DAILY?READINGS: 1 Chronicles 10-11; Ezekiel 12; John 4:1-30
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil; But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Proverbs 5:3-4
Solomon knew all the answers, but didn’t follow his own advice! How often people lay down the law for others, but bend the same rules for themselves and their families! God’s laws apply equally to all. We must acknowledge the wrong we are allowing in our own lives and admit our faults. What he warned for others was Solomon’s own downfall—weakness for foreign women. A solemn warning. —G. Frear
Therefore do we pray Thee, Lord:
Help Thy servants whom, redeeming
By Thy precious blood out-poured,
Thou hast saved from Satan’s scheming. —I Franz