Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Keep Getting Up

Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Keep Getting Up

 

“You can’t lose confidence in yourself, or you’ve lost already. When you get knocked down, you’ve got to keep getting back up.” – Tim Tebow

“Don’t judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” -Nelson Mandela

“Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure” – Oprah Winfrey

We all have times in life when we stumble and fall whether it was our own fault or someone else causing the fall. No matter whose fault it is we must get back up and keep moving. You know the old saying “if at first, you don’t succeed try, try again.”

There are two categories of people who are remarkably familiar with this: Babies start walking on average when they are 12 months old. Some start as early as 9 months old and some start at 18 months. The one thing all babies have in common is that once they do start walking, they fall multiple times until they can walk perfectly. The other category of people is hockey players. Every hockey game has at least one player that falls on the ice during a game whether it is their unbalance, or they were tripped. They do not stay on the ice and refuse to get back up. They pop up and continue to play the game. – Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Keep Getting Up. – http://www.miraclebook.net

This is what God expects us to do also. God did not stop the world once Adam and Eve sinned. God did not fall and say, that is it, it is over. Adam and Eve spoiled everything and now what is the use? God kept moving forward. “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.” – Proverbs 24:16

There are several people in the bible that stumbled and fell but with God’s assistance was able to get back up and become great men and women. Here are a few:

The Apostle Paul who was originally named Saul that persecuted every Christian until God intervened

King David who killed Goliath but also slept with Bathsheba who was married to Uriah the Hittite that King David had murdered

Moses who lead the people of Israel out of slavery and bondage with Pharaoh but murdered an Egyptian

Simon Peter who denied knowing Jesus three times

Jonah who was swallowed by the whale when he refused to obey God and spread God’s message

Tamar who was a barren woman who never had children with her first 2 husbands and finally unorthodoxically slept with her father-in-law Judah and bore twin sons. One of the sons was the ancestor of King David a direct lineage to Christ

You didn’t get the home you wanted, you lost the business deal, the person you thought you would spend the rest of your life with walked out and left you, you didn’t get the promotion at work, you miscarried on giving birth to your first child, you weren’t chosen when you auditioned for your first performance, you failed your first driving test. There are many other examples of falling and failure, but we all need to remember one of America’s greatest inventors Thomas Edison who failed 10,000 times before he was able to create the incandescent electric lightbulb. “I have not failed. I just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison.

Do not give up and throw the towel in when you fall. Mistakes and failure are necessary to grow. It reminds us that we cannot do anything without God’s assistance. It also reminds us to be humble, not haughty. KEEP GETTING UP! – Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Keep Getting Up.

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Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Bonus

Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Bonus

 

Bonus – something in addition to what is expected or strictly due.

Here are some examples of types of bonuses: All references taken from https://www.merriam-webster.com.

1- money or an equivalent given in addition to an employee’s usual compensation

2-a premium (as of stock) given by a corporation to a purchaser of its securities, to a promoter, or to an employee

3-a government payment to war veterans

4-a sum in excess of salary given to an athlete for signing with a team

We all like to get a bonus and are excited when we get what we are expecting. However, what happens when we do not get what we wanted? We then become annoyed, exasperated, and a host of other negative emotions. The mind is a BATTLEFIELD. Let us take a closer look at how we have choices and how we can look at a bonus in a negative or positive mindset.

B = Broken or Beauty for Ashes. We can choose to feel broken, shattered, crushed because we didn’t get what we wanted or we can TRUST God that he will make it up to us and give us something even better and give us Beauty for Ashes and keep moving forward. : “to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.” – Isaiah 61:3

O = Overwhelmed or Omega. When we are in a fiery furnace like how Shadrach, Meshach, & Abednego were we again have choices. We can become overwhelmed where all we do is stay on the phone calling friends and keep talking about all the problems and get even more stressed and overwhelmed or we can turn to Omega for help. In the book of Revelations 22:13, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” We must have complete FAITH in God that he will keep his promises. “For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” – Psalm 84:11

N = Nobody or Nirvana. What about the times when we have encountered so many bad events in our lives that we feel God has forgotten about us and we are just a nobody? We can either wallow in that negativity or we can shake that off and remember nirvana. This is a place or state of oblivion to care, pain, or external reality. https://www.merriam-webster.com. An example of this would be a resort which is a skier’s and snowboarder’s nirvana. Now, remember whatever provides you bliss that is what you want to do to take yourself out of the doldrums. Remember nothing that happens to you is a surprise to God so let him handle it. Let Go and Let God!

