Does "honor your parents" have an age limit? What if you're grown or your parents are gone? What does "spare the rod" mean, anyway? What should be at the top of our families' priorities? The wisdom for families in Proverbs answers these questions and more...
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Monday, February 26, 2018
Monday, February 19, 2018
Proverbs - Wisdom for Friendship
Some people are extroverts and make friends easily. Others are introverts and don't. All of us need to make good friends. What wisdom does Proverbs provide on friendship?
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Monday, February 12, 2018
Proverbs 5:15-23 - Wisdom for Marriage
Proverbs tells us how to live the good life. Is marriage part of the good life? It certainly can be. It can also "rot the bones" (Proverbs 12:4). Proverbs 5:15-23 speaks to how marriage--and sex in marriage--can bring a lifetime of blessing, while warning us how to avoid the disaster that can come when we make the wrong choices.
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Monday, February 5, 2018
The Seduction of Sin - Proverbs 7:1-27
The Bible has such powerful insight into our nature. Even though the story told in Proverbs 7 is ancient, it still rings true today. Sexual temptation pulls in the same way it did 3,000 years ago. And it is not just sex that seduces in this way. Sin's seduction follows a familiar pattern played out millions of times every day. Know the pattern or fall into the trap.
Monday, January 29, 2018
Wisdom and Folly - Proverbs 9:1-18
For everything God made that is good, there is a counterfeit. In Proverbs 9, we see wisdom calling out, inviting people to live as God intended. But we also hear the loud voice of Folly, making a similar plea but with a much different result. How we hear and respond to these two calls makes all the difference.
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Monday, January 22, 2018
The Journey of Wisdom - Proverbs 4:1-27
Wisdom is a personal journey. God invites us to walk with him as we discover the life he has for us. He calls on us to listen to those who have walked before us, and to invite others to join us on this same path. The fourth chapter of Proverbs is an invitation to seek and to find the life God created us to live in community with others.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018
The Process of Trusting God - Proverbs 3:1-12
We can read and learn about God all we want, but we will never know God until we learn to trust him. Proverbs 3 gives a process for growing in faith and trust in God.
Those who have followed this path can testify with certainty: You can trust God!
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Those who have followed this path can testify with certainty: You can trust God!
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