Author: Norm

SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Plans succeed through good counsel; don’t go to war without wise advice. [Proverbs 20:18] And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. But don’t begin until you count the cost… Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down…

SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord — and he will repay you! [Proverbs 19:17] And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’ [Matthew 25:40] How we…

SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 18 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Wise words are like deep waters; wisdom flows from the wise like a bubbling brook. [Proverbs 18:4] The mouths of fools are their ruin; they trap themselves with their lips. [Proverbs 18:7] You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart…

SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 17 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: It is senseless to pay tuition to educate a fool, since he has no heart for learning. [Proverbs 17:16] Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you. [Matthew 7:6] As Solomon observes people around him, he…

SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 16 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives. [Proverbs 16:2] For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open, and every secret will be brought to light. [Mark 4:22] As I read these collected wisdom sayings, I picture king Solomon sitting at his desk by…

SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 29 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us! [1 Chronicles 29:14] Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Heal the sick, raise the dead,…

SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 28 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then David continued, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will see to it that all the work related to the Temple of the Lord is finished correctly.”…

SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 23-27 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The work of the Levites was to assist the priests, the descendants of Aaron, as they served at the house of the Lord… And so, under the supervision of the priests, the Levites watched over the Tabernacle and the Temple and faithfully carried out their duties of service at the house of…