Do Not Worry (Words Of Jesus Christ)

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink.
Or about your body, what you will wear.
Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they?
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothes?
See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin.
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.

(Words of Jesus Christ, Matthew 6:25-34)

Proverbs Of Solomon

The prospect of the righteous is joy,
But the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.

The righteous will never be uprooted,
But the wicked will not remain in the land.

When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
But with humility comes wisdom.

Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.

When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes;
All he expected from his power comes to nothing.

The righteous man is rescued from trouble,
And it comes on the wicked instead.

A gossip betrays a confidence,
But a trustworthy man keeps a secret.

A kind-hearted woman gains respect,
But ruthless men gain only wealth.

A kind man benefits himself,
But a cruel man brings trouble on himself.

The truly righteous man attains life,
But he who pursues evil goes to his death.

Proverbs Of Solomon

The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all wrongs.

Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.

The wages of the righteous bring them life, but the income of the wicked brings them punishment.

He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise.

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.

When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm for ever.

Words Of Solomon

Let love and faithfulness never leave you… bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
She is more precious than rubies… nothing you desire can compare with her.
Long life is in her right hand… in her left hand are riches and honour.
Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her.
Those who lay hold of her will be blessed.

Preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight… they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.
Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid.
When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

Keep your father’s commands and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Bind them upon your heart for ever… fasten them around your neck.
When you walk, they will guide you.
When you sleep, they will watch over you.
When you awake, they will speak to you.
For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life.

Words Of Jesus Christ

Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

Whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

As you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.

What will a man be profited if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?

If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.

Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.

Words From Jesus Christ

Do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will care for itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.

O man of little faith, why do you doubt?

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

He who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.

He who has believed and who has been baptized shall be saved, but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.

Truly, truly, I say to you, if any one keeps my word, he will never see death.

Take heed, watch. For you do not know when the time will come.

Words Of Jesus Christ

You are like light for the world.
Make your light shine, so that others will see the good that you do and will praise your Father in Heaven.

I am the bread of life.
He who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes Him who sent me, has eternal life.

As the father has loved me, so have I loved you.
Abide in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

And in praying, do not heap up empty phrases, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Words From Jesus Christ

If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who builds a house on solid rock.

Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn’t obey them is like a foolish person who builds a house on sand.

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

Don’t use the Lord’s name to make a promise unless you are planning to keep it.

Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.

Do Not Let The Prophets Deceive You

Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you.
They fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.
Do not let the prophets among you deceive you.
Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have.
They are prophesying lies to you in my name.
I have not sent them.
(Jeremiah, The Bible)

When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people enquire of their God?
(Isaiah, The Bible)

Did God Once Have A Wife?

You might know him as Yahweh, Allah or God.
But on this fact, Jews, Muslims and Christians, the people of the great Abrahamic religions, are agreed: there is only one of Him.
He is a solitary figure, a single, universal creator, not one God among many.
Or so we like to believe.
Archaeological evidence including inscriptions, figurines and ancient texts as well as details in the Bible, indicate not just that he was one of several worshipped in ancient Israel, but that he was also coupled with a goddess.
She was worshipped alongside him in his temple in Jerusalem.
Yahweh, the God we have come to know, had to see off a number of competitors to achieve his position as the one and only God of the ancient Israelites.
The biblical texts name many of them: El, Baal, Molek, Asherah.
Despite Yahweh’s assertion in the Ten Commandments that ‘you shall have no other gods before me’, it appears these gods were worshipped alongside him, and the Bible acknowledges this.
Far more significant is the Bible’s admission that the goddess Asherah was worshipped in Yahweh’s temple in Jerusalem.
In the Book of Kings, we’re told that a statue of Asherah was housed in the temple and that female temple personnel wove ritual textiles for her.
In fact, although the Bible condemns all of these practices, the biblical texts suggest that goddess worship was a thriving feature of high-status religion in Jerusalem.
What, then, was her relationship to Yahweh?
Yahweh is often called ‘El’ in the Bible and he performs many of the same roles.
Despite numerous references to Asherah worship in the Bible, there wasn’t enough evidence to link her explicitly with the high god of ancient Israel, Yahweh.
Until, that is, the discovery of a remarkable ceramic inscription in the Sinai Desert.
Dating to about the 8th Century BC, the inscription is a petition for a blessing.
Crucially, the inscription asks for a blessing from ‘Yahweh and his Asherah’.
Here was evidence that presented Yahweh and Asherah as a divine pair.
Similar inscriptions have since been found, all of which help to strengthen the case that the God of the Bible once had a wife.