Tag: <span>praise</span>

  “Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. “1Peter 4:19 Concerning the fiery trial which is to try you: But what does the trial accomplish? How is it measured? “Puroō,” the Greek word for “try” gives us the picture of burning as in Revelation 18:9, 18:18 Proverbs 27:21  “(As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. )” The trial brings heat, which praise reveals Praise reveals the man. “If his own mouth praises him, as in Proverbs 27:1-2, he is known to be what he is, a foolish and vainglorious person.”( Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.   Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine…