83 For Truth

Dreading What’s Ahead

The Language of Hooting

“Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king” (1 Peter 2:17)

The Language of Hens

“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger” (Proverbs 15:1)

The Language of Crowing

“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!” (James 3:5)

Who Owns the Barn?

“For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills” (Psalm 50:10).

Nest Building

“Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?” (Matthew 6:26)

Blinders

“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me” (Psalm 101:3).

The Presumptuous Possum

“I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth” (John 17:15–17)

Prick Up Your Ears

“Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding” (Proverbs 4:1)

Beautiful Boundaries

“My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother” (Proverbs 6:20)