Hos 14:9
GOD's paths get you where you want to go.

Hos 13:4
I'm the only real God you've ever known.
I'm the one and only God who delivers.

Hos 13:2
Religion customized to taste. Professionals see to it.

Hos 11:9
I'm The Holy One and I'm here — in your very midst.

Hos 11:9
9 And so I'm not going to act on my anger.
And why? Because I am God and not a human.

For a true believer there is no end to a lifetime because a small part of it, only a very small part of it is on Earth but the majority is eternal.

People really believe this.
Hos 10:13
You thought you could do it all on your own.

People forget that God did this:
Hos 7:15
15 I'm the one who gave them good minds and healthy bodies

Hos 6:6
6 I'm after love that lasts, not more religion.
I want you to know GOD, not go to more prayer meetings.

Hos 5:15
maybe they'll come looking for me."

Unfortunately with human education people think that they have found God.

Hos 1:2
The first time GOD spoke to Hosea he said:
"Find a whore and marry her.
Make this whore the mother of your children.
And here's why: This whole country
has become a whorehouse, unfaithful to me, GOD."

People are more interested in making money than in serving God!

I have found more about the end times and judgment from the prophets in the Old Testament and I understood it than there is in the book of Revelation!

How many years later was this?
Dan 9:15
15 "'Master, you are our God, for you delivered your people from the land of Egypt in a show of power — people are still talking about it!

This is what Daniel had to say when he was promised things that made humans happy:
Dan 5:17
17 Daniel answered the king, "You can keep your gifts, or give them to someone else.

This is what you should know when people complain about rulers and they will:
Dan 4:32
the High God rules human kingdoms

God rescued the 3 men from the fire after all knowledge was that they’d be dead and that should show us that God is more powerful and important than human opinions.

This is uncommon for a human to say because it takes the focus off of YOU!
Dan 2:30
not because I'm any smarter than anyone else in the country

In the Bible we read the words: “by God’s grace” a lot but people don’t realize how involved in our lives God really is.

My desire to offer my life to others is still the same as it was before so I will continue to expand beyond my own children to others.

Satan’s goal is to make you focus on what you’re missing so you don’t focus on what God has given you.

For financial gain humans have forgotten that God makes the human brain so personal opinions are very important. However God does make human brains and the same God causes the ocean to have a shore so a persons opinion is new to people but not to God.

You’ve got to remember that God made the human brain and He helps us to understand when we read the scriptures so an opinion about something that we read in the Bible is OUR opinion and it may not be someone elses which is understandable because we didn’t develop it-God did. I can say this because I have read the Bible before but I read things now that I didn’t know were there plus my situation is one that clearly doesn’t sound scripturally appropriate but it has obviously been done by God so I have no choice but to know something different.

God created the Earth and humans and everything else for Himself to enjoy in eternity however many humans see only life on this Earth so they are dedicated to making life on Earth the best they can and God only becomes an addition to that because to them that is the most important thing.

Toby knows, beyond doubting, that GOD is his God

Ezek 34:11
11 "'GOD, the Master, says: From now on, I myself am the shepherd.

Ezek 33:31
They flatter you with compliments, but all they care about is making money and getting ahead.

Ezek 33:13
I tell good people, "Live! Be alive!" But if they trust in their good deeds and turn to evil, that good life won't amount to a hill of beans. They'll die for their evil life.

This is why I write:
Ezek 33:9
if you warn the wicked to change their ways and they don't do it, they'll die in their sins well-warned and at least you will have saved your own life.

Why would God say this if it was good?
Ezek 32:12
lay your pride low

We have a New Testament so that God will no longer until judgment say:
Ezek 30:3
3 "'Doomsday!'
Time's up!

Ezek 28:17
17 Your beauty went to your head. You corrupted wisdom by using it to get worldly fame.

because each person pays for his own sins I think it is wise to say: I wouldn't do that and this is why but you decide for you.

Ezek 28:5
But the money has gone to your head

God is in ultimate control and this is His World and we are His creations and everything has a purpose.

This is why I read the Bible:
Ezek 22:26
there's no difference between right and wrong.

We were created to be who we are there is no need to be more.

We can’t be like everyone else:
Ezek 20:32
32 "'What you're secretly thinking is never going to happen. You're thinking, "We're going to be like everybody else

I have NEVER head a sermon on this:
Ezek 20:23-26
23 "'But I did lift my hand in solemn oath there in the desert, and swore that I would scatter them all over the world, disperse them every which way 24 because they didn't keep my laws nor live by my statutes. They desecrated my Sabbaths and remained addicted to the no-god idols of their parents. 25 Since they were determined to live bad lives, I myself gave them statutes that could not produce goodness and laws that did not produce life. 26 I abandoned them. Filthy in the gutter, they perversely sacrificed their firstborn children in the fire. The very horror should have shocked them into recognizing that I am GOD.'

Often God says: “I acted out of who I was not what I felt” and I have to remember to base what I do on who I am and not how I feel.

Often I read in the Bible that a prophet of God was called “son of man” which is not odd because Jesus was called son of man. I have got to be aware that if people didn’t accept Jesus God’s own son then they won’t accept me.

If we recognized that we are created and live in a world that was created for us and looked more to our creator then there would be less of a focus ourselves because everything was created with us in mind.

I have NEVER heard a sermon on this:

Ezek 20:17
I didn't go all the way: I didn't wipe them out, didn't finish them off in the desert.

Ezek 20:7
Get rid of all the vile things that you've become addicted to.

Ezek 18:4
4 Every soul — man, woman, child — belongs to me, parent and child alike. You die for your own sin, not another's.

Ezek 17:24
24 I, GOD, made the great tree small and the small tree great

This is talking about humans. Regardless of what a human does, God makes him great which is VERY different from what Society tells you.

Ezek 14:3
people have installed idols in their hearts.

Ezek 12:24
24 False alarms and easygoing preaching are a thing of the past.

Ezek 9:9-10
People think that God doesn't see anything they do but God says: 10 “Well, I do see, and I'm not feeling sorry for any of them. They're going to pay for what they've done."

Ezek 7:24
24 I'll bring in the dregs of humanity
to move into their houses.
I'll put a stop to the boasting and strutting
of the high-and-mighty.

Ezek 7:6
The end is ripe. Watch out, it's coming!

This is going to happen. Where will you be?
Ezek 7:3
The end is upon you.

It will not be popular to side for God:
Ezek 5:14-15
14 "When I get done with you, you'll be a pile of rubble. Nations who walk by will make coarse jokes. 15 When I finish my angry punishment and searing rebukes, you'll be reduced to an object of ridicule and mockery, turned into a horror story circulating among the surrounding nations. I, GOD, have spoken.

Ezek 5:13
I'm a jealous God and not to be trifled with.
Second fiddle to NOTHING! For NO REASON!

This was written because it’s OUR job:
Ezek 3:27
From then on it's up to them. They can listen or not listen, whichever they like.

This is what I say:
Lam 3:58
58 "You took my side, Master;
you brought me back alive!

Lam 3:40
40 Let's take a good look at the way we're living
and reorder our lives under GOD.

Lam 3:34-36
34 Stomping down hard on luckless prisoners,
35 Refusing justice to victims in the court of High God,
36 Tampering with evidence — the Master does not approve of such things.

Lam 3:30
30 Don't run from trouble. Take it full-face.
The "worst" is never the worst.

