Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.

All strife and hatred in our lives should be viewed as an enemy to stop us from moving forward with God. Strife blocks us from our future and wastes our emotions, and causes us to focus on the negative—love and walking in love, no matter what, keep us free from strife.  Love keeps us able to hear from God and able to represent Him here on earth.

Psalm 138:8

The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; do not forsake the work of Your hands.

God is working on our behalf to lead and help us every day.  We are never alone or forsaken, even in troubled times.  God is working to perfect us and leads us to His perfect will.  We can rejoice in the Lord for His mercy for us endures.  God doesn’t judge us as others judge, and His love for us remains.  

Psalm 51:6

Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. 

As we study the Bible and learn, we grow in truth in our spirit.  We receive revelation knowledge from the Lord and grow in faith.  Our faith increases over time as we know the truth from the word of God.  Which is an exciting thing for us as individuals as God speaks what we need directly into our lives.  

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

The Lord does not desire that people parish and not go to heaven.  God has infinitely more patience with our shortcomings.  Sometimes, it just takes time to take the blinders off so a person can turn and repent to God.  Many are on the journey toward God and need a little love as they find their way back.  Praise the Lord for His patience.  

Jeremiah 32:27

Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh.  Is there anything too hard for Me?

Nothing is impossible to God.  However, if we are don’t believe God’s promises to work on our behalf, we won’t see the answer.  God is waiting to answer our prayers; we need to be ready in faith to pray.  God is no respecter of persons and sees everyone as equals when it comes to faith.  

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all, for God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.  

The most beneficial thing we can do as Christians are to work at keeping God’s commandments.  We all will be judged for our works, good or evil, that we have done on this earth.  Nothing is hidden from God or done in secret.  We must develop our integrity and faithfulness to His word.  As we do this making the decisions to avoid sins becomes easy.   

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding has all those who do His commandments.  His praise endures forever.  

Wisdom begins with time spent in the word, and it brings about reverential fear.  As we draw closer to God, we gain an understanding of His promises for us.  We gain confidence and knowledge of God and His laws that apply for the benefit of those who follow Him.

Hebrews 6:12

Do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.  

Sometimes we all need encouragement in the faith.  Just like this verse is doing by telling us not to give up on the faith.  Especially if we don’t seem to be making progress, we might not be as diligent.  We need to keep going learning patience and from other Christians to inherit the promises of God.     

Proverbs 28:13

He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. 

God gives us instructions to confess and repent when we sin.  Get right back under His protection and reverse the course in the wrong direction.  The only perfect person to live on this earth was Jesus, and we are to learn from His example.  Which means there will be practice involved and times we sin and need to repent.  

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.

Don’t you love the word of God?  A word that tells many times how much God loves us.  God wants a relationship with us more than we can comprehend.  A love so great that Jesus died for our sins.  When we diligently seek God for whatever we need in our lives, God will send us an answer.