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Proverbs 26:17 Wisdom for the Soul

Posted: September 26, 2012 in Acceptance, Bible Study, Encourgement, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Proverbs, Spiritual Training, trust in the Lord with all your heart, Uncategorized, Under Gods Command
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Proverbs 26:17- Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own. 

Seizing the ears of a stray dog is a good way to get bitten, and interfering in arguments is a good way to get hurt.  Many times both arguers will turn on the person who interferes.  It is best simply to keep out of arguments that are none or your business.  If you must become involved, try to wait until the arguers have stopped fighting and cooled off a bit.  Then maybe you can help them mend their differences and their relationship.

Spiritual Training 26 September 2012

Posted: September 26, 2012 in Acceptance, Bible Study, Encourgement, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Spiritual Training, trust in the Lord with all your heart, Uncategorized, Under Gods Command
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2 Peter 2:19 – They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

Coming up my Mother always taught me to never let things control you, but you stay in control.  Those words were some of the great things that were taught to me by her.  You see, a person is a slave to whatever controls him or her.  Many believe that freedom means doing anything we want.  But no one is ever completely free in that sense.  If we refuse to follow God, we will follow our own sinful desires and become enslaved to what our bodies want.  If we submit our lives to Christ, he will free us from slavery to sin.  Christ frees us to serve him, a freedom that results in our ultimate good.

Spiritual Training 25 September 2012

Posted: September 25, 2012 in Acceptance, Bible Study, Encourgement, Inspiration, Judges, Personal Growth, Spiritual Training, trust in the Lord with all your heart, Uncategorized, Under Gods Command
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Last Chapter and Verse of Judges

Read Judges 21:25 In those days Israel had no King; everyone did as he saw fit.

During the time of the judges, the people of Israel experienced trouble because everyone became his own authority and acted on his own opinions of right and wrong.  This produced unspeakable results.  Our world is similar.  Individuals, groups, and societies have made themselves the finial authorities without reference to God.  When people selfishly satisfy their personal desires at all cost, everyone pays the price.

It is the ultimate heroic act to submit all our plans, desires, and motives to God.  Men like Gideon, Jephthah, and Sampson are known for their heroism in battle.  But their personal lives were far from heroic.

Lets Bring it Home:  To be truly heroic, we must go into battle each day in our home, job, church, and society to make God’s Kingdom a reality.  Our weapons are the standards, morals, truth, and convictions we receive from God’s Word.  We will lose the battle if we gather the spoils of earthly treasures rather than seeking the treasures of heaven.

Proverbs 25:26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.    

Posted: September 25, 2012 in Acceptance, Bible Study, Encourgement, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Proverbs, Proverbs 25, Proverbs 25:26, Spiritual Training, trust in the Lord with all your heart, Uncategorized, Under Gods Command
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Christians are supposed to stand up for what is right. An attack on a Christian is actually an attack upon their Lord. For a Christian to be degraded by the wicked is like a beautiful spring of water that has been corrupted.

Christians’ words come from a pure heart which is sometimes spoken of as a river which never has an end. This river from within is pure, because it comes from God.

“Give way to the wicked” means setting aside your standard of right and wrong.  No one is helped by someone who compromises with the wicked.

Proverbs 24:06 Wisdom for the Soul

Posted: September 24, 2012 in Acceptance, Bible Study, Encourgement, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Proverbs, Spiritual Training, trust in the Lord with all your heart, Uncategorized, Under Gods Command
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Proverbs 24:26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.     

A kiss on the lips was a sign of true friendship.  People often think that they should bend the truth to avoid hurting a friend.  But one who gives an honest answer is a true friend.  To be entrusted with the truth even at the risk of offense, says this proverb, represents a gesture of high honor.

Spiritual Training 24 September 2012

Posted: September 24, 2012 in Acceptance, Bible Study, Encourgement, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Spiritual Training, trust in the Lord with all your heart, Uncategorized, Under Gods Command
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Read Judges 19:1-21:25 (A Levite and His Concubine)

What is the significance of this tragic story?  When the Israelites’ faith in God disintegrated, their unity as a nation also disintegrated.  They could have taken complete possession of the land if they had obeyed God and trusted him to keep his promise.  But when they forgot him, they lost heir purpose, and soon “everyone did as he saw fit”.    When they stopped letting God lead them, they became no better than the evil people around.  When they made laws for their own benefit, they set standards far below God’s.  When you leave God out of your life you may be shocked at what you are capable of doing.

 

Proverbs 20:23 Wisdom for the Soul

Posted: September 20, 2012 in Acceptance, Bible Study, Encourgement, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Proverbs, Spiritual Training, trust in the Lord with all your heart, Uncategorized, Under Gods Command
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Proverbs 20:23 – The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him. 

Differing weights refers to the loaded scales a merchant might use in order to cheat the customers.  Dishonesty is a difficult sin to avoid.  It is easy to cheat if we think no one else is looking.  But dishonesty affects the very core of a person.  It makes him untrustworthy and untrusting.  It eventually makes him unable to know himself to relate to others.  Don’t take dishonesty lightly.  Even the smallest portion of dishonesty contains enough of the poison of deceit to kill your spiritual life.  If there is any dishonesty in your life, tell God about it now.

Spiritual Training 20 September 2012

Posted: September 20, 2012 in Acceptance, Bible Study, Encourgement, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Spiritual Training, trust in the Lord with all your heart, Uncategorized, Under Gods Command
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Judges 18:31 They continued to use the idols Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh. 

The true worship of God should have been maintained through the Levitical priests scattered throughout the land and the influence of the tabernacle in Shiloh.  This shows how pagan influences and moral depravity had crept into every corner of Israelite culture.  Although 300 years had passed since they entered the Promised Land, they still had not destroyed the idolatry and evil practices within it.

Lets Bring it Home: There may be a tendency in your life to allow “harmless” habits to have their own small corners, but they can become dominating forces.  The values, attitudes, and practices you have adopted from the world’s system can be exposed by applying the light of God’s truth to them.  Once you see them for what they are, you can begin to uproot them.

Proverbs 19:08 Wisdom for the Soul

Posted: September 19, 2012 in Acceptance, Bible Study, Encourgement, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Proverbs, Spiritual Training, trust in the Lord with all your heart, Uncategorized, Under Gods Command
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Proverbs 19:08 – He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes understanding prospers. 

Is it good to love yourself? Yes, when your soul is at stake! This proverb does not condone the self-centered person who loves and protects his or her selfish interest and will do anything to serve them.  Instead it encourages those who really care about themselves to seek wisdom.

Spiritual Training 19 September 2012

Posted: September 19, 2012 in Acceptance, Bible Study, Encourgement, Inspiration, Judges, Personal Growth, Spiritual Training, trust in the Lord with all your heart, Uncategorized, Under Gods Command
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Judges 18:30-31 – There the Danites set up for themselves the idols, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priest for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land.  They continued to use the idols Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh.    

The tribe of Dan had stolen Micah’s idols, and now they set them up in Laish.  Although the Danites were actually denying God by worshipping these images (Exodus 20:1-5), they probably assumed they were worshiping God through them.  Worshiping images of God is not worshiping God, even if it resembles true worship in some ways. 

Lets Bring it Home: People repeat the same mistake today when they claim to be Christians without really believing in God’s power or changing their conduct to conform to his expectations.  Godliness cannot be merely a claim.  It must be a reality in our motives and in our actions.

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