Day 85, Year 1 Making Decisions with Your Heart “A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.” (Ecclesiastes 10:2 NKJV) “The right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.” (Psalm 118:16 NASB) One core of transforming from foolishness to wisdom […]
Day 84, Year 1 Seeking to Understand Important Details “O you simple ones, understand prudence, and you fools, be of an understanding heart.” (Proverbs 8:5 NKJV) Jesus said, “For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see
Day 83, Year 1 Beware of the Traps that Make You Foolish “But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.” (2 Timothy 2:23 NKJV) Some foolish things may appear to be adult-like but are still foolish in essence. The “ignorant disputes” in today’s verse are an example. Nowadays, in some wealthy societies,
Day 82, Year 1 Refusing Evil and Choosing Good “For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings.” (Isaiah 7:16 NKJV) “Both … kings” in today’s verse refers to the kings of Syria and Israel at that time.
Day 81, Year 1 Striving for an Adult Mindset “But when I became a man, I put away childish things.” (1 Corinthians 13:11b NKJV) I feel that those who live in urban areas might have a weaker desire to grow into adulthood compared to rural people. This is because people living in rural areas witness
Day 80, Year 1 Pursuing a Life For Growth “But when I became a man, I put away childish things.” (1 Corinthians 13:11b NKJV) The above half of the verse is particularly essential. The biblical culture, as a whole, encourages people to mature and become adults, and growing into adulthood seems to be a prerequisite
Day 79, Year 1 Two Different Principles “When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.” (1 Corinthians 13:11 NASB) The “reason” in today’s verse, logizomai in Greek, has three meanings: to calculate,
Day 78, Year 1 Growing into Adulthood “When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.” (1 Corinthians 13:11 NASB) “Child” mentioned in today’s verse, nepios in Greek, is more often translated as
Day 77, Year 1 Accepting Discipline or Persisting Childishness? “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.” (Proverbs 22:15 NASB) “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I
Day 76, Year 1 Discerning the Source of Our Suffering “Fools, because of their rebellious way, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.” (Psalm 107:17 NASB) Not all suffering on earth is caused by our sins, but some are indeed the result of our transgressions and iniquities. We should avoid two beliefs in extremes. First,
