Welcome to Weekday Word with Pastor Eric

Proverbs 18:24, CEB – There are persons for companionship, but then there are friends who are more loyal than family.                 Today, I simply hold up the supreme value of a real friend.  These people are rare.  As the proverb implies, there are lots of people who you can simply pass the time.  These companions…

Proverbs 13:20 Walk with wise people and become wise;     befriend fools and get in trouble. There are a few other proverbs that express a similar sentiment; the people you spend time with matters because what they do influences you whether you want it to or not.  While there is truth here to which all…

Proverbs 11:8-10, CEB The righteous are saved from distress,     and the wicked take their place. The godless destroy their neighbors by their words,     but the righteous are saved by their knowledge. When the righteous succeed, a city rejoices;     When the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.                 The word translated “righteous”…

Read Proverbs Chapter 9 “Lay aside immaturity and live and walk in the way of insight” (Proverbs 9:6, NRSV) The invitation of God, via Lady Wisdom, is to trade immaturity for insightful living. It’s sounds like an invitation that no one would refuse, right?  It sounds that way, but as soon as you begin to…

Read Proverbs Chapter 8 Very early in my ministry, Proverbs 8 was at the center of a controversy within the denomination of which I’m a part (United Methodist).  It wasn’t limited to any one denomination, but the controversy started at an event hosted by UMC and attended by members of many others.  The conference had…

Reading Plan: Proverbs 4:20-6:19 Note: I was under the weather yesterday and did not get this posted, so my plan is to catch up on this Saturday. Proverbs 5:15-23,NRSV Drink water from your own cistern,    flowing water from your own well.Should your springs be scattered abroad,    streams of water in the streets?Let them be for yourself alone    and…

Trust in the Lord with all your heart;     don’t rely on your own intelligence. Know him in all your paths,     and he will keep your ways straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6) The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom!     Get understanding before anything else. Highly esteem her, and she will exalt you.     She will honor…

Read Chapter 2 of Proverbs Today, we start a journey through the book of Proverbs.  If you saw my message yesterday at Arlington UMC, then you know I am, for the first time coordinating this weekday devotional and my sermon series.  For those who do not attend Arlington, but want to see the sermon, you…

2 Timothy 2:22-26, The Message – Run away from childish indulgence. Run after mature righteousness—faith, love, peace—joining those who are in honest and serious prayer before God. Refuse to get involved in inane discussions; they always end up in fights. God’s servant must not be argumentative, but a gentle listener and a teacher who keeps…

2 Timothy 2:1-2 – You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.  And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. The math of the kingdom of God is multiplication, not addition. …