Category: Proverbs
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(Listen to podcast) (Listen to devotion) John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” One day I rushed home after work because I had a busy schedule that evening.…
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(Listen to the podcast) (Listen to the audio) 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” Have you ever been through a season of difficult times? Where one thing after another goes wrong, or your trying circumstance seems…
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(Listen to the podcast) (Listen to the audio) by Dave Sowders Proverbs 25:26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. Solomon was a wise guy, perhaps the wisest to ever live. However, he wasn’t wise enough to follow his own advice. In the ancient world, he…
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(Listen to the podcast) (Listen to the audio) By Jamere King Proverbs 18:1 One who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound wisdom. I’m convinced there’s nothing in this life that can be performed consistently well without the help of others regardless of how talented you are or the number of educational…
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(Listen to the podcast) (Listen to the audio) Proverbs 19:17 “Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.” One of my favorite movies is the 1946 Christmas classic It’s A Wonderful Life. Even though it is an old Christmas movie, there is a Biblical application…
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(Listen to the podcast) (Listen to the audio) Proverbs 30:5 “Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.” In John 4:46-54, a local ruler of Capernaum searches for Jesus in Cana, a village of Galilee where Jesus performed His first recorded miracle of changing water to…
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(Listen to the Podcast) (Listen to a reading of this devotional) Acts 16:25-26 “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened,…
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(Listen to the podcast) (Listen to the audio) Proverbs 1:10-11, 15-16 “My son, if sinners entice you, don’t be persuaded. If they say: ‘Come with us! Let’s set an ambush and kill someone. Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!’… “…my son, don’t travel that road with them or set foot on their path, because their feet run toward evil and they hurry to shed blood. ” 2 Samuel 13 provides a perfect illustration of the cost of listening…
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(Listen to the audio) Exodus 6:9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor. In Exodus 4, when Moses and Aaron went to meet the king of Egypt, they first met with the Hebrew elders and repeated what the Lord had told them,…
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(Listen to the audio) Psalm 139:1-4 “O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my…
100 Days To A Better Life Through Proverbs 