From the Heart by B.Demaere

Then he ordered some of the strongest men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace.  So they tied them up and threw them into the furnace, fully dressed in their pants, turbans, robes, and other garments.  And because the king in his anger, had demanded such a hot fire in the furnace, the flames killed the soldiers as they threw the three men in.  So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, securely tied, fell into the roaring flames. But suddenly, Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and exclaimed to his advisers, "Didn't we tie three men and throw them into the furnace?" "Yes, Your Majesty, we certainly did," they replied. "Look!" Nebuchadnezzar shouted. "I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god* (Aramaic 'like a son of gods', who is thought to be Jesus, the Son of God which this appearance in the Old Testament of Christ is called a 'Chri

Promises to Keep : Lessons for Daily living (Proverbs 6:6 ) : Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise! What I like about the book of Proverbs is that it is God&...

Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise! What I like about the book of Proverbs is that it is God's honesty displayed.  It says it like it is and following this verse, it will give the consequence of laziness being poverty. Now laziness is greatly being misunderstood in our society.  A person suffering from mental illness is not lazy when he or she stay at home doing nothing because of lack of motivation.  Laziness is not retirement, in fact some retirees are busier than they were when they worked at a job.  Resting is not laziness.  Even being busy is not and shouldn't be a statement that you not lazy to people around you.  Even being disabled mentally or physically doesn't mean you are lazy.  Because people put a "lazy" label on you doesn't mean you are lazy. Just because you are a teenager doesn't mean you are lazy...so please no more teenager's roasting.  A teenager can be a hard working teenager. Actually,

Promises to Keep : Avoiding Immoral Women (Proverbs 5:8) and more : Stay away from her!  Don't go near the door of her house! The immoral woman A sweet and bitter woman in speech 1) Her lips are sweet as ...

Stay away from her!  Don't go near the door of her house! The immoral woman A sweet and bitter woman in speech 1) Her lips are sweet as honey     Her mouth smoother than oil  (verse 3) In reality she is bitter as poison and dangerous as a double edged sword. (verse 4) 2) Her feet go down to death (verse 5)  Her destiny     Her steps lead straight to the grave    She is a leader in a bad way 3) She cares nothing about the path to life (verse 6) Wants to have nothing to do with God.     She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn't realize it (verse 6) She is ignorant. 4) Stay away from her (verse 8) 5) If you don't stay away from her, you will lose your reputation (verse 9) 6) You will loose everything (verse 10) 7) You will loose your health (illness) (verse 11) 8) You will have many regrets about undisciplined life and about not listening to mentors (verse 13) 9) Public disgrace (verse 14) 10) Encouragement to loyalty in marriage with your wife (verse 15-20) 11) For the Lo

My father taught me, "Take my words to heart. Follow my commands, and you will live. Get wisdom; develop good judgment. Don't forget my words or turn away from them. Don't turn your back on wisdom, for she will protect you. Love her, and she will guard you. A father or a mother teaches wisdom all the time by their examples and words.  Some parents have been gifted with more wisdom than others, but in the end there is a wisdom that will stick with that child for the rest of his life. Like a mother teaching her child to walk on the side of the street facing the traffic, if the child listen this could save his life.  He might remember it for the rest of his or her life.  My mother taught me principles of etiquettes and my father taught me principles of good business just by his example.  Taking pride in a job well done came from both of my parents.  Parents can be very valuable in the child's formation and that's why they need quality time together. I didn't alway

Don't be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead fear the Lord and turn away from evil. Then you will have healing for your body and strength for your bones. We all know and emphasize the verses before that, some of us even have them memorized. What about these two verses?  We might end up seeing the doctor less often if we adopted wisdom's principles in our lives.  Healing to our bodies and strength to our bones.  Anyone with bone disease of any kind? A lot of people are turning to herbs and natural medicines, but we have neglected the wisdom of God that urges us to turn from evil.  We don't like to do that, you say!  But here we see it as being healthy for you.  That is why the book of Proverbs is shied away from so much!  It encourages us to turn from evil continually.  Why?  Because God hates sin, I mean he just doesn't like it, but he hates it with a passion just as much as you hate certain things. Hate is a strong emotion of total dislike.  But here we are encoura