In this study the sage reveals to us that wisdom will lead you to the pleasant ways of life. In fact, what Proverbs helps us partially receive, Jesus gives fully to us. He is the one who will take hold of you and fill your life with his blessing. When...

All that is laid out for us in Proverbs 3; life, honor, vigor, guidance and success, can be ours in and through the Lord Jesus. These will be our rewards if we will treasure God’s Word; living life trusting in him, running away from evil, honoring him...

In this second fatherly talk, we discover that wisdom promises to be a companion, who will be your guide in difficulties, and in moments of great temptation. When wisdom enters our hearts, through the Lord Jesus, he changes us from within, and he...

In this opening chapter of Proverbs we are listening to a first fatherly talk where the dad says that listening to his words will be for his sons benefit. He wants his son to make good friendship choices and to grow up in a wise way. After listening...

We need wisdom and its benefits. No one likes feeling foolish and no one ever wants to be called out as a fool. The book of Proverbs shows us how to flourish in life by fearing the God who has given us life. | Outline | [I] What Wisdom is (vs. 2-3)...

Though God commanded Jonah to go to Nineveh, Jonah responded by running from God's presence. A theme starts to appear: Jonah chooses his downward direction away from God, and it nearly leads to physical and spiritual death. Yet God mercifully...

We sometimes wonder if there is more to life than what we are currently experiencing. In his quest to understand human existence, the accomplished author of Ecclesiastes 1 paints a bleak picture of life on earth, but his words ultimately point us...

In Job 9, Job, like so many of us, wrestles with personal suffering and a God who seems distant and disinterested. In spite of all his hardship though, Job presses into the face of God relentlessly seeking to hear God's voice.

Adoption is one of the pictures in the Bible that images to us what it means to become a Christian. Our salvation, in Christ, moves us into a new way of relating to God. He isn’t only our creator, he is also, now, our Father, as adoption is an act of...

Jonah's self-titled book traces the story of a runaway prophet, but the real hero in the story is God. In chapter 1, despite Jonah's attempts to run from God's mercy, a crew of pagan sailors will get to meet this merciful God, whose...