Better Off Read Postings which include a 5 day Bible Study on the topic of the Posting.
Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips. Psalm 141:3 (You may have noticed that there are two versions of the post, “Guard Your Mouth”. One is G-rated, which is suitable for anyone to read. This one is R-rated because of violence and mature themes. When I started … Continue reading Guard Your Mouth (R-rated version)
The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice. Proverbs 12:15 Everywhere we go, there is someone who is giving out advice. Not too long ago on the internet, we even had animals giving it! There was Advice Dog which inspired the meme, Advice Cat, which inspired the meme, … Continue reading A Little Advice
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Ok, so I probably offended someone right off the bat with the dead cat picture. Sorry. Sometimes you just have to get people’s attention. John Piper, prominent pastor and author, said in his book Desiring God, … Continue reading Tackling Tightwaddery
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. John 6:35 I took my first Spanish class in Eighth grade. Back then, the way they taught beginning Spanish was to have students listen to records. Yes, records. No, we didn’t … Continue reading Pasa Mi La Pan
For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to … Continue reading Every Knee Will (Te)Bow!
But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept. Genesis 33:4 NIV Recently as I was doing the Old testament reading for the One year Bible, I read this verse as I have many times before. But this time it hit me, Wait a minute, … Continue reading Esau, a Picture of Grace!
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” Mathew 7:1 My mother always used to say, ‘Believe nothing of what you hear and half of what you see’ and that was even before Photoshop! Now-a-days we see things all the time that misrepresent reality or the truth. With a few key strokes we can create misleading pictures like these. I … Continue reading Judge Not
Bitter pill, blind alley, blow, blunder, bringdown, bummer, bust, calamity, defeat, disaster, discouragement, downer, downfall, drag, dud, error, failure, false alarm, faux pas, fiasco, fizzle, flash in the pan, impasse, inefficacy, lemon, letdown, miscalculation, mischance, misfortune, mishap, mistake, obstacle, old one-two, setback, slip, washout. What do all these words have in common? They are all synonyms for … Continue reading [dis-uh-point-muh’nt]
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV Well, another year has come and gone and it’s already resolution time again! Many look forward with hope and expectation while others surrender in self defeat before it even starts. … Continue reading 3 Strikes You’re Out?
On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. Matthew 2:11 What is the best Christmas gift you ever received? Who gave it to you? When I … Continue reading The Gifts of the Magi
