Understanding power and it’s source is important! When I was a young man, I did not understand how engines worked. When I came into shop class, my friends called me over and asked me to hold a wire while they pulled a rope. Dummy that I was, I did it. When they pulled that rope, it sent a rather awaking charge through that wire…

Being that we have pondered the question concerning what a godly person looks like, viewing through the godly woman of Proverbs 31, we naturally must ask the question; why do we fail to live godly and what do we do about it when we fail?  We will discuss in more detail about “why” later; at this time suffice it to say we fail because we are still living with a fallen nature, though now we have a new nature, we will continue to wrestle with the flesh.

When I was 17, having just finished high school in Hawaii, I told my mom that I was going to move out and live in the D.C. area. My mom agreed. On the afternoon before my evening flight, I sat with my mom. She could see I was disturbed. She asked me what was wrong. I told her that I was bothered, when my two older brothers wanted to move out, they were both 20 at the time and were only moving 15-20 miles away, she argued with them. Here I am 17, moving over 4,800 miles away…and she helped me pack! She laughed and looked me straight in the eye, smiling and said, “Nathan, of my four boys you are the one I have never worried about, I know you could always talk yourself into a meal!”

The qualities that a godly woman has can challenge men so much, if... 

Eagerly anticipating the National Day of Prayer, I awakened to a fan of hot, dry air pouring through my bedroom window. Stretching my memory far back, I searched for another wind so powerfully gusty. The thermometer soon reached 95 degrees.

Scripture Read: Judges 9:22-25 Now Abimelech ruled over Israel three years. Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers. The men of Shechem set men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech.

Application: What appears to cause so much confusion among Bible novices is really a...

² My loved ones, we have been adopted into God’s family; and we are officially His children now. The full picture of our destiny is not yet clear, but we know this much: when Jesus appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him just as He is.