Category: Living Life To The Full

Proverbs 11 is another collection of 31 proverbs with two sections entitled in the Message Bible – ‘Without good direction, people lose their way’ and ‘A God-shaped life’. Let’s see what stands out here,...

Proverbs 10 is more what we would naturally expect from the Book of Proverbs. 32 proverbs. You know, the kind that say the positive, followed by the negative. Either….or…. This……but….. Good……evil……. Wise ….foolish… Thought...

Lady Wisdom invites you to dinner. All is prepared. Her house is beautifully and tastefully decorated. The table is set. The lamb is in the oven. The wine is open. And who will the...

Today I give you my take on Proverbs Chapter 8 – a monologue by Lady Wisdom. Hey you—I’m talking to all of you, everyone out here on the streets! I’m here, standing right among you,...

Do what I say and you’ll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight—guard it! Proverbs 7:2 I know a few people who that verse will strike a chord with. Those who...

Proverbs 5 opens with a strong warning to stay away from a seductive woman – The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet, her soft words are oh so smooth. But it...

New month. New book of the Bible. And this couldn’t be any more appropriate if I had planned it. Starting the Book of Proverbs on April Fools’ Day is making me smile. Because Proverbs...

Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble?  Nehemiah 4:2 Bringing stones back to life? A strange expression, but one which has stuck with me. Such a graphic reminder...

So Nehemiah says ‘Come, let us rebuild’. And the people say ‘Let us start rebuilding.’ So they began this good work.  Nehemiah 2:18 All good so far. Nehemiah has a vision. Everyone is up...

Nehemiah has waited and has finally been presented with the opportunity to ask the king for help. To ask the king of Babylon to help the exiled Jews to rebuild their city. When Sanballat...