The first priority of my life is to be holy, and the second goal of my life is to be a scholar.

Life by the yard is hard; by the inch it's a cinch. Decisions Determine Destiny.

If you are at a hard place in life, hesitant to ask for help, God invites you to ask Him so He can meet your need.

Not often, but every once in a while, God brings us to a major turning point — a great crossroads in our life.

Much of God's will for your life is already found in the Bible.

Life is our dictionary.

The right to know is like the right to live. It is fundamental and unconditional in its assumption that knowledge, like life, is a desirable thing.

holy men only know what God reveals to them.

The wisdom of the chess player is displayed more in winning over a capable opponent than a novice. The wisdom of the general is displayed more in defeating a superior army than in subduing an inferior one. Even more so, the wisdom of God is displayed when He brings good to us and glory to Himself out of confusion and calamity rather than out of pleasant times.

Why did Rehoboam make such a foolish decision? The Scripture says, "So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word the LORD had spoken" (1 Kings 12:15). Two foolish decisions were made, in two instances good advice was rejected and harmful or foolish advice was followed. Both instances are attributed to the sovereign work of God guiding the minds of the kings to accomplish His will.

We should take more seriously our responsibility to pray for the leaders of our government that they will make wise decisions.

We do know God has instructed us to pray for leaders. Our duty, then, is to pray for wise decisions, but to trust when foolish and harmful decisions are made.