Lam 3:25-26
25 GOD proves to be good to the man who passionately waits,
to the woman who diligently seeks.
26 It's a good thing to quietly hope,
quietly hope for help from GOD.

Lam 3:24
24 I'm sticking with GOD (I say it over and over).
He's all I've got left.

Lam 1:9
play fast and loose with life, never consider tomorrow

Jer 51:15
15 By his power he made earth.
His wisdom gave shape to the world.
He crafted the cosmos.

Jer 51:12
GOD will do what he planned

Jer 48:7
7 You trusted in big money, yes?

Jer 32:27
I am GOD, the God of everything living. Is there anything I can't do?

Jer 31:34
no longer go around and set up schools to teach each other about GOD.

God wasn’t talking about “normal” people or people who attend a certain Church:
Jer 31:8
And gather them up from the ends of the earth, gather those who've gone blind
And those who are lame and limping, gather pregnant women,
Even the mothers whose birth pangs have started.

This means so much to me:
Jer 29:23
"They won't get away with a thing. I've witnessed it all."

God said this through the prophet Jeremiah and it’s the same today:
Jer 29:8
"Don't let all those so-called preachers and know-it-alls who are all over the place there take you in with their lies.

People are very quick to use God to explain things that benefit them but God is much more powerful than that! He created everything without mankind so He is not subject to the things that make them happy.

God is putting the human race on trial.

Jer 23:24
"Am I not present everywhere, whether seen or unseen?" GOD's Decree.

Jer 20:13
13 Sing to GOD! All praise to GOD! He saves the weak from the grip of the wicked.

Jer 20:12
12 Oh, GOD, no one fools you.
You see through everyone, everything.

Jer 20:5
5 Everything worth anything in this city, property and possessions along with everything in the royal treasury.

Everything was given to them by God. NOTHING is worth more than Him.

Jer 20:1-2
The priest Pashur son of Immer was the senior priest in GOD's Temple. He heard Jeremiah preach this sermon. 2 He whipped Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate of GOD's Temple.

Position is something to mankind but not to God. Jeremiah was doing what God told him to do but mankind’s position didn’t like it so instead of talking to God they punished Jeremiah.

The biggest thing that people forget is that their lives are an open book to God.

Jer 17:9-10
9 "The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful,a puzzle that no one can figure out.
10 But I, GOD, search the heart and examine the mind.
I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things.

Jer 17:5
"Cursed is the strong one who depends on mere humans,
Who thinks he can make it on muscle alone and sets GOD aside as dead weight.

Jer 16:20
20 Can mortals manufacture gods?

Can mortals manufacture anything that takes the place of God? NO! So positions, titles and money should not take the place of God. God needed nothing extra for creation.

Jer 13:22
You're guilty, hugely guilty. Your guilt has your life endangered

Jer 13:16
16 Let your lives glow bright before GOD
before he turns out the lights.

Jer 13:10
People who do only what they want to do

Jer 12:12
The judgment sword of GOD will take its toll
from one end of the land to the other.

Jer 12:12
The judgment sword of GOD will take its toll from one end of the land to the other.
Nothing living will be safe.

Jer 11:15
Do you think you can get out of this by becoming more religious?

Jer 11:15
Do you think making promises and devising pious programs
will save you from doom?

Jer 11:4
Your obedience will close the deal.

People are MOST interested in closing the deal with keeping money coming in instead of with the one who made money in the first place.

Jer 10:23
23 I know, GOD, that mere mortals
can't run their own lives,

it doesn’t matter what your education or title is.

Jer 10:10
10 But GOD is the real thing — the living God, the eternal King.

Jer 9:23
"Don't let the wise brag of their wisdom.

Jer 9:9
9 Do you think I'm going to stand around and do nothing?"

Jer 8:8
Your religion experts have taken you for a ride!

Jer 7:8
8 "'Get smart! Your leaders are handing you a pack of lies, and you're swallowing them!

Jer 5:23-24
23 But this people — what a people! Uncontrollable, untameable runaways.
24 It never occurs to them to say,'How can we honor our GOD with our lives,
The God who gives rain in both spring and autumn and maintains the rhythm of the seasons,
Who sets aside time each year for harvest and keeps everything running smoothly for us?'

How long ago was this written?
Jer 2:32
my people forget me.
Day after day after day they never give me a thought.

NOTHING is more important and spiritually deadly than giving everything to your God. The God who formed you in your mother’s womb. The same God who formed the Earth. The World tells you other things but don’t listen to the World!

Jer 1:4-5
4 This is what GOD said:
5 "Before I shaped you in the womb,
I knew all about you.
Before you saw the light of day,
I had holy plans for you

Isa 66:16
Many, oh so many, are under GOD's sentence of death

Isa 66:9
I, the One who delivers babies

Isa 66:3
You choose self-serving worship,
you delight in self-centered worship — disgusting!

Isa 66:2
GOD's Decree.
"But there is something I'm looking for:
a person simple and plain,
reverently responsive to what I say.

Isa 66:1
GOD's Message:
"Heaven's my throne,
earth is my footstool.

God said:
Isa 65:17
I'm creating new heavens and a new earth.

Isa 64:8
8 Still, GOD, you are our Father.
We're the clay and you're our potter:
All of us are what you made us.

Isa 64:6
Our best efforts are grease-stained rags.

Remember this when you try to make something of yourselves. What the World buys God doesn’t buy.

Isa 64:6
Our best efforts are grease-stained rags.

Isa 64:4
no one has ever imagined,
No ear heard, no eye seen, a God like you

Isa 63:7
all the things GOD has done that need praising

Isa 61:11
The Master, GOD, brings righteousness into full bloom

Isa 61:10
He dressed me up in a suit of salvation,
he outfitted me in a robe of righteousness

Isa 61:2
2 GOD sent me to announce the year of his grace —
a celebration of God's destruction of our enemies —
and to comfort all who mourn,

Isa 61:1
He sent me to preach good news to the poor, heal the heartbroken,
Announce freedom to all captives, pardon all prisoners.

Isa 60:2
2 The whole earth is wrapped in darkness

Isa 55:8-9
8 "I don't think the way you think.
The way you work isn't the way I work."
GOD's Decree.
9 "For as the sky soars high above earth,
so the way I work surpasses the way you work,
and the way I think is beyond the way you think.

Isa 55:3-5
I'm making a lasting covenant commitment with you,
the same that I made with David: sure, solid, enduring love.
4 I set him up as a witness to the nations,
made him a prince and leader of the nations,
5 And now I'm doing it to you.

God provides all I need
Isa 55:1
Buy without money — everything's free!

I’ve NEVER read this before:
Isa 54:16
I created the destroyer

Isa 53:10
10 Still, it's what GOD had in mind all along,
to crush him with pain.
The plan was that he give himself as an offering for sin
so that he'd see life come from it — life, life, and more life.
And GOD's plan will deeply prosper through him.

