Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.
Do you really understand that apart from God, you will never find HIS perfect will for your life? It does not matter all the things that you have done, you need God in order to find HIS direction for your life.
Proverbs […]
Proverbs 28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
What are the desires of your heart? If you are not careful, you will find that your heart can deceive you and cause you to long for things that you really do not want or that […]
Proverbs 23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Where is your heart? What are the things that you desire? God desires you heart. You need to turn it over to HIM and allow HIM to control your longings.
What is the most important thing to you right now? If we […]
Proverbs 18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
What do you desire? If God were to tell you that HE would give you whatever the desire of your heart was, what would God be giving you? Solomon was faced with that situation and HE asked for wisdom and that […]
Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
As you meditate upon the desires of your heart you come up with certain plans and ambitions for your life. While these plans do not always result in the perfect plan for your life, you must understand that if your heart is […]
Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
You have heard that the Lord desires your obedience over your sacrifice. Saul had been instructed to kill all of the inhabitance of Amalek and to destroy everything they possessed. Saul however saved the […]
Proverbs 13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
A wedding day is one of the most important days in the life of most young woman. She has been dreaming about this day for as long as she can remember. Her desires to be married […]
Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Have you ever seen a young couple in love? All they want to do is be with each other. They can hardly wait until the wedding day so that they can spend the rest of their life […]
Proverbs 13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Jesus tells the story of a certain rich man and a beggar named Lazarus. Lazarus had nothing and he laid at the gate of the rich man desiring simply to be fed with the crumbs […]
Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Are you diligent in your work or would others characterize you as a sloth? Joseph was a diligent man and it did not matter where he was, he gained favor in the sight of those whom he was working […]
Proverbs 10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
You have heard to delight yourself in the Lord and he shall give you the desires of your heart. As a Christian, what are the things that you are supposed to desire so that God […]
Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Where is your hope? Is it in the Lord or is it in treasures that you can amass for yourself? It is easy to say that your desire is for the things of God, but does your life really follow that principle? Jesus told […]
Proverbs 6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
In this passage, we are given a warning to avoid loose women. You have heard that Christ commanded us that a man who lusted in his heart after a woman had already committed adultery with her. In this […]
Proverbs 5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
We are instructed to attend unto wisdom and bow our ears to understanding. If we put wisdom first in our life, then we will be in a position that we can regard discretion and our lips will be full of the ways […]
Proverbs 4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
One who ponders the path of their feet is one who is not making rash decisions. This means that they are carefully studying the will of God for their life in order to properly learn what God would have them to […]
1 Corinthians 13:5 seeketh not her own
Love seeketh not her own. This principle is best understood when we study Ephesians 5:28-29, when he wrote “So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth […]
Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Wisdom and understanding will not be the easiest thing in the world to obtain - it will cost you something to obtain them. When Solomon was asked of God to ask for whatever he desired, Solomon had just made […]
Acts 16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
Paul was obeying the calling of God upon his life by going city to city preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. However, when Paul desired to go to Asia, the Holy Ghost stopped him. In addition, […]
Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will.
How many times have you heard the phrase that David […]
Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Peter and John had healed a lame man who had been lame from birth. They then used the attention that they received […]
Psalms 86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
Is it your heart’s cry to understand who God is? Do you take the time to discern what God is doing in your life? It is easy to say that you are a Christian, but […]
Psalms 81:10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
In order to receive God’s promise from this verse, you must first fulfill the condition that God lays out for you. It sounds so simple but you must first be […]
Psalms 38:15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O LORD my God.
Where is your expectation? Do you rely upon your own strength or do you rely upon God? It is much easier to rely upon your own strength because you are then able to do what you want when you […]
Psalms 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Have you ever read this passage and asked God to give you the desires of your heart? Most of us when reading this passage focus our attention upon the promise of God. However, this particular promise comes with […]
Psalms 21:2 Thou hast given him his heart�s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips.
You desire to be blessed of the Lord. You long for God to give you the desires of your heart. You yearn for God to hear your prayers and then answer them. In verse one of this Psalm, David tells us who this person is who receives from God the desires of their heart and the person whose request is answered by God. In verse one David tells us that it is the person who joys in the Lord�s strength. It is he who rejoices in God�s salvation.
If you desire God to give you those things that you desire, than you must first be willing to give HIM those things HE desires. God desires your heart. HE desires to be number one in your life. If you are relying upon your own strength, what joy does God have in giving to you the desires of your heart? If you cannot rejoice in the way that HE has provided, protected and directed you, why should HE bless you by giving you those things that you request of HIM?
James 4:2 yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
In this passage you see a very important element of prayer, asking. In Matthew 7:7 Jesus told you �Ask, and it shall be given you�. He went on to say in verse 8 �For every one that asketh receiveth�. Christ taught the importance of asking when HE promised you in Matthew 21:22 �And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.�
It is important to ask, but just as important in asking is making sure you are asking for the right thing. James went on to tell you in verse 3 �Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.� Thus it is not only important that you ask but that you ask for the right thing. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus analogized our relationship with God to that of a son asking his father for bread. Jesus explained that a father would not give his son a rock when he asked for bread. Jesus then said in Matthew 7:11 �If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Psalms 10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
What is the desire of your heart? What is the key to receiving the desire of your heart? The key is humility. The Lord hears the voice of those who are humble before HIM. You know that God gives grace to the humble but HE resists the proud. You know that you are to delight yourself in the Lord and HE will give you the desires of your heart. However, you cannot delight yourself in the Lord because you desire something from HIM. Instead, you must delight yourself before God with a humble heart.
Matthew 15:27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters� table.
A woman from Canaan came to Jesus requesting that HE heal her daughter who was possessed with a devil. Jesus ignored her. She continued to be persistent until Jesus� disciples came to HIM and requested that HE send her away. Jesus told the woman that HE was sent to minister until Israelites. The woman did not leave but worshiped Jesus. Jesus then told the woman that �It is not meet to take the children�s bread, and cast it to dogs.� The woman replied that she was at least entitled to the crumbs. Jesus then acknowledged her great faith and healed her daughter.
Acts 28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Paul was a prisoner in Rome. However, rather than being locked up with all the other prisoners, Paul was permitted to dwell by himself in his own house with his own private soldier. Because Paul had his own house, Paul was able to minister more freely then he would have been able to do had he been in prison.
Once Paul reached Rome, one of the first things he did was he called for the Jews. The Jews acknowledged that the Jews in Jerusalem had not sent any message to them regarding Paul. While the Jews had not heard anything about Paul, they had heard about those who preached Jesus and they acknowledged that everything they heard was not good. Nonetheless, they were willing to give Paul audience and as such, they set a day were many of the Jewish leaders came into Paul�s house to hear Paul teach.
Acts 18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
The believers in Ephesus had requested that Paul stay in their community and continue to preach. However, because Paul felt led of the Lord to return to Jerusalem, Paul did not stay. While Paul was not the answer to prayer that the believers in Ephesus were looking for, God sent to the city Apollos, a Jew. Apollos was an eloquent man who was mighty in the scriptures. Apollos was able to expound the scriptures to the believers while Aquila and Priscilla were able to expound unto him the way of God more perfectly.
