Six Traits You Want In Your Life - 6. Proper Attitude - Proverbs 3:11-12 - Quick Observations
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Our online bible study of 2John is now in full gear. If you would like to get involved in the next one, please fill out your name and email address to the right and you will be placed in a waiting list. When the next online bible study opens up, that list will be one of the first to be notified. Now to today’s quick observation.
These verses really have opened my eyes to how my children respond to discipline and correction. Also it has caused me to look back at my childhood at how I had responded to my parents when they disciplined and corrected me and how that attitude has influenced and molded my life now as an adult. I can say I am not too proud of my performance as a child during those circumstances. And I am trying to impress on my children about their attitudes during those times also.
God makes a big deal about this in these verses. Let us see what he says.
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Six Traits You Want In Your Life - 5. Stewardship - Proverbs 3:9-10 - Quick Observations
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We are now in our online bible study of 2John. Could you benefit from being involved in a bible study? If so, please fill out your name and email address to the right and you will be placed in a waiting list. When the next online bible study opens up, that list will be one of the first to be notified. Now to today’s quick observation.
Money, money, money. Why does it always boil down to money? Have you ever thought that about some ministries? All they want is your money? Doesn’t God own everything anyways that He does not need my money?
Is this the correct perspective we are to have on money and God? Or does God have something to say about it? Let us look at our verses to find out.
Six Traits You Want In Your Life - 4. Humility - Proverbs 3:7-8 - Quick Observations
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With our online bible study of 2John now started, I am getting really excited for what God is about to do and what He is already doing in those participating and myself also. If you would like to get in on the excitement and participate when the next one starts, please fill out your name and email address to the right and you will be placed in a waiting list. When the next online bible study opens up, that list will be one of the first to be notified. Now to today’s quick observation.
In today’s world