Isa 52:13-15 53:1-5
"Just watch my servant blossom!
Exalted, tall, head and shoulders above the crowd!
14 But he didn't begin that way.
At first everyone was appalled.
He didn't even look human —
a ruined face, disfigured past recognition.
15 Nations all over the world will be in awe, taken aback,
kings shocked into silence when they see him.
For what was unheard of they'll see with their own eyes,
what was unthinkable they'll have right before them."
Who believes what we've heard and seen?
Who would have thought GOD's saving power would look like this?
2 The servant grew up before God — a scrawny seedling,
a scrubby plant in a parched field.
There was nothing attractive about him,
nothing to cause us to take a second look.
3 He was looked down on and passed over,
a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand.
One look at him and people turned away.
We looked down on him, thought he was scum.
4 But the fact is, it was our pains he carried —
our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us.
We thought he brought it on himself,
that God was punishing him for his own failures.
5 But it was our sins that did that to him,
that ripped and tore and crushed him — our sins!
He took the punishment, and that made us whole.
Through his bruises we get healed.

Isa 49:23
You'll know then that I am GOD.
No one who hopes in me ever regrets it."

Many created beings say this:
Isa 47:8
I'm Number One. There's nobody but me.

Isa 44:24
24 GOD, your Redeemer,
who shaped your life in your mother's womb, says:
"I am GOD. I made all that is.
With no help from you I spread out the skies
and laid out the earth.”

God said:
Isa 44:21
I made you, shaped you: You're my servant.

As His servant you aren’t here to become something because you are something!

Isa 44:20
20 This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can't even look at what he's doing, can't even look at the no-god thing and say, "This is crazy."

Repeatedly in the Bible there are references to no god gods and repeatedly mankind is said to perform a great deal of effort and work for them but they’re nothing. Mankinds efforts can’t compare to what God has done but mankind still tries hard to do things rather than trusting in the God who has done everything.

Isa 43:11
11 I, yes I, am GOD.
I'm the only Savior there is.

Isa 43:7
7 I want them back, every last one who bears my name,
every man, woman, and child whom I created for my glory,
yes, personally formed and made each one.

And God said:
Isa 43:5
5 "So don't be afraid: I'm with you.

Isa 41:2
2 "Who got things rolling here, got this champion from the east on the move?
Who recruited him for this job, then rounded up and corralled the nations
so he could run roughshod over kings? He's off and running,

Isa 40:14
14 What expert would God have gone to for advice,
what school would he attend to learn justice?

This is a prophecy of John the Baptist:
Isa 40:3

3 Thunder in the desert!
"Prepare for GOD's arrival!
Make the road straight and smooth

Isa 35:6
6 Lame men and women will leap like deer,

Isa 35:2
GOD awesome, GOD majestic.

Isa 34:17
This is permanent — generation after generation, the same old thing.

Isa 34:16

16 Get and read GOD's book.

Isa 33:22
22 For GOD makes all the decisions here. GOD is our king.

Isa 33:16
16 This is how you raise your standard of living!
A safe and stable way to live.
A nourishing, satisfying way to live.

Isa 30:15
GOD, the Master has this solemn counsel:
"Your salvation requires you to turn back to me
and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves.
Your strength will come from settling down
in complete dependence on me —
The very thing
you've been unwilling to do.

Isa 30:9
9 Because this is a rebel generation

Isa 27:11
It's the leavings of a people with no sense of God.
So, the God who made them will have nothing to do with them.

Isa 26:21
21 Because GOD is sure to come from his place
to punish the wrong of the people on earth.

Isa 26:7-8
7 The path of right-living people is level.
The Leveler evens the road for the right-living.
8 We're in no hurry, GOD. We're content to linger
in the path sign-posted with your decisions.
Who you are and what you've done
are all we'll ever want.

Isa 25:12
famous fortifications will crumble to nothing

Isa 24:5
Earth is polluted by its very own people

Isa 24:1-3
Danger ahead! GOD's about to ravish the earth and leave it in ruins,
Rip everything out by the roots and send everyone scurrying:
2 priests and laypeople alike, owners and workers alike,
celebrities and nobodies alike, buyers and sellers alike,
bankers and beggars alike, the haves and have-nots alike.
3 The landscape will be a moonscape, totally wasted.
And why? Because GOD says so. He's issued the orders.

Isa 35:8
8 There will be a highway called the Holy Road. It's for GOD's people exclusively —
impossible to get lost on this road.

People think that THEY decide everything but
Isa 33:22
GOD makes all the decisions here. GOD is our king.

NOT CASH!

Isa 33:15-16
Live right, speak the truth, despise exploitation, refuse bribes, reject violence, avoid evil amusements.
16 This is how you raise your standard of living!

Isa 32:5
5 No more will fools become celebrities

Isa 31:2
2 Still, he must be reckoned with,
a most wise God who knows what he's doing.

Trying to figure out what to do?

Isa 30:23
23 God will provide rain for the seeds you sow.

Isa 30:15
GOD, the Master, The Holy of Israel,
has this solemn counsel:
"Your salvation requires you to turn back to me
and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves.
Your strength will come from settling down
in complete dependence on me —
The very thing
you've been unwilling to do.

Isa 29:19
19 The castoffs of society will be laughing and dancing in GOD

Isa 29:14
The wise ones who had it all figured out
will be exposed as fools.
The smart people who thought they knew everything
will turn out to know nothing."

Isa 28:22
orders from
GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies — ending up in an international disaster.

Isa 27:11
people with no sense of God.
So, the God who made them
Will have nothing to do with them.
He who formed them will turn his back on them.

Isa 26:21
21 Because GOD is sure to come from his place
to punish the wrong of the people on earth.

Isa 25:1
GOD, you are my God.
I celebrate you. I praise you.
You've done your share of miracle-wonders,
well-thought-out plans, solid and sure.

Isa 24:5
Earth is polluted by its very own people

Isa 23:9
9 GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies ordered the crash
to show the sordid backside of pride
and puncture the inflated reputations.

The Lord has spoken so directly and in so much detail to people so how is it that we think that we are any different?

Isa 19:11
Trust me: I'm wise. I know what's going on.

Thankfully God has taken away my knowledge.

Isa 19:11
Trust me: I'm wise. I know what's going on.

We tend to forget how creation occurred because of a simple word from God so anything could happen that easily.

Mankind had not yet named this at the time the Bible was written but there it is:
Isa 17:13
Niagara

Isa 17:10
you have forgotten God-Your-Salvation

Isa 17:7-8
7 Yes, the Day is coming when people will notice The One Who Made Them, take a long hard look at The Holy of Israel. 8 They'll lose interest in all the stuff they've made — altars and monuments and rituals, their homemade, handmade religion — however impressive it is.

Immortality has always been around.
Isa 14:9
Getting ready to greet you are the ghostly dead,
all the famous names of earth.

Isa 14:8
8 Ponderosa pine trees are happy,
giant Lebanon cedars are relieved

Are these trees created by God and are they proud?

Real live revelations from the Old Testament:
Isa 13:9
A day to waste the earth
and clean out all the sinners.

Isa 12:6
6 Raise the roof! Sing your hearts out!

One time while singing in a class a preacher pounded on the wall and said to BE QUIET!

Isa 12:5
Let the whole earth know what God's done.

Isa 12:2
GOD — yes GOD! — is my strength and song,
best of all, my salvation!

I didn’t know that this was there:
Isa 11:15
15 GOD will once again dry up Egypt's Red Sea,
making for an easy crossing.

Make sure that you don’t do this:
Isa 11:3
judge by appearances

Be careful that this isn’t you:
Isa 10:13
I know more than anyone.

Isa 10:3
What good will your money do you?

