PROVERBS 26:4 – Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.” It is a place no Christian should go. It produces nothing of edifying value, but it can cause significant relational and spiritual damage to others and ourselves. And it is a place easy to visit. All it takes is to be in a situation that…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Proverbs
PROVERBS 25:28-A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” Christians are never without excuse if we lack self-controlled lives, in all areas of our lives, but especially in our speech. Yes, I know that is a tall order, but it is one we may obey because Christ in us ensures the power of self-control in us.…
PROVERBS 13:4 – The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.” I read it many years ago. It was a short quote but like a small stick of dynamite, it contained a powerful punch in my life. And it has stuck with me. It reads, “Right now, you are as close to…
PROVERBS 16:32 – Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.” So many things may be observed in a Christian who is mature in Christ. There is the consistency of walking with Him by showing forth a life of faithfulness no matter the highs and lows of life’s…
PROVERBS 10:19: When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.” In today’s scripture, King Solomon provides us a strong warning and sound instruction when it comes to the quantity of our speech and the restraint of our speech. The opening of the verse is the warning – When words are many, transgression is not lacking.…
PROVERBS 30:7-9 – Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the LORD?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane…