanted Timothy to come before winter and bring Paul’s coat/blanket so he’d be fully prepared. Planning ahead! (On a side note, that was TWO THOUSAND years ago yet isn’t it interesting that in many ways he and the people of that time weren’t much different from us. Don’t we shop for or unpack our winter clothes in advance of its expected arrival? Indeed we do. Paul was doing the very same thing, but was tied up at the moment so asked Timothy to do so for him. Thinking ahead, planning ahead.)
But my other favorite example of this is also near the end of one of his penned-letters-turned-New-Testament-book: Romans 15:22-25. It’s clear from the people and places mentioned in Chapter 16 that he wrote the letter from Corinth.
Here’s where the “planning ahead” comes in.
You see, if you were to look at a map of those times, you’d see Corinth then to the left/west you’d see Rome and then further to the left/west of that you’d see Spain.
Do you know what that means? Not only that Paul was planning (ahead) his trip to Spain in advance, but also made the necessary arrangements, like sending this letter via Phoebe (16:1-2), far enough in advance that they’d have time to make the necessary preparations for his “in passing on his way to Spain” visit “for a while” (verse 24), and also enough time to “help him out” financially on that journey. He left nothing to chance. Very detailed. Very organized (probably the most EVER). Always planning ahead!
And that brings me to the second aspect or application of that wise practice I’d like to discuss here.
It’s very important and beneficial to PLAN AHEAD in life. But you know what’s infinitely more important? To plan ahead for the NEXT LIFE, the life to come, ETERNITY.
For one reason, unlike winter, our physical death often doesn’t give ANY WARNING or ADVANCE NOTICE – so it’s absolutely imperative to do all of our planning for such NOW, while we still can.
One sad but perfect example is 9/11. Those tragic terrorist attacks against our country in 2001. I think about that throughout the year but inescapably at the end of every summer, with each passing anniversary of that horrific day. And you want to know one of my main takeaways from it? The fact that around THREE THOUSAND people simply went to their office or hopped on a plane as they no doubt had countless times before. It was just a regular, normal, average day. UNTIL IT WASN’T.
Those killed on that somber day had years and years and years to get their eternal destiny in order. To plan ahead. Before it was too late. Because just like when that door on Noah’s Ark closed as the rains fell and flooding of historic proportions commenced, and it was too late for those people to change their mind and board that boat – i.e., to be saved – so also when a person dies and departs this physical world, it will be too late to reserve one’s place in heaven. No my friends, that’s a reservation which can only be made in this life, while one is still alive, before the rains and flood of death occurs. And I just want to urge each and every one of you to “be all the more diligent to MAKE CERTAIN” (2 Peter 1:10; also 2 Corinthians 13:5, per that recent post) that you’re saved and have a room waiting for you in heaven long before that day comes and this life ends.
But HOW, you might ask? Simple. Literally. Simple faith in Jesus Christ and Him alone:
That’s it, nothing else. (John 3:16) By the pure grace of God through faith in His appointed mediator, Jesus Christ. (1 Timothy 2:4-6)
You don’t have to go to church (though you’ll want to – John 2:17; Hebrews 10:24-25). You don’t even have to do good works (though you will – Ephesians 2:10). We need simply to acknowledge that we’re sinners and therefore unable to be let into heaven, into the physical presence of the infinitely holy and righteous God, and then to put our faith in the fact that Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins so we CAN and WILL spend eternity in heaven. The substitutionary, propitiatory sacrifice of Jesus and subsequent resurrection totally resolves that otherwise conundrum! God can let sinners into heaven, into His holy presence, because those sins have been replaced with the righteousness of Jesus Christ! (2 Corinthians 5:21)
Unlike Paul, I would never trade my salvation and willingly spend eternity in hell so someone else could spend it in heaven instead. (Sorry, I’m very loving but not that loving. =) But I would trade my physical life so someone else could go to heaven, if that were possible. Gladly. But it’s not. Why? Because if I sacrificed my life so you could go to heaven, it wouldn’t do any good – because I’d merely be paying the price for my OWN sins (Romans 6:23; also 5:6-10). But that’s where Christ is different than ANY OTHER person. While Adam’s sin has been passed down to everyone else since creation and the fall of man in the garden of Eden (Romans 5:12), Christ avoided that since He was conceived not by a man (Joseph or any other) but rather by the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18). So He WAS able to offer His own body as payment for the sins of others, of everyone, of “the whole world” as 1 John 2:2 puts it. He literally traded places with us (2 Corinthians 5:21 – more on this in a future post, incredible, the great “switcharoo”, the ultimate “no-brainer slam-dunk”!) and went to hell in our stead (Ephesians 4:9-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22) so we don’t have to, so we can go to heaven! So when you and I leave this world and stand at the gates of heaven and are asked why we should be let in, there’s only one right, acceptable, accepted answer: because of what JESUS did FOR US and that ALONE.
And praise the Lord that if indeed this is what ANY person is wholly, fully, and solely relying and depending on, I’m telling you right now on the full authority of the Bible and thus God Himself (it’s HIS Word, not mine) that you can KNOW with ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY that your reservation for a room in heaven has indeed been arranged beforehand.
May we be wise – like Noah, like Paul – to PLAN AHEAD. Not just for matters of this life but also and far more importantly for the life to come.
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Timing is EVERYTHING!
/in Uncategorized /by Bible Memory“He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be reckoned a curse to him.” (Proverbs 27:14)
What an amazing verse and truth, just like the other one from this very same Chapter discussed in the previous post. Blessing someone is a good thing. And doing so loudly is even better if you ask me. But timing is so important in life that if even just that one aspect is off, it can turn an otherwise triply-positive thing into a BAD thing, into a curse.
I don’t have much time for games but balance is very important in life and that includes spending at least a little time each week on playing a game or two and I prefer ones that sharpen the mind so my favorite are Tetris and FreeCell. In both, and particularly the latter, it’s not just what move you make, it’s when you make it, in what order. And so it is in life: it’s not just what you do, it’s when you do it.
So before you do anything, always take a nanosecond to just ask yourself if it’s the right time.
Yes my friends, timing is everything. Just ask any surfer.
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