We had better be careful that this isn’t us:
Isa 9:9
they were a proud and arrogant bunch

Isa 9:6-7
6 For a child has been born — for us!
the gift of a son — for us!
He'll take over
the running of the world.
His names will be: Amazing Counselor,
Strong God,
Eternal Father,
Prince of Wholeness.
7 His ruling authority will grow,
and there'll be no limits to the wholeness he brings.
He'll rule from the historic David throne
over that promised kingdom.
He'll put that kingdom on a firm footing
and keep it going
With fair dealing and right living,
beginning now and lasting always.
The zeal of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies
will do all this.

I didn’t even know that this was in the Bible!
Isa 9:1
international Galilee

Isa 8:19-20
19 When people tell you, "Try out the fortunetellers.
Consult the spiritualists.
Why not tap into the spirit-world,
get in touch with the dead?"
20 Tell them, "No, we're going to study the Scriptures."
People who try the other ways get nowhere — a dead end!

Isa 8:16
16 Gather up the testimony,
preserve the teaching for my followers

Who should we teach? Followers!

Isa 8:10
10 Plan and plot all you want — nothing will come of it.
All your talk is mere talk, empty words,
Because when all is said and done,
the last word is Immanuel — God-With-Us.

From the Old Testament this is a prophecy of Jesus!
Isa 7:14-16
14 So the Master is going to give you a sign anyway. Watch for this: A girl who is presently a virgin will get pregnant. She'll bear a son and name him Immanuel (God-With-Us). 15 By the time the child is twelve years old, able to make moral decisions.

Isa 6:3
Holy, Holy, Holy is GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies.
His bright glory fills the whole earth.

This proves that there is no such thing as nature.

Isa 5:21
21 Doom to you who think you're so smart,
who hold such a high opinion of yourselves!

Something as simple and common as our second nature is a gift from God.

Isa 3:18-23
18 The time is coming when the Master will strip them of their fancy baubles — 19 the dangling earrings, anklets and bracelets, 20 combs and mirrors and silk scarves, diamond brooches and pearl necklaces, 21 the rings on their fingers and the rings on their toes, 22 the latest fashions in hats, exotic perfumes and aphrodisiacs, gowns and capes, 23 all the world's finest in fabrics and design.

Isa 2:11
11 People with a big head are headed for a fall,
pretentious egos brought down a peg.

Isa 2:3
He'll show us the way he works
so we can live the way we're made."

Isa 1:14
I'm sick of your religion, religion, religion,
while you go right on sinning.

Isa 1:13
13 "Quit your worship charades.
I can't stand your trivial religious games.

He wants real living, total living not just once a week living and dressing!

Being a eunuch, Song of Solomon meant nothing to me.

Eccl 12:13
13 The last and final word is this:
Fear God.
Do what he tells you.

Eccl 12:11
11 The words of the wise prod us to live well.
They're like nails hammered home, holding life together.
They are given by God, the one Shepherd.

Wisdom comes from God not colleges or curriculum.

Eccl 12:7
The spirit returns to God, who first breathed it.

This is eternal life in the Old Testament.

Eccl 12:6
6 Life, lovely while it lasts, is soon over.

Eccl 9:9
Each day is God's gift. It's all you get in exchange
for the hard work of staying alive.
Make the most of each one!

Humans have a definition for wisdom that applies specifically to human things but wisdom comes from God and God made humans.

Eccl 7:16
16 So don't knock yourself out being good, and don't go overboard being wise. Believe me, you won't get anything out of it.

Eccl 7:14
God arranges for both good days and bad days
so that we won't take anything for granted.

Eccl 5:18
After looking at the way things are on this earth, here's what I've decided is the best way to live: Take care of yourself, have a good time, and make the most of whatever job you have for as long as God gives you life.

Eccl 5:2
God's in charge, not you

Eccl 3:14
14 I've also concluded that whatever God does, that's the way it's going to be, always. No addition, no subtraction. God's done it and that's it. That's so we'll quit asking questions and simply worship in holy fear.

Eccl 3:13
13 That's it — eat, drink, and make the most of your job. It's God's gift.

Prov 30:13
13 Don't be stuck-up
and think you're better than everyone else.

Prov 29:26
26 Everyone tries to get help from the leader,
but only GOD will give us justice.

Prov 28:9
9 God has no use for the prayers
of the people who won't listen to him.

Prov 25:2
2 God delights in concealing things;
scientists delight in discovering things.

Prov 22:19
19 To make sure your foundation is trust in GOD

Prov 22:4
4 The payoff for meekness and Fear-of-GOD
is plenty and honor and a satisfying life.

Prov 22:2
2 The rich and the poor shake hands as equals —
GOD made them both!

Prov 21:31
31 Do your best, prepare for the worst —
then trust GOD to bring victory.

NOT YOURSELVES!

Prov 21:26
26 Sinners are always wanting what they don't have;
the God-loyal are always giving what they do have.

Prov 21:2
2 We justify our actions by appearances;
GOD examines our motives.

Prov 20:27
27 GOD is in charge of human life,
watching and examining us inside and out.

And YOU have to make something out of yourself?

Prov 20:24
24 The very steps we take come from GOD;
otherwise how would we know where we're going?

Prov 19:22
22 It's only human to want to make a buck,
but it's better to be poor than a liar.

Prov 19:21
21 We humans keep brainstorming options and plans,
but GOD's purpose prevails.

Prov 19:4
4 Wealth attracts friends as honey draws flies,
but poor people are avoided like a plague.

Prov 18:10
10 GOD's name is a place of protection —
good people can run there and be safe.

Prov 17:16
16 What's this? Fools out shopping for wisdom!

Colleges & degrees?

Prov 16:20
20 It pays to take life seriously;
things work out when you trust in GOD.

Prov 16:19
19 It's better to live humbly among the poor
than to live it up among the rich and famous.

So much for celebrities.

Prov 16:8
8 Far better to be right and poor
than to be wrong and rich.

Prov 16:2
2 Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good;
GOD probes for what is good.

Prov 16:1
Mortals make elaborate plans,
but GOD has the last word.

Prov 16:2
2 Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good;
GOD probes for what is good.

Eye Candy?

Prov 15:33
33 Fear-of-GOD is a school in skilled living —
first you learn humility, then you experience glory.

Prov 15:3

3 GOD doesn't miss a thing —
he's alert to good and evil alike.

Prov 10:22
nothing we do can improve on God.

Since God formed you and wrote ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE before you were born then making something special of yourself is meaningless.

Prov 10:14
know-it-alls talk too much — a sheer waste.

Prov 9:12
12 Live wisely and wisdom will permeate your life

It DOESN’T say: It you choose the right college and degree then you’ll be wise.

Prov 9:10
10 Skilled living gets its start in the Fear-of-GOD,
insight into life from knowing a Holy God.

Prov 5:21
21 Mark well that GOD doesn't miss a move you make;
he's aware of every step you take.

Prov 4:7
7 Above all and before all, do this: Get Wisdom!

Unfortunately people think that by their definition they have wisdom. We’ll see.

Prov 3:27
27 Never walk away from someone who deserves help;
your hand is God's hand for that person.

Prov 3:5-7
5 Trust GOD from the bottom of your heart;
don't try to figure out everything on your own.
6 Listen for GOD's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
he's the one who will keep you on track.
7 Don't assume that you know it all.

Prov 1:19
the more you get, the less you are.

This is different from the “get all you can!” thing that we’re taught.

Prov 1:7
Start with GOD — the first step in learning is bowing down to GOD;
only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

Ps 148:8
hurricanes obeying his orders;

so obviously He made Katrina happen.

