Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring.
Proverbs 27:1, ESV
Boasting is one of those activities that everyone knows when they hear it. It is not hard to ascertain when someone is boasting about something. Usually, it is about some quality or activity they have performed. For most people, a sudden wave of stomach pain comes over those subjected to such behavior.
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The Westminster Confession of Faith 5.7
VII. As the providence of God doth, in general, reach to all creatures, so, after a most special manner, it taketh care of his Church, and disposeth all things to the good thereof.a
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The Westminster Confession of Faith 5.4
V. The most wise, righteous, and gracious God doth oftentimes leave for a season his own children to manifold temptations and the corruption of their own hearts, to chastise them for their former sins, or to discover unto them the hidden strength of corruption and deceitfulness of their hearts, that they be humbled;a and to raise them to a more close and constant dependence for their support unto himself, and to make them more watchful against all future occasions of sin, and for sundry other just and holy ends.b
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The Westminster Confession of Faith 5.4
IV. The almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God so far manifest themselves in his providence that it extendeth itself even to the first fall, and all other sins of angels and men,a and that not by a bare permission,b but such as hath joined with it a most wise and powerful bounding,c and otherwise ordering and governing of them, in a manifold dispensation, to his own holy ends;d yet so as the sinfulness thereof proceedeth only from the creature, and not from God; who, being most holy and righteous, neither is nor can be the author or approver of sin.e
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The Westminster Confession of Faith 5.3
III. God, in his ordinary providence, maketh use of means,a yet is free to work without,babove,c and against them,d at his pleasure.
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The Westminster Confession of Faith 5.2
II. Although in relation to the foreknowledge and decree of God, the first cause, all things come to pass immutably and infallibly,a yet by the same providence he ordereth them to fall out, according to the nature of second causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently.b
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The Westminster Confession of Faith 5.1
I. God, the great Creator of all things, doth uphold,a direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things,b from the greatest even to the least,c by his most wise and holy providence,d according to his infallible fore-knowledgee and the free and immutable counsel of his own will,f to the praise of the glory of his wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy.g
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Genesis 45
Key points:
Joseph reveals himself.
God preserves his people.
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Genesis 35
Key points:
Jacob's journey to Hebron.
God's providential care of Jacob.
The deaths of Rachel and Isaac.
The Morning Devotional for July 14, 2022
Genesis 24
Key points:
Abraham instructs his servant to secure a wife for Isaac.
The faithfulness of the servant.
The providence of God