U = Unworthy or Ubiquity. There are times in life when we think we have committed so much sin that we are unworthy to have anything good happen to us. We feel that we cannot ask God for anything because we do not deserve it. Remember God gives us all a fresh set of grace every 24 hours. Ubiquity – presence everywhere or in many places especially simultaneously: OMNIPRESENCE. God is always everywhere. “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” – Proverbs 15:3. We must not persecute ourselves because sometimes we fall short. God sees everything we do, and he is aware of all the times you do the right thing as well as when you make a mistake. God is a loving father and wants to give the best to his children. “For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.” – Psalm 5:12

S = Screwed or Success. There will come a time when we will all feel like we have had the air taken out of our sails and we have been screwed. However, what we must remember is just like how Joseph went from the Pit to the Palace we will also. Success may not come when you want it because God does not operate on our timetable. This is when we must dig our heels in and BELIEVE success is on the way. To everything there is a season and even though you may be in the summer season where you are pulling a lot of weeds and dealing with a lot of stressful issues remember that the spring season is on the way and you will get your harvest. “Therefore, I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” – Mark 11:24

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Book of Proverbs – From Crimson Red To White As Snow

Book of Proverbs – From Crimson Red To White As Snow. Check out my website

 

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. – Isaiah 1:18

After the first transgression on earth in the Garden of Eden, we have been deemed sinners and ultimately, we will all face death. However, God’s love for us is insurmountable. “The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore, with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” – Jeremiah 31:3.

God’s resume is bountiful. He is the greatest Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher, Accountant, Carpenter, Fisherman, Painter, and many more. God is also the greatest Makeup Artist ever.

Makeup artists all over the world, especially in Hollywood, are charged with making celebrities look stunning and fabulous. Top of the line makeup artists are used by famous Hollywood stars and musicians. Book of Proverbs – From Crimson Red To White As Snow.

When we are engulfed in sin and God touches our heart and we decide to trust him and give our lives over to him then he becomes our Makeup Artist. These are some of the ways that God changes us from Crimson Red to White as Snow:

And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. – Jeremiah 33:8

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. – Ezekiel 36:26

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: – 2 Corinthians 9:8

Then God will give you peace, a peace which is too wonderful to understand. That peace will keep your hearts and minds safe as you trust in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:7

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, this is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. – Jeremiah 30:17

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever. – John 14:16

All these verses have a highlighted word which is most important. These are just some of the things that change after we give our life to Christ and we go from crimson red to white as snow. The most important of these is the comforter. This is the Holy Spirit that lives in each of us. The Holy Spirit is the third part of the Trinity. He is who will lead and guide us if we ask. He is also who will convict us if we are leaning towards doing sinful things. As you can see if we allow The Holy Spirit to guide us and obey God even though he changes us little by little eventually you will see the new you and what the Makeup Artist has created. Check out my website

 

Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Be Yourself

Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Be Yourself. Check out my website

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ― Oscar Wilde

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.” ― Judy Garland

God created each one of us in his own image. He gave each one of us specific gifts to be used to accomplish what he wanted us to do with the life he gave us. Each one of us is God’s masterpiece. Do you know what a masterpiece is? It is a person’s greatest piece of work, as in a art. Anything done with masterly skill: a consummate example of skill or excellence of any kind: a piece made by a person aspiring to the rank of master in a guild or other craft organization as a proof of competence. –  http://Dictionary.com . 

Instead of being ourselves, we are always comparing ourselves to others. We are always saying things like:

I wish I was pretty like her/him.

Look at his/her physique. Why can’t I look like that?

I want to sing as she/he does.

Why can’t I dance as they do?

Look how long and silky his/her hair is. Why can’t mine be like that?

Why can’t my teeth be straight and bright white like his/hers is?

How come I don’t have the same metabolism he/she does? They can eat anything they want and never gain any weight.

I wish I was as talented as he/she is.

I would give anything to be as smart and educated as he/she is.

Why wasn’t I born as tall as he/she is?

I know if I had been given a better personality as he/she has I would be further off in life.