Ps 146:10
10 GOD's in charge — always.

Ps 146:3
3 Don't put your life in the hands of experts
who know nothing of life, of salvation life.

Ps 145:13
GOD always does what he says,
and is gracious in everything he does.

Ps 145:9
9 GOD is good to one and all;
everything he does is suffused with grace.

Ps 145:8
8 GOD is all mercy and grace —
not quick to anger, is rich in love.

Ps 145:7

7 The fame of your goodness spreads across the country

Ps 145:6
6 Your marvelous doings are headline news

I know that what I’m feeling is not popular but hear me out. We were created by God and developed probably before the womb for HIS purposes and the Bible confirms that. With that being true to have to make something better of ourselves is a slap at our creation because it’s saying that we weren’t created sufficiently and I don’t think that we should go there.

Ps 139:16
16 Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I'd even lived one day.

Ps 139:15
15 You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.

Ps 139:13
13 Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
you formed me in my mother's womb.

Ps 139:12
12 It's a fact: darkness isn't dark to you;
night and day, darkness and light, they're all the same to you.

Ps 139:4
4 You know everything I'm going to say
before I start the first sentence.

Ps 139:3
3 You know when I leave and when I get back;
I'm never out of your sight.

Ps 139:1-2
GOD, investigate my life;
get all the facts firsthand.
2 I'm an open book to you;
even from a distance, you know what I'm thinking.

Ps 138:6
GOD, high above, sees far below;
no matter the distance, he knows everything about us.

Ps 135:13-14
13 GOD, your name is eternal,
GOD, you'll never be out-of-date.
14 GOD stands up for his people,
GOD holds the hands of his people.

Ps 135:7
7 God makes the weather — clouds and thunder,
lightning and rain, wind pouring out of the north.

Forecasters actually know nothing!

Ps 131:1
GOD, I'm not trying to rule the roost,
I don't want to be king of the mountain.
I haven't meddled where I have no business
or fantasized grandiose plans.

Ps 130:3-4
3 If you, GOD, kept records on wrongdoings,
who would stand a chance?
4 As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit,
and that's why you're worshiped.

Ps 124:8
8 GOD's strong name is our help,
the same GOD who made heaven and earth.

Ps 121:7-8
7 GOD guards you from every evil,
he guards your very life.
8 He guards you when you leave and when you return,
he guards you now, he guards you always.

Ps 121:1-2
I look up to the mountains;
does my strength come from mountains?
2 No, my strength comes from GOD,
who made heaven, and earth, and mountains.

Ps 119:136
136 I cry rivers of tears
because nobody's living by your book!

Ps 119:129
129 Every word you give me is a miracle word —
how could I help but obey?

Ps 119:127
127 Yea-Saying God, I love what you command,
I love it better than gold and gemstones;

Ps 119:112
112 I concentrate on doing exactly what you say —
I always have and always will.

Ps 119:66
66 Train me in good common sense;
I'm thoroughly committed to living your way.

Ps 119:63
63 I'm a friend and companion of all who fear you,
of those committed to living by your rules.

Ps 119:36
36 Give me a bent for your words of wisdom,
and not for piling up loot.

Ps 119:14
14 I delight far more in what you tell me about living
than in gathering a pile of riches.

Ps 119:9
9 How can a young person live a clean life?
By carefully reading the map of your Word.

Not by passing tests or getting degrees or earning more money or having a certain job.

Ps 118:17
17 I didn't die. I lived!
And now I'm telling the world what GOD did.

Ps 118:9
9 Far better to take refuge in GOD
than trust in celebrities.

Ps 115:13
13 And let GOD bless all who fear GOD —
bless the small, bless the great.

Ps 115:3
3 Our God is in heaven
doing whatever he wants to do.

There is no need in my life to make money. Money comes from God and can only buy the things of this World and I am very well cared for by God and I am not wanting.

Ps 115:1
Not for our sake, GOD, no, not for our sake,
but for your name's sake, show your glory.

Ps 107:22
tell the world what God's done.

Ps 107:20
20 He spoke the word that healed me,
that pulled me back from the brink of death.

This was clearly me:
Ps 107:13-14
13 Then you called out to GOD in your desperate condition;
he got you out in the nick of time.
14 He led you out of your dark, dark cell,
broke open the jail and led you out.

Ps 103:22
22 Bless GOD, all creatures, wherever you are —
everything and everyone made by GOD.

Ps 103:20
20 So bless GOD, you angels,

Even angels bless God!

Ps 103:19
19 GOD has set his throne in heaven;
he rules over us all. He's the King!

So CASH isn’t king!

Ps 103:17
17 GOD's love, though, is ever and always,
eternally present to all who fear him

Ps 100:3-4
3 Know this: GOD is God, and God, GOD.
He made us; we didn't make him.
We're his people, his well-tended sheep.
4 Enter with the password: "Thank you!"
Make yourselves at home, talking praise.
Thank him. Worship him.

Ps 98:2
2 GOD made history with salvation,
He showed the world what he could do.

Ps 95:6-7
6 So come, let us worship: bow before him,
on your knees before GOD, who made us!
7 Oh yes, he's our God,
and we're the people he pastures, the flock he feeds.

Ps 95:1-2
Come, let's shout praises to GOD,
raise the roof for the Rock who saved us!
2 Let's march into his presence singing praises,
lifting the rafters with our hymns!

I have actually been told to shut up!

Ps 92:7
7 When the wicked popped up like weeds
and all the evil men and women took over

Ps 92:4
4 You made me so happy, GOD.

Ps 89:48
And there's no back door out of hell.

That’s why it’s important to be ready.

Ps 89:18
18 All we are and have we owe to GOD

When is the last time you heard an archeologist say this?
Ps 89:12
12 God positioned the North and South Poles.

When is the last time you heard a scientist say this?
Ps 89:11
God made everything from atom to archangel.

Ps 88:3
I'm camped on the edge of hell.

We have to be careful because our definition of hell is probably incorrect.

I didn’t know that this was even in the Bible!
Ps 87:6
born again

Ps 84:10-12
10 One day spent in your house, this beautiful place of worship,
beats thousands spent on Greek island beaches.
I'd rather scrub floors in the house of my God
than be honored as a guest in the palace of sin.
11 All sunshine and sovereign is GOD,
generous in gifts and glory.
He doesn't scrimp with his traveling companions.
12 It's smooth sailing all the way with GOD of the Angel Armies.

Ps 83:5
5 And now they're putting their heads together,
making plans to make you out to be what they want.

Ps 83:2
the God-haters are living it up

God-haters now just live by their own terms and if it’s their terms then they’re happy

Ps 81:6-12

6 "I took the world off your shoulders,
freed you from a life of hard labor.
7 You called to me in your pain;
I got you out of a bad place.
I answered you from where the thunder hides,
I proved you at Meribah Fountain.

8 "Listen, dear ones — get this straight;
O Israel, don't take this lightly.
9 Don't take up with strange gods,
don't worship the latest in gods.
10 I'm GOD, your God, the very God
who rescued you from doom in Egypt,
Then fed you all you could eat,
filled your hungry stomachs.

11 "But my people didn't listen,
Israel paid no attention;
12 So I let go of the reins and told them, 'Run!
Do it your own way!'

I read this a lot but God doesn’t do things in our time:
Ps 80:7
7 God of the angel armies, come back!

