Trustworthy Wisdom@Work
A Repository of Wisdom from Trusted Sources
"When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him." (Genesis 15:12) Whenever God gives a vision to a...
"Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God." (John 20:28) Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ. The greatest competitor of true devotion...
"When it pleased God . . . to reveal His Son in me . . ." (Galatians 1:15-16) The call of God is not a call to serve Him in...
"I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?'" (Isaiah 6:8) When we talk about the call of God, we often...
"We were buried with Him . . . that just as Christ was raised from the dead . . . even so we also should walk in newness of...
"I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?' Then I said, 'Here am I! Send me.'" (Isaiah 6:8) The call...
"When He was alone . . . the twelve asked Him about the parable." (Mark 4:10) His Solitude with Us. When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment,...
"When they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples." (Mark 4:34) Our Solitude with Him. Jesus doesn't take us aside and explain things to us all the time;...
"As they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon . . . , and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it...
"I now send you, to open their eyes . . . that they may receive forgiveness of sins . . ." (Acts 26:17-18) God's first sovereign work of grace is...
"May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless . . ." (1 Thessalonians 5:23) Do we believe that God can fortify and protect our thought processes far beyond...
"Abraham built an altar . . . ; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar . . ." (Genesis 22:9) This event is a picture...
"Jesus said to him, 'Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip?'" (John 14:9) The whole experience of life is designed to enable...
"He moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an...
"Jesus answered him, 'Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward.'" (John 13:36) No matter what changes God has performed in you, never...
"Peter said to Him, 'Lord, why can I not follow You now?'" (John 13:37) There are times when you can't understand why you cannot do what you want to do....
"Clouds and darkness surround Him . . ." (Psalm 97:2) When we come into close contact with the teachings of Jesus Christ we have our first realization of this. The...
"He went out, not knowing where he was going." (Hebrews 11:8) Have you ever "gone out" in this way? . . . Continually examine your attitude toward God to see...
". . . my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in...
"You shall not go out with haste,…for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard." (Isaiah 52:12)Security from Yesterday. “…God requires...
"…All my springs are in you." (Psalm 87:7)The sign that God is at work in us is that He is destroying our confidence in the natural virtues, because they...
"From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more." (John 6:66)When God, by His Spirit through His Word, gives you a clear vision...
"…unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 18:3)If we trust in our own abilities, instead of...
"If you will return, O Israel," says the Lord… (Jeremiah 4:1)Our battles are first won or lost in the secret places of our will in God’s presence, never in...