Day 202, Year 1 Discerning the Filth in the Heart Jesus said, “But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.” (Matthew 15:18-19 NASB) Jesus pinpoints that evil thoughts, which come […]
Day 201, Year 1 Forbidding Ourselves from Speaking Evil Words “If you have been foolish in exalting yourself Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.” (Proverbs 30:32 NASB) If people have foolish or evil thoughts in their hearts and wish to avoid being further contaminated, they can follow the teaching
Day 200, Year 1 God Alone is Good “And Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.’” (Mark 10:18, NASB; same as Luke 18:19) As mentioned previously, we should distinguish our inner thoughts, desires, or emotions from ourselves and subsequently understand the related meanings. Understanding involves
Day 199, Year 1 Is Your Heart Treasuring Good or Evil? Jesus said, “The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.” (Luke 6:45
Day 198, Year 1 Understanding the Things in Your Mind “A fool does not delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own mind.” (Proverbs 18:2 NASB) “Mind,” in Hebrew, is leb, which means “heart.” It also refers to the place where thoughts, motives, or emotions spring out. In my opinion, many people are fools
Day 197, Year 1 Are You More Inclined to Listen or Speak? “A fool does not delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own mind.” (Proverbs 18:2 NASB) “Understanding” in today’s verse, tebunah in Hebrew, previously mentioned in Proverbs 19:8, also means “insight, the act of understanding, the object of knowledge, reasons, discernment, reasonings,
Day 196, Year 1 The Perfume is for the Lord “While the king was at his table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance.” (Song of Solomon 1:12 NASB) When you dine with Jesus, what kind of smell does your life emit? Spikenard, as a Chinese translation of “perfume” in the above verse, was an ancient,
Day 195, Year 1 Dining with the Ruler “When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you, And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.” (Proverbs 23:1-2 NASB) Many believers describe the experience of being face-to-face with Jesus as akin to the
Day 194, Year 1 The Focus of Dining is Communication with People “Suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you.” (2 Peter 2:13 NASB) The word “carouse” in today’s verse, though
Day 193, Year 1 Renovating the heart “For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.” (Hebrews 3:4 NASB) Human hearts have various designs and usages, which differ from one another. When Jesus wants to come into believers and dine with us, He is telling most of us that