Ps 75:1
We thank you, God, we thank you —
your Name is our favorite word;
your mighty works are all we talk about.

Ps 73:28
I'm in the very presence of God —
oh, how refreshing it is!
I've made Lord GOD my home.
God, I'm telling the world what you do!

Ps 73:25-26
25 You're all I want in heaven!
You're all I want on earth!
26 When my skin sags and my bones get brittle,
GOD is rock-firm and faithful.

This is not what I expected to read:
Ps 73:13
13 I've been stupid to play by the rules

The rules that I was playing by were the World’s rules not God’s rules.

Ps 69:8
My family treats me like an unwanted guest

Ps 69:5
5 God, you know every sin I've committed;
My life's a wide-open book before you.

Ps 68:19-20
19 Blessed be the Lord —
day after day he carries us along.
20 He's our Savior, our God, oh yes!
He's God-for-us, he's God-who-saves-us.
Lord GOD knows all
death's ins and outs.

Ps 66:5
5 Take a good look at God's wonders —
they'll take your breath away.

Ps 65:3
3 Our sins too much for us —
but you get rid of them once and for all.

Ps 62:8
8 So trust him absolutely, people;
lay your lives on the line for him.
God is a safe place to be.

Ps 60:12
12 In God we'll do our very best

Ps 56:12-13
12 God, you did everything you promised,
and I'm thanking you with all my heart.
13 You pulled me from the brink of death,
my feet from the cliff-edge of doom.
Now I stroll at leisure with God
in the sunlit fields of life.

Ps 56:10-11
10 I'm proud to praise God,
proud to praise GOD.
11 Fearless now, I trust in God;
what can mere mortals do to me?

Ps 56:4
4 I'm proud to praise God;
fearless now, I trust in God.
What can mere mortals do?

The Bible is: A letter from our Creator to His creations, An example of how God wanted things to work (Old Testament), An example of how things do work (New Testament).

Ps 50:14-15
14 Spread for me a banquet of praise,
serve High God a feast of kept promises,
15 And call for help when you're in trouble

If we aren’t to be impressed with getting rich and becoming super important then why is that the human goal?

Ps 49:16-19
16 So don't be impressed with those who get rich
and pile up fame and fortune.
17 They can't take it with them;
fame and fortune all get left behind.
18 Just when they think they've arrived
and folks praise them because they've made good,
19 They enter the family burial plot
where they'll never see sunshine again.

Ps 46:5
God at your service from crack of dawn.

Ps 46:1
God is a safe place to hide,
ready to help when we need him.

Ps 44:4
4 You're my King, O God

Ps 40:6
Being religious, acting pious —
that's not what you're asking for.

Ps 40:4
4 Blessed are you who give yourselves over to GOD,
turn your backs on the world's "sure thing,"
ignore what the world worships

Something important has just come to me. David did some very bad things obviously thinking: “If I do this then that will be ok” which is a human thing to do but God knew everything and human do’s didn’t erase anything from God. We need to learn from that.

Ps 37:16
16 Less is more and more is less.
One righteous will outclass fifty wicked,

Ps 35:28
28 I'll tell the world how great and good you are

Ps 34:9
Worship GOD if you want the best;
worship opens doors to all his goodness.

Ps 34:6
6 When I was desperate, I called out,
and GOD got me out of a tight spot.

Ps 34:4
4 GOD met me more than halfway,
he freed me from my anxious fears.

Ps 32:7
7 GOD's my island hideaway,
keeps danger far from the shore,
throws garlands of hosannas around my neck.

Ps 32:6
Every one of us needs to pray;
when all hell breaks loose and the dam bursts
we'll be on high ground, untouched.

Ps 31:24
24 Be brave. Be strong. Don't give up.
Expect GOD to get here soon.

Ps 31:23
23 Love GOD, all you saints;
GOD takes care of all who stay close to him

Ps 31:21
21 Blessed GOD!
His love is the wonder of the world.

Ps 31:19
19 What a stack of blessing you have piled up
for those who worship you

Ps 31:6
6 I hate all this silly religion,
but you, GOD, I trust.

Ps 30:3
3 GOD, you pulled me out of the grave,
gave me another chance at life
when I was down-and-out.

Ps 29:1
Bravo, GOD, bravo!

Ps 27:10
10 My father and mother walked out and left me,
but GOD took me in.

Ps 27:4
4 I'm asking GOD for one thing,
only one thing:
To live with him in his house
my whole life long.

Ps 27:1
Light, space, zest —
that's GOD!
So, with him on my side I'm fearless,
afraid of no one and nothing.

Ps 23:5
my cup brims with blessing.

Ps 23:4
4 Even when the way goes through
Death Valley,
I'm not afraid
when you walk at my side.

Ps 19:10
10 God's Word is better than a diamond,
better than a diamond set between emeralds.

Ps 18:49
I'm thanking you, GOD,
all over the world.

Ps 18:47
47 This God set things right for me

Ps 18:28
I'm blazing with glory, God's glory!

Ps 18:19
I stood there saved — surprised to be loved!

Ps 18:6
From his palace he hears my call;
my cry brings me right into his presence —
a private audience!

Ps 17:4-5
4 I'm not trying to get my way
in the world's way.
I'm trying to get your way,
your Word's way.
5 I'm staying on your trail;
I'm putting one foot
In front of the other.
I'm not giving up.

Ps 16:9-10
9 I'm happy from the inside out,
and from the outside in, I'm firmly formed.
10 You canceled my ticket to hell —
that's not my destination!

Ps 16:8
8 Day and night I'll stick with GOD;
I've got a good thing going and I'm not letting go.

Ps 16:5
5 My choice is you, GOD, first and only

Ps 14:3
Sheep, taking turns pretending
to be Shepherd.

Ps 11:7
7 GOD's business is putting things right;
he loves getting the lines straight,
Setting us straight. Once we're standing tall,
we can look him straight in the eye.

Ps 9:1-2
I'm thanking you, GOD, from a full heart,
I'm writing the book on your wonders.
2 I'm whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy;
I'm singing your song, High God.

Ps 8:9
9 GOD, brilliant Lord,
your name echoes around the world.

Like a child?:
Ps 8:2
2 Nursing infants gurgle choruses about you;
toddlers shout the songs
That drown out enemy talk,
and silence atheist babble.

Ps 5:12
12 You are famous, GOD, for welcoming God-seekers

Ps 4:7-8
Than they get in all their shopping sprees.
8 At day's end I'm ready for sound sleep,
For you, GOD, have put my life back together.

Ps 4:6-7
6 Why is everyone hungry for more? "More, more," they say.
"More, more."
I have God's more-than-enough,
7 More joy in one ordinary day

Ps 1:6
6 GOD charts the road you take.

How well God must like you —
you don't hang out at Sin Saloon,
you don't slink along Dead-End Road,
you don't go to Smart-Mouth College.

God’s answer to Job was very good.

Job 37:11
11 And yes, it's God who fills clouds with rainwater

Job 35:12
12 People are arrogantly indifferent to God —
until, of course, they're in trouble,

Job 35:8
God's not dependent on your behavior.

Job 33:28
28 But God stepped in and saved me from certain death.
I'm alive again! Once more I see the light!'

Job 33:27
I messed up my life —
and let me tell you, it wasn't worth it.

Job 32:9
9 The experts have no corner on wisdom;
getting old doesn't guarantee good sense.

