Proverbs
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Toriano Mayo wrote a new blog post: Laziness (Part 1) 2 months, 4 weeks ago · View
0 0 1 741 4230 Hill Country Bible Church 35 9 4962 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Many times in Christianity we think about, confess, and strategically plan how not to do the “big” sins. For men pornography, lusting, pride, etc., always gets confessed with accountability partners. Women tend to deal with [...] -
Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: Established in Philadelphia 1 year, 6 months ago · View
Yesterday, on the eve of election (11-1-10), we gathered, as I’m sure many saints did, to intercede for America. Everything we prayed was somehow related to a return to righteousness in this land, a land provided by Almighty God so that we may live in liberty, free to worship and free to prosper. We prayed for [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: How A Tyrant Rises to Power 1 year, 10 months ago · View
“Be wise as serpents…” Matthew 10:16 Not only does the Word give us guidance as to how to live righteously but it also gives us insight as to how evil operates. I suspect this is in the hope that we should avoid coming under the rule of unrighteous men. In Judges 9, we read how [...]
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mark wrote a new blog post: Numbers 11 2 years, 1 month ago · View
Someone mentioned to me after the sermon on Numbers 11 that it appears that both Israel and Moses complained, but Israel was judged and Moses was blessed. Why? What was the difference? Here are my thoughts as we compare Israel and Moses complaints. Lets first take a look at Israel’s complaint. Israel’s complaint seemed like [...]
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Richard Venable wrote a new blog post: A Government Amasses Wealth 2 years, 1 month ago · View
It is hard for me to read Proverbs and not think about politics. There are so many proverbs about rulers, the law, justice, the poor, etc. These proverbs remind us of our need for God to work in our world, but also lead us to serve Him in His war against injustice. We must fight [...]
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Hannah Venable posted an update about Proverbs 27-29 in the group
Chronological Bible Reading Plan Group: 2 years, 1 month ago · View
22 The stingy are eager to get rich
and are unaware that poverty awaits them. (Prov. 28:22)Sometimes I feel like I am too focused on making money and am not as sensitive to people as I should be. I think it comes from being afraid that I won’t make enough money. I am trusting in myself and not in God. But, as this Proverb points out, being stingy only leads to poverty. The opposite, being generous, seems to be what is subtly encouraged here. Generosity seems to go hand in hand with trusting in the Lord.
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Hannah Venable posted an update about Proverbs 7-9 in the group
I want to take delight in the Lord!
I was filled with delight day after day,
rejoicing always in his presence,
31 rejoicing in his whole world
and delighting in humankind. (Proverbs 8:30-31) -
Hannah Venable posted an update about Proverbs 4-6 in the group
Therefore disaster will overtake them in an instant;
they will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy. (Prov. 6:15)I know this is kind of a strange verse to put down as my thought. But there is some comfort in knowing that evil people will be punished.
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Hannah Venable posted an update about Proverbs 1-3 in the group
I was struck with how wisdom is not something hiding in the corner. But it is calling out and it is actively available for everyone. (Prov. 1:20-21) We don’t have to tap into some secret knowledge to know what is right and just and fair. (Prov. 1:3)
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One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. –Proverbs 11:24
So, regularly tithing is a relatively new discipline for me. Since I more regularly make money, I more regularly tithe. God has been teaching me to give a percentage of what I make back to Him [...]
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As I was reading this section this morning I noticed around verses 6 or 7 that this section was all about the fool. The fool needs correction, frustrates and destroys the works of others, lacks wisdom, wounds his employers, and continues to repeat this folly. Yet after this description of consequences for the fool the [...]
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kristin commented on the blog post Christmas Massacres 3 years, 3 months ago · View
Such unspeakable evil! I have to find refuge in the sovereignty of God. “The Lord works out everything for His own ends – even the wicked for a day of disaster.” (Prov. 16:4) I think of my favorite line in the LOTR movies, “‘What can we do in the face of overwhelming evil?’ We ride [...]
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liz wrote a new blog post: Father Abraham 3 years, 6 months ago · View
I wrote this a few days after returning from our trip to Thailand and Burma this summer. It was in those moments that God put the idea of traveling with Blanca on my heart though Proverbs 20:12. Eyes to see and ears to hear, the Lord has given us both. This is what I saw and heard. “You’re [...] -
Alan Collins wrote a new blog post: Ruins of the Tower 3 years, 6 months ago · View
This story hits really close to home for me. Mankind had once again turned his back on Gods plan for him, and instead started living for themselves, the things of this world, and their pride (Don’t forget that throughout the Bible God seems to have a particular hate for pride). In effect they were making [...]