He that walketh in HIS uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth HIM. (Proverb 14:2)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 

Psalm 111:10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do HIS commandments: HIS praise endureth for ever.

 

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Do you have a fear of the Lord in the handling the Bible?

 

I certainly do!

 

As a new Christian in 1975, I wrote the following words on the first page of each book of the Bible in both Old and New Testaments:  "Ask God for wisdom."

 

I knew I needed God's wisdom in understanding scriptures.

 

And God promises that HE will give us wisdom when we ask HIM.

 

James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

 

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The fear of the Lord, is knowing when God tells us something we must heed that instruction for our own well being.

 

For if we turn from the word given by God, whether that word be Bible or instruction brought directly to our mind by the Holy Spirit, we can bring destruction upon ourselves or harm ourselves.

 

Devils bring thoughts to our minds which are exactly opposite from that which God wants us to do.  (Devils try to steal, kill, and destroy us by getting us to do what they know will harm us.)

 

Often devils would try to get us to do things that seem religious.  And we will find ourselves telling what "we" did rather than what God told us to do, bringing praise to ourselves rather than praise to God.

 

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I Peter 5:8-9

 

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

 

9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

 

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Philippians 4:6-7

 

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

 

7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

 

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