Job 32:8
it's God's Spirit in a person,
the breath of the Almighty One, that makes wise human insight possible.

Job 28:28
Fear-of-the-Lord — that's Wisdom,
and Insight means shunning evil.'"

Job 22:25
25 God Almighty will be your treasure,
more wealth than you can imagine.

Job 12:16
16 Strength and success belong to God.

Job 12:9
GOD is sovereign, He holds all things in his hand

Job 12:5
5 It's easy for the well-to-do to point their fingers in blame

Job 10:8
8 "You made me like a handcrafted piece of pottery.

Job 9:33
33 How I wish we had an arbitrator
We do! Jesus!

Job 9:32
32 "God and I are not equals; I can't bring a case against him.

And God didn’t bring a case against Job, Satan did.

If Jesus said that the kingdom of Heaven BELONGED to those who are like children then why do adults think that children are so undeveloped? If God thinks that they’re OK then why don’t we? It seems to be our standards verses God’s standards.

Job 9:24
24 He lets the wicked take over running the world

Job 9:22
22 Since either way it ends up the same, I can only conclude
that God destroys the good right along with the bad.

Job 8:20
20 "There's no way that God will reject a good person.

That’s true but bad circumstances doesn’t mean that God has rejected you.

Job 8:19
19 The sooner the godless are gone, the better;
then good plants can grow in their place.
Again, it’s only what he could see. He ASSUMED that people with God are Earthly plants.

Job 8:8
"Put the question to our ancestors,
study what they learned from their ancestors.

Our ancestors we just humans too!

Job 8:4
4 It's plain that your children sinned against him —
otherwise, why would God have punished them?
Why would they ASSUME that God punished them?

Job 6:21-23
21 And you, my so-called friends, are no better — there's nothing to you!
One look at a hard scene and you shrink in fear.
22 It's not as though I asked you for anything —
I didn't ask you for one red cent —
23 Nor did I beg you to go out on a limb for me.
So why all this dodging and shuffling?

If I just read and believed what Job’s friends said then I would have no hope.

Job 5:6
trouble doesn't come from nowhere.
And trouble doesn’t come from God!

Job 5:1
To which of the holy angels will you turn?
Humans have a bad habit of turning to Angels for answers or relying on God to fix things in this life rather than simply believing that God loves them and Satan is running the Earth.

Job 4:8
8 It's my observation that those who plow evil
and sow trouble reap evil and trouble.
The rain falls on ALL, good and bad and so does trouble.

Job 4:7
Do genuinely upright people ever lose out in the end?
The end is not this life on Earth. There is no end.

Job 4:6
Shouldn't your exemplary life give you hope?
YES!

Most people wouldn’t do this:
Job 2:13
13 Then they sat with him on the ground. Seven days and nights they sat there without saying a word.

Job 1:11
11 "But what do you think would happen if you reached down and took away everything that is his? He'd curse you right to your face, that's what."
Did Job? NO!

I am a lot like Job. My eye is on the eternal only.

I’m totally different than most people. For me, life goes on forever so my goal is eternal and not on this Earth. Thus I am not interested in what I become on Earth I am interested in how I fit into Eternity. I am not where I want to be as an Earthly human but I am where I should be eternally and to me that is much more rewarding!

With regard to Ester: This is another example of how much God can & does do for His creations.

When something is going on then people are quite enthusiastic:
Neh 12:27
When it came time for the dedication of the wall, they tracked down and brought in the Levites from all their homes in Jerusalem to carry out the dedication exuberantly: thanksgiving hymns, songs, cymbals, harps, and lutes.

We will not neglect God.

Neh 8:10
Go home and prepare a feast, holiday food and drink; and share it with those who don't have anything

This sounds like my Church:
Neh 8:6
6 Then Ezra praised GOD, the great God, and all the people responded, "Oh Yes! Yes!" with hands raised high.

This happened because the “heart” for the work was societal success and NOT the will of God.
Neh 4:6
because the people had a heart for the work

Ezra 9:12
Don't cultivate good opinion; don't make over them and get them to like you so you can make a lot of money and build up a tidy estate to hand down to your children.'

The Israelites, the Jews and the Christians were set apart and not accepted because Satan is running the Earth and now is no exception so IF you are accepted you probably need to do some evaluation. Good for Society but bad for God.

If things of the Lord were present in the World today (and they are!) they would be so different that they would NOT be normal or accepted.

Talk about a big Church!
Ezra 2:64
64 The total count for the congregation was 42,360.

I’ve heard it said that cash is king which is the same as saying that cash is my god!

We need to be more careful! We say that we are worshiping God but we are often worshiping God’s creations and trying to become just like them!

Do you want to end up very wealthy and much honored? Then turn to God and not His creations!

Don’t let this happen to you:
2 Chron 26:16
the strength and success went to his head.

2 Chron 26:5
God prospered him.
Not an employer but God.

I wonder which curriculum they followed?
2 Chron 26:5
He was well trained by his pastor and teacher Zechariah to live in reverent obedience before God.

2 Chron 25:8
God and God only has the power to help or hurt your cause.

2 Chron 25:4
We each pay personally for our sins.

This is a school that you do not want to attend!
2 Chron 22:4
sin school graduating with a degree in doom.

2 Chron 18:4
before you do anything, ask GOD for guidance

2 Chron 17:7
on a teaching mission to the cities of Judah

What? These people weren’t trained teachers!

People want to be rich and honored but instead of looking to God to preform it they look to themselves to earn it.

2 Chron 16:9
9 GOD is always on the alert, constantly on the lookout for people who are totally committed to him.

2 Chron 16:9
9 GOD is always on the alert

It is not necessary to seek anything but the word of God because everything else was created and is known by God.

2 Chron 15:15
Anticipating the best, they sought God
Don’t seek God just because you expect the best from Him! Remember it is His will NOT YOURS!

God is incredibly active in the human society. Just because things go OUR way that doesn’t mean that God has acted it just means that we are satisfied with the result.

Whenever there were goat and calf idols there were priests for them so people often favored other things like position over God. Idols were made as a substitution for God.

We know what to do but often we consult others and go with the answer that we prefer however the preferred answer isn’t God’s answer.

The most difficult thing for us to do is to say: “Not MY will but yours”. Our will is the most important thing to us and we simply assume that our will is God’s will. But we are NOT God so our wills are not the same although we may think that they are.

People are more interested in wowing each other than they are in being wowed by God.

It is possible for humans to amaze humans unfortunately humans amazing humans has become more important than looking to God for a much greater amazement! Humans find ways to amaze other humans and they even use the subject of God to amaze each other but Godly amazement has become not as important as human amazement.

2 Chron 5:11
All the priests there were consecrated, regardless of rank or assignment

What a staff!
2 Chron 2:18
18 He assigned 70,000 of them as common laborers, 80,000 to work the quarries in the mountains, and 3,600 as foremen to manage the work crews.

The scriptures can be viewed a number of different ways. Some of those ways are: as a historical record or a letter from our Creator and I choose the latter.

1 Chron 29:12
God you hold strength and power in the palm of your hand

Not from anything else:
1 Chron 29:12
12 Riches and glory come from you God.

David said this about the temple of God and now we are the temple and this hasn’t changed at all.
1 Chron 29:1
this is not just a place for people to meet each other, but a house for GOD to meet us.

The original temple of God was NOT a business it was taken care of by God and now as Christians we are the temple of God.

