11. Scoffer or Wise

Mar11

Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you, Reprove a wise man and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.9.8.NASB1995

Are you a scoffer or a wise person?

A scoffer does not love one who reproves him, He will not go to the wise.
Proverbs 15:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.15.12.NASB1995

. . . But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.
Proverbs 12:15b NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.12.15.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

🌹Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Wise or Foolish?

Mar10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.1.7.NASB1995

He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself.
Proverbs 9:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.9.7.NASB1995

So,

Do not speak in the hearing (ears) of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs 23:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.23.9.NASB1995

🌹He is on the path of life who heeds instruction, But he who ignores reproof goes astray.
Proverbs 10:17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.10.17.NASB1995

What path are you taking?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

My One Desire

Mar9

Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:25-26 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.73.25-26.NASB1995

How about you?

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works.
Psalms 73:28 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.73.28.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

🌹Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Bless His Holy Name

Mar6

Bless the Lord, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
Psalms 103:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.103.1.NASB1995

Bless the Lord, all you works of His, In all places of His dominion; Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Psalms 103:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.103.22.NASB1995

For our heart rejoices in Him, Because we trust in His holy name.
Psalms 33:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.33.21.NASB1995

Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
Psalms 104:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.104.1.NASB1995

🌹. . . Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Praise the Lord!
Psalms 104:35c,d NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.104.35.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Walk In His Light

Mar5

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
John 8:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.8.12.NASB1995

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.2.10.NASB1995

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,
Colossians 2:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.2.6.NASB1995

🌹the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.
1 John 2:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.2.6.NASB1995

🙏 Lord God, I pray for the one reading this now . . . that they will walk in a manner worthy of You, Lord, to please You in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of You, God. In the name of Jesus I pray, amen.
Colossians 1:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.1.10.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Rejoice Always

Mar4

Rejoice always;
1 Thessalonians 5:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1th.5.16.NASB1995

How are you rejoicing today? In whom are you rejoicing?

Continually Seeking Him,

🌹Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Walk In The Lord’s Way

Mar3

Walk in all the way which the Lord your God has commanded you . . .
Walk in His ways and fear (reverence) Him . . .
Walk in His ways and love Him . . .
Walk in His ways and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Walk in His ways and hold fast to Him . . .
Walk in His ways always.
Deuteronomy 5:33, 8:6; 10:12; 11:22; 19:9 NASB1995

How do we know how to walk in the Lord, in His way? Through His Word. Sharing life with other believers. By prayer. By surrendering to God’s ways, His will.

🌹Though all the peoples walk Each in the name of his god, As for us, we will walk In the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.
Micah 4:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mic.4.5.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Different Living

Mar2

How am I different with Christ living in me?

It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
2 Timothy 2:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ti.2.11.NASB1995

. . . so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Romans 6:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.6.11.NASB1995

knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.
Romans 6:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.6.9.NASB1995

knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;
Romans 6:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.6.9.NASB1995

🌹Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.5.17.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

My Strength; My Stronghold

Feb27

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning, For You have been my stronghold And a refuge in the day of my distress.
Psalms 59:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.59.16.NASB1995

🌹O my strength, I will sing praises to You; For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness.
Psalms 59:17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.59.17.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Surrender

Feb26

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 5:24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.24.NASB1995

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:1-2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.12.1-2.NASB1995

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.3.18.NASB1995

🌹Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.3.5-6.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org