Tag Archive for: Proverbs

Loose Cannon

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The tongue holds the power to promote life into the lives of those around you or it can be a loose cannon firing off and producing countless casualties.  Do you want to be responsible for promoting life in people this week or aiming carelessly with loose cannons from your mouth?  We need to learn how to take better responsibility for the words that proceed from our mouths.  May we find wisdom in the Proverbs and let the words transform our hearts.  I pray our understanding may change, so that we can be conformed into God’s likeness alone.

Solomon mentioned the tongue many times in the Proverbs because he knew of its power and warned us of the danger we would face when opening our mouths.  It’s time to heed the principles we see in Proverbs and let the Scripture transform our lives so we will not let loose cannons fly out and harm those we care about.  Here are some of Solomon’s words and ways to apply them in our daily lives:

When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. (Proverbs 10:19)

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Love through My Pores

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The path of the righteous is like the gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. (Proverbs 4:19)

I imagine myself taking a nice quiet walk on a beautiful spring day with the sun glistening through the trees and the beautiful smell from the fresh flowers blooming.  Righteousness shines brightly as we walk in the Lord and His ways.  It cannot be denied as we walk forward in the Lord and His plans unfolded in the Word of God.  This reminds me of a story where one man was able to save his city through the wisdom he had.  Let me share this story with you.  I can only hope you will find the incredible treasure I see in it, as I do every time I read it.

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Treasure Chest of Wisdom

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How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver! (Proverbs 16:16)

It’s always so nice to start a new week.  It’s a fresh start.  I pray this week you will take these words of wisdom from Proverbs and let them inspire you throughout the week.  May wisdom and understanding be found in your treasure chest.  Here are some verses and ways to apply them to life, that will truly help you increase your bountiful treasure of wisdom and understanding in the Lord.

“All a man’s ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord.” (Proverbs 16:2)

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Fountain of Youth

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Understanding is a fountain of life to those who have it, but folly brings punishment to fools. (Proverbs 16:22)

Understanding

Oh, how I seek more understanding each day that I live.  And each day presents a new obstacle.  Today my husband and I were going to spend the evening at the beach, walk it, and watch the sunset.  Well, thanks to GPS on our phones we ended up in a small town closer to home.  Our purpose was to find a place for dinner, but the two places we went to must have been shut down.  We could have kicked and screamed about how life just wasn’t going our way, but I believe I wrote a devotional about life being half full yesterday.   So there we were in this small town where soon we found out a few of the stores were closed down and there were few options for dinner.

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Wisdom in Few Words

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When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. (Proverbs 10:19)

First of all, I have to admit that I’ve read this verse many times before and never been struck so deeply by the meaning of it in my own life!  Words!  We all use them, but there are definitely times we would like to give ownership of some of them to another.  The ones that sneak out at times we act unaware, times when our tongue is slippery and sharp.  It cuts quickly and smooth.

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