There is no man made title, position, degree or income that makes any human better than any other. We are all created beings and ALL are important to God.

1 Chron 22:19
19 your part is to give yourselves, heart and soul, to praying to your GOD

1 Chron 21:8
substituting statistics for trust
THIS happens a lot.

1 Chron 18:13
GOD gave David victory wherever he marched.
If God did this for David then He can do it for us!

God told David:
1 Chron 17:8
I'm about to make you famous, ranked with the great names on earth.
God did this NOT PEOPLE OR OPINIONS.

1 Chron 16:34
34 Give thanks to GOD — he is good
and his love never quits.

1 Chron 16:30
30 God is serious business, take him seriously

1 Chron 16:19
19 Even though you're not much to look at

1 Chron 16:11
11 Study GOD
NOT BOOKS OR MAN MADE CURRICULUM –just God.

1 Chron 16:2-3
3 Then he passed around to every one there, men and women alike, a loaf of bread, a slice of barbecue, and a raisin cake.
David collected NOTHING from them! He gave to them!

1 Chron 12:22
it wasn't long before his band seemed as large as God's own army!
God did this! Not Universities or companies!

All throughout the Bible people did things that other people didn’t approve of but gave God glory.

Hosea was a prophet from God and God made him do some things that seemed awful to people but are quite normal for God.

There is a strong push and desire to be #1 but the Bible says that the first will be last and the last will be first which is completely opposite of what is going on.

2 Kings 14:6
We each pay personally for our sins.

Mankind was not created until day 6 so eye candy did not come around until after mankind. So as important as it is to people it was obviously NOT so important to God.

In 2 Kings God performed some of the SAME miracles as He did with Jesus!

While reading the Bible it’s pretty clear that peoples commitment to God is the most important thing NOT their goal to be personally successful and God is OMNI.

In 2 Kings I just read that Elijah and Elisha crossed over the Jordan on dry land.

God gave Solomon a lot more than anyone else! Wealth, reputation and more so why are humans so intent on earning it themselves?

1 Kings 6:12
what's important is that you live the way I've set out for you and do what I tell you
God didn’t say a word about education or occupation.

This is me!
1 Kings 3:7
7 "And now here I am: GOD, my God, you have made me, your servant

When I’m thinking about where I am and if I’m missing anything I consider the children of Israel. Their choice to leave such an advanced place as Egypt and go to the wilderness without any planned conveniences and do fine makes me feel better because God is much bigger than this World.

The good news is that God really knows each of us to the core so our “trying” to do the right thing is more for us than Him.

If something unplanned for happens other people always say: “that’s the way it was supposed to happen” and I don’t know what that means but I’m sure that it doesn’t mean that it wasn’t God’s will.

Jesus prayed to His Father: “not my will be done but thine” however people have a tendency to treat the Father like a genie and it’s more about what they want and less about His will. So what do we want? A genie to make us happy or a God that makes Himself happy?

In the word of God, the Bible God continually says: “Do not continue to make me angry with the work of your hands.”

This was in preparation for Christ:
1 Sam 17:58
"I'm the son of your servant Jesse," said David, "the one who lives in Bethlehem."

1 Sam 16:7

7 But GOD told Samuel, "Looks aren't everything.

1 Sam 15:23
Getting self-important around GOD
is far worse than making deals with your dead ancestors.

1 Sam 15:22
Plain listening is the thing,
not staging a lavish religious production.

1 Sam 14:6
There's no rule that says God can only deliver by using a big army. No one can stop GOD from saving when he sets his mind to it.

I have suffered a great deal but it is nothing compared to what Jesus suffered for me.

1 Sam 7:8
"Pray with all your might!

Humans forget how powerful God is and they think that they have to be powerful.

1 Sam 6:20
"Who can stand before GOD, this holy God? And who can we get to take this Chest off our hands?"

It wasn’t the CHEST of God it had nothing to with something so minor as a chest it was God!!

Ruth’s baby was related to King David who was related to Jesus.

Bethlehem is where Jesus lived and it is mentioned over 50 times in the Bible.

Humans always act on what they can depend on but quite often what they depend on isn’t God.

Money is very popular. For money Delilah turned on Samson.

The birth of Samson was unexpected, humanly unreal and came from God.

Like the Israelites we are a stiff necked people! God forms us and writes down ALL the days of our lives before we are born but we have developed things to define ourselves and make us look good.

In the Old Testament God created people because He wanted to and gave them a lot but they wouldn’t serve Him. Then in the New Testament He sent Jesus to take our punishment and give us more but we still depend on ourselves.

Judg 3:12
But the People of Israel went back to doing evil in GOD's sight.
The Bible says this over and over. Why does anyone think that it’s any different today? Careers, retirements, education and money are what we live side by side with and maybe just maybe God (as Society approves and defines him) is included IF He fits in with what is acceptable.

If God can do this then why do people think that everything is up to them?
Josh 23:9
9 "GOD has driven out superpower nations before you.

This command is the same today:
Josh 22:5
Love GOD, your God, walk in all his ways, do what he's commanded, embrace him, serve him with everything you are and have."

It wasn’t about numbers or qualifications it was about God and it still is!
Josh 10:7-8
7 So Joshua set out from Gilgal, his whole army with him — all those tough soldiers! 8 GOD told him, "Don't give them a second thought. I've put them under your thumb — not one of them will stand up to you."

Not a job, an education, money or people but God:
Josh 6:27
27 GOD was with Joshua. He became famous all over the land.

Josh 4:23-24
23 "Yes, GOD, your God, dried up the Jordan's waters for you until you had crossed, just as GOD, your God, did at the Red Sea, which had dried up before us until we had crossed. 24 This was so that everybody on earth would recognize how strong GOD's rescuing hand is and so that you would hold GOD in solemn reverence always."

How is this different from the Red Sea?
Josh 4:18
As soon as the soles of the priests' feet touched dry land, the Jordan's waters resumed their flow within the banks, just as before.

Josh 4:7
The flow of the Jordan was stopped in front of the Chest of the Covenant of GOD as it crossed the Jordan — stopped in its tracks

I’ve never heard this:
Josh 3:15-16
15 When the priests got to the Jordan and their feet touched the water at the edge (the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest), 16 the flow of water stopped. It piled up in a heap — a long way off — at Adam, which is near Zarethan. The river went dry all the way down to the Arabah Sea (the Salt Sea).

In the Bible to the children of Israel we read: God has given you this land. But God has given us the Earth so God has given us this land.

Josh 1:9
GOD, your God, is with you every step you take."

Deut 31:6
6 "Be strong. Take courage. Don't be intimidated.

THIS is why you were born:
Deut 29:29
29 GOD, our God, will take care of the hidden things but the revealed things are our business. It's up to us.

God did this and He still does:
Deut 29:5
5 I took you through the wilderness for forty years and through all that time the clothes on your backs didn't wear out, the sandals on your feet didn't wear out

Not YOU but God which is totally different from what Society tells you:
Deut 28:13
13 GOD will make you the head, not the tail; you'll always be the top dog, never the bottom dog, as you obediently listen to and diligently keep the commands of GOD, your God, that I am commanding you today.

Before Jesus God chose people but after Jesus people choose God.

God rose up Jesus.
Deut 18:15
15 GOD, your God, is going to raise up a prophet for you.

Deut 18:2
GOD is your inheritance.