Today's Good News

JAN. 5 – WISDOM

01/05             Proverbs 9:10

10 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom.
    Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.

WISDOM

Wisdom begins with awe and reverence of God.

Wisdom isn’t abstract, it is what we need to live a good life.

Knowing God involves our ability to discern and understand deeper truths.

We know God and we obey Him. 

Knowledge and obedience are required for us to grow.

This wisdom is both moral and spiritual,

And it is a divine gift from God.

JAN. 4 – WISDOM

01/04             Proverbs 1:7

7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge,
    but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

REVERENCE

Fear of the Lord is reverent awe of God’s power, authority, and holiness.

We love Him and honor Him and obey Him.

This fear of God is basic to acquire knowledge of Him. 

We are seeking knowledge for decision making and living life. 

Only a fool would reject the process of knowing God.

God’s discipline and teaching molds our character,

And gives us understanding.

All true knowledge and wisdom come from God.

Fools despise wisdom and knowledge.

They refuse a relationship with God.

The wise seek the Lord and obey Him. 

JAN. 3 – CHANGE

01/03             Proverbs 12:1

To learn, you must love discipline;
    it is stupid to hate correction.

CHANGE

Learning involves change.

Be willing to change. 

Correction accompanies change. 

Accept correction, live with it and grow.

Be more like Jesus, change. 

JAN. 2 – HIS WAY

01/02             Ecclesiastes 1:18

18 The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief.
    To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.

TRUST

Trust God.

Do not demand knowledge about the future.

Plan but do not demand and be willing to change.

Seek His face and spend time with Jesus. 

He will light your pathway and guide you home. 

JAN. 1 – NEW YEAR

01/01          Proverbs 2:6

6 For the Lord grants wisdom!
    From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

TO

To His children.

To His children who ask Him.

To His children who seek to know Him Better.

To His children who get serious about their relationship with the Lord God. 

Praise God who gives wisdom to all of His children. 

Praise God. 

DEC. 31 – PEACE

12/31          John 16:33

33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

PEACE

Spend time with Jesus and His peace will control your life.

Trouble comes, pray, and Jesus will be with you through the trouble. 

Be courageous, be resilient, God is in control. 

Peace always co-exists with trouble.

Jesus’ peace overcomes trouble. 

Christ the Lord is Creator and in control of the Universe. 

Trust in Jesus and He will see us through. 

His comfort and hope will sustain us. 

DEC. 30 – GOD

12/30          Psalm 18:29

29 In your strength I can crush an army;
    with my God I can scale any wall.

TRUST

We trust God and serve Him.

We obey His Words.

We live in Him, constantly spending time with Him.

His strength is greater than anything.

His love and presence is more powerful than evil.

God will deliver us.

God will preserve us. 

DEC. 29 – GOD

12/29          Proverbs 3:5-6

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
    do not depend on your own understanding.
6 Seek his will in all you do,
    and he will show you which path to take.

RELY

Rely on God.

He is totally reliable and loves us.

Do not rely on self, surrender to Jesus.

God is actively involved in everything we do-trust Him.

Trust in God will enable Him to make our pathways straight. 

We can ignore God to our own detriment. 

Do not do that, trust in the Lord with all of your heart.

Seek God’s wisdom through prayer, Bible reading and obedience. 

He will give you the right way. 

DEC. 28 – GOD

12/28          Jeremiah 29:11-13

11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 12 In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13 If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
GOD

God is sovereign, all knowing, all powerful and always present.

He is seeking to prosper us spiritually, emotionally, and physically.

Every thought the Lord has towards us is a thought for good.

God would that we prosper.

But to prosper we must come to Him and obey Him.

God is faithful and assures us of our future.

Come seek God and get to know Him.

Pray. 

Read His Word.

Do what He says.

DEC. 27 – JESUS

12/27          Matthew 2:7-127 
Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared. 8 Then he told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”

9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were filled with joy! 11 They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

12 When it was time to leave, they returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod.

WORLD

The world has a lot to say about God.

They don’t know God and they do not believe God is real.

They think even though they have very limited knowledge, they know.

They don’t know.

God is real.

God came in the form of baby to save us from our sin.

Jesus was born to die for us. 

Praise God that He loves us.