Today is a very exciting day because we get to start one of the most exciting and powerful books of the Bible, Acts! This is such a powerful book because it is foundational to all believers. This is our heritage, it is the place where it all started for our faith. There is also a lot of controversy in this book. There are some things that believers, and non-believers alike, find difficult to accept. But, if you can get past all that, you can find this book to be a guide for what God intended us to be and do as a result of Christ’s sacrifice for our sin. There is instruction, judgement, grace, and forgiveness in this book. Let us all strive to learn and apply the things this book means to teach us.

God’s word is our only real source of truth. Verses 16-17 says, 16 All Scripture is God‑breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. Because the Bible is the inspired and trustworthy word of God himself, we must read it and apply it to our lives on a daily basis. The Bible is our test for everything that claims to be truth. If it does not line up with Biblical truths then it must be discarded because it is our safeguard against false teaching and half-truths. The more we are familiar with Biblical truths the safer we become.

When we know God, we have everything we need to live the life He meant for us. Verse 10 says, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. Since Christ has all authority, there is no need to go anywhere else find answers.

Today we are back in the book of Proverbs. We will be here for the next couple of weeks. In Proverbs 10 there is a lot of great comparisons and examples of good living versus bad. For today, I am picking verse 14 as my verse for the day, Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin. I am constantly working on remembering to choose my words carefully. As a leader at work and at home I must remember the impact my mouth can have on others and how it reflects on me and my level of wisdom.

From now on when someone asks me why we do this blog I’m going to point them to Romans 15:4, For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. The knowledge of scripture and understanding the history behind it affects our attitude toward our present and future. The more we know and understand about what God has done in the past, the more confidence we will have in what He will do about our future. Being diligent about reading God’s word increases our trust in God’s perfect plan and will for our lives.

While knowledge is important, wisdom is the key to making knowledge matter in our lives. In verse 10 it says, For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. It isn’t until wisdom enters our lives that knowledge becomes useful for us to further God’s kingdom.