Wednesday, December 17, 2014

All is vanity

Pro 30:7  Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
Pro 30:8  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Pro 30:9  Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

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Vanity-
Psa_94:11  The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

Psa_119:37  Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Ecc_1:2  Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Ecc_1:14  I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecc_12:8  Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

Rom_8:20  For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope

Eph_4:17  This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind

2Pe_2:18  For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

1.excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements,etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit:
Failure to be elected was a great blow to his vanity.
2.
an instance or display of this quality or feeling.
3.
something about which one is vain.
4.
lack of real value; hollowness; worthlessness:
the vanity of a selfish life.
5.
something worthless, trivial, or pointless.
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Remove far from me- vanity.  This is our prayer. Vanity is an insidious part of our beings. We can't seem to help the vanity within us, the Bible says as much. Vanity of vanities ALL IS VANITY.   So much of what we are is vanity, isn't it?  Our WORTH is JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.   Therefore our self worth is vanity.  The farthest we can ever be removed from vanity is the closest we move to our Savior.

Please Lord be our worth- remove far from me, vanity.


By Your mercy, Your love, Your grace, always- AMEN!

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