God breathed his life into all of us. It is vital that you be proud of yourself and realize you are one of a kind. Don’t belittle yourself. There are lots of people who are already against you. Don’t add yourself to the list. You should never feel intimidated and unsure about yourself. Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Be Yourself. Check out my website

Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, Michelangelo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, El Greco, and Francisco Goya are all some of the greatest painters to ever live. However, remind yourself that God who created you in his own image and breathed the breath of life in you is the greatest painter of them all. God was pleased with everything he created, “And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” – Genesis 1:31. We were the last thing God created. He saved the best for last! Be yourself and be proud of who you are God is. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:10.

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Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – The Amusement Arcade

Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – The Amusement Arcade

An amusement arcade (often referred to as a video arcade or simply arcade) is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers (such as claw cranes), or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables. In some countries, some types of arcades are also legally permitted to provide gambling machines such as slot machines or pachinko machines. Games are usually housed in cabinets. The term used for ancestors of these venues in the beginning of the 20th century was penny arcades. Video games were introduced in amusement arcades in the late 1970s and were most popular during the golden age of arcade video games, the early 1980s. – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_arcade. Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – The Amusement Arcade

Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – The Amusement Arcade Amusement Arcades have been beloved for years. These places are where people can go and have fun, laugh, test their skills and much more. Amusement Arcades have a plethora of choices. My personal favorite is Skeeball but there are a variety of things to enjoy. Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – The Amusement Arcade. Check out my website

Amusement Arcades was taken to an elevated level when Dave & Busters was founded in Dallas TX in 1982. This establishment not only has a video arcade in all their locations, but they also have a full-service restaurant. Now people can dine and have fun at the same time. People have so many choices of the games to entertain themselves. Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – The Amusement Arcade

Daily we also have so many choices to do the right thing and live a godly life instead of a sinful life. Are we going to have faith or are we going to live in fear? We have the choice to trust God or be a doubting Thomas. “The other disciples therefore said unto him, we have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.” – John 20:25. Will we believe that we have the power, strength, and determination to handle any challenge that comes our way? The bible says,” I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” – Philippians 4:13. Are we willing to live a life based on integrity? Will we choose daily to bless our family, friends, and people with our words and not speak ill of them? Are we willing to be Good Samaritans? As parents are, we able to be like the father of The Prodigal Son who wasted all his inheritance and came humbly begging his father to take him back as a hired hand? When you go grocery shopping will you return the grocery cart to the appointed place or just leave it anywhere where it can roll and hit someone’s vehicle and cause damage?

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Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Look Forward – Move Forward – Press Forward

Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Look Forward – Move Forward – Press Forward

“Study the past if you would define the future.” – Confucius

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious, and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” Martin Luther King Jr

“If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.” John Wooden

“Let us move forward with strong and active faith.” Franklin D. Roosevelt

“A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.” – Ezra Taft Benson

We were made in the image of God and he pressed forward for six days to create the earth. Life happens and things go haywire sometimes, but we must keep going forward. God gives us a new set of grace every 24 hours and gives us an anointing to go through. If you scheduled an Amtrak excursion on the “Empire Builder” from Spokane WA which travels through mountains and long tunnels you wouldn’t tell the train conductor to stop the train before the tunnel because you are afraid of going through and what you may run into on the other side. Your eyes and heart would be lit up with excitement for what would be coming next. – Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Look Forward – Move Forward – Press Forward. Check out my website

This is the same way we must handle life daily. We must jump in with both feet and know that God will carry us safely through to the other side. We cannot cringe in fear or stop living our lives that isn’t the life that Jesus died for us to have. “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.” – John 10:10.

Bible Verses on Looking, Moving, and Pressing forward:

Remember ye, not the former things, neither consider the things of old. – Isaiah 43:18

And the Lord said unto Moses, wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. – Exodus 14:15

And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. – Mark 14:35

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. – Luke 9:62

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 3: 13-14

We all have days when the pain is so real that we feel like we cannot breathe. We don’t want to get out of bed. It feels like we cannot talk to anyone and so we shut out the world. Whether it be the loss of a loved one, a divorce, the loss of a job, a friend walked out on you, someone double-crosses you, you don’t know where your next dollar is coming from to eat. Remember God is with you always. Remember what God said, “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” – Isaiah 41:10

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Proverbs For The Modern Day – Don’t Panic – Just Pray

http://Dictionary.com Panic – a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals. Proverbs For The Modern Day – Don’t Panic – Just Pray. Check out my website

Causes of panic attacks – Severe stress, such as the death of a loved one, divorce, or job loss can trigger panic attacks. Panic attacks can also be caused by medical conditions and other physical causes.

 

What do you feel when you are having a panic attack? According to https://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/panic-attack-happening#1 once you have four or more of these feelings you are having a panic attack:

Feel like you’re losing control or going crazy

Pounding heart

Sweating

Trembling or shaking

Shortness of breath

Chest pain

Nausea

Dizziness

Chills or hot flashes

An out-of-body sensation

Like you’re choking

A fear that you’re dying

Tingling or numb hands, arms, feet, or legs

Right now, our world is having a panic attack due to this coronavirus. Has the world ever had things to give them panic attacks before? Yes, of course. 911, school shootings, mass killings, etc. Have we survived? Of course, we have and like the old saying quotes And This Too Shall Pass! Proverbs For The Modern Day – Don’t Panic – Just Pray. Check out my website

As long as we are alive life is going to happen. There will be things that arise that catch us off guard. That is when we lean in and pray not panic! We must keep our bible closer than our fear.

Right now, we are dealing with this COVID-19 issue but there are things that we can all do to help ourselves. This, in turn, will help the first responders who are on the front line battling this crisis. We need to be more socially responsible and stay home and use wisdom and follow what our government officials are saying to help protect each other. When I went grocery shopping a cashier said to me people are coming to the grocery store just to hang out because they don’t want to or just can’t see themselves staying home. Remember what the bible says regarding all of us, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” – Phillippians 4:13.

First, there were news reports of people panicking regarding toilet paper and buying up all they could find. Now the news reported an increase in buying chickens. A business owner said he had a tremendous increase in sales because people are pouring into his business buying chicks expecting to ensure that they will have eggs. THIS IS PANIC NOT PRAYER! He explained how chicks cannot even have eggs for six months. He also pleaded that if those who buy them find they cannot do all the required elements to care for them to please return them to his store and he will buy them back. Now the latest thing is that the FDA is requesting that the makers of hand sanitizers please add denatured alcohol to the products to discourage people, especially children, from drinking the liquid. Hand sanitizers are meant for external use, they are not for ingestion. According to the National Poison Data System calls from last month in March related to hand sanitizer increased by 79% compared to March 2019. This is truly disturbing and the highest level of PANIC! The bible says, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore, take no thought, saying, what shall we eat? or, what shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. – Matthew 6:25-34.

Bible Verses related to Panic and Fear:

So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. – Hebrews 13:6

Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. – Philippians 4:6

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. – 2 Timothy 1:7

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4

For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. – Isaiah 41:13

And fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. – Matthew 10:28

Prayer changes things and is a powerful weapon against the enemy. Most households have a minimum of two people living together. Remember what the bible says, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” – Matthew 18:20.

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Book of Proverbs – A Blissful Life Is Not Guaranteed

Bliss – supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment. http://www.dictionary.com.

When we were born as babies we were pampered, comforted, loved, cradled, fed, changed, and as we grew, we were given every creature comfort possible. No wonder we thought that life would be a constant cycle of bliss. – Book of Proverbs –  A Blissful Life Is Not Guaranteed. Check out my website

Reality started to set in as we grew older. Going to school was a perfect example. Sometimes it was difficult to make friends. We didn’t always get the best grades on our tests and homework assignments. Then there were those of us that were unfortunately bullied. Book of Proverbs – A Blissful Life Is Not Guaranteed.

As we grew into adults and then the real maze began. We thought once we graduated, we would find the perfect job or open our dream business and work there until retirement. We would find the perfect spouse, have a couple of kids if we chose, purchase a home, a couple of cars, and possibly have a pet or two and life would be great.

Surprise! A Blissful Life Is Not Guaranteed. As adults, we all have at one point or another faced these issues:

Being laid off or fired from a job

Lost a loved one to death

Struggled or still struggling with health issues

Divorce

Lost a business that you owned

Been involved in an accident of some type

Had to file Bankruptcy

I know there are many things that I have left off this list. We need to remember that Jesus did not have a blissful life when he was here on earth either. Jesus endured physical torment, emotional trauma, and spiritual agony. However here are some promises in the bible when life is tumultuous and not blissful:

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. – Romans 8:28

 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it and is safe. – Proverbs 18:10

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. – Isaiah 41:10

And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. – Deuteronomy 31:8

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. – Psalm 34:17

I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. – Psalm 34:4

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. – Joshua 1:9

Yes, you can count on the fact that A Blissful Life Is Not Guaranteed but you can also count on the promises of God and he will never fail you!

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Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – One Step At A Time

Why is it important for all of us to take one step at a time? Our creator God did so if we are to emulate him then we should do the same thing. Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – One Step At A Time. Check out my website

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. – Genesis 1:1-27. Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day- One Step At A Time.

Now for those of you that are not new to Christ going over how the earth was created may have been boring but remember there are new people coming to Christ every day that have never heard the word of God or ever read a bible so this is for them. Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day- One Step At A Time. Check out my website

Let me provide you with some things that go one step at a time:

1 – A baby. Many babies take their first steps between the age of 9 months and 12 months. Babies just like all of us must take one step at a time. They must learn to walk before they can run.

2- A ladder. When we open a ladder to use it, we go up one step at a time. For all of you WWE fans which is almost everybody, you know about the ladder matches. They are excited to see when a wrestler has knocked all the other ones down and starts to climb the ladder to reach the championship belt and be declared the winner. For those of you who don’t follow wrestling you also know you can only climb one step at a time.

3- A recipe. When we decide to prepare some food that we have never fixed before we look up the dish and find a recipe. We purchase all the ingredients that we will need and follow the instructions carefully one step at a time. For example, for the holidays you have decided to make Gingerbread Cookies. That’s great but you need to follow the recipe. The most important thing you must do is chill the dough for at least 3 hours. If you just wrap it and then roll it out after a while and try to start making the shapes without chilling it, you will have a disaster. You want your cookie dough firm, so the cookies hold their shape. You won’t have that unless you have chilled cookie dough.

4- A Christmas Tree. If you decorate a Christmas tree for the holidays you know it is a step by step process. First, you purchase the tree. Then spread out the branches. Then you must place it in a tree stand. You also need a tree skirt. Then you start to add the festive decorations you have purchased. One by one you add the lights, tinsel, bulbs, ornaments, ribbons, etc.

These are all examples of taking things one step at a time. Don’t try and rush life because it goes quickly on its own. If God showed the utmost patience by creating the world one step at a time why can’t we? Check out my website

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

 

Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – God’s Grace

Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. – Hebrews 4:16. Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – God’s Grace.

God’s grace is with us every day. We just must accept it.

Right now, our world is going through a crisis with this Coronavirus issue. We are in unchartered waters. Fear is running rampant. We all need to remember that Faith cancels out Fear! We all need to be judicious and follow what our government officials are stating we should do, pray constantly, and walk-in God’s grace. Check out my website

God does not give us grace days, weeks, months, or years in advance. Every 24 hours God gives us grace for the day. Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – God’s Grace.

During World War II there was a young woman named Corrie Ten Boom who worked with her father, sister, and family members to assist several Jews to escape the Nazis from the Holocaust during World War II by hiding them in her home. Ultimately she and her family were captured and placed in prison. While there she witnessed many cruel acts, physical violence, and injuries. Unfortunately, she even witnessed the deaths of her sister and father. With a miracle turn of events, Corrie was released.

Someone asked Corrie how she was able to live through those awful events and not carry malice and unforgiveness in her heart for the people who murdered her father and sister. Corrie spoke about how when she was a small child her father always took her on train rides. She recounted how her father would never give her the train ticket until he saw the train pulling into the station. When the train arrived that was when her father handed her the ticket and they both stepped onboard. Corrie stated, “The reason you can’t fathom how I could forgive the person who killed my family, how I could not be filled with bitterness and hatred, is because just like my father and our train tickets, God doesn’t give us the grace we need until we’re about to step onboard. But if you were to ever go through something like I went through I can assure you God’s grace will be there to help you make it through the dark valleys and still keep your head held high and your heart filled with love.” Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – God’s Grace.

Corrie Ten Boom Quotes:

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Let God’s promises shine on your problems.

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

 

Bible Verses on Grace:

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. – 2 Corinthians 12:9

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. – Ephesians 2:8

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. – James 4:6

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 1 Corinthians 15:10

And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. – John 1:16

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men. – Titus 2:11

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. – Romans 3:24

Thou, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. – 2 Timothy 2:1

Now in these uncertain times and any other issues, you are looking to overcome remember that God is the conductor and has a ticket for you and will give it to you at the appropriate time. God will also give you the grace you need to accomplish whatever you need to do! Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – God’s Grace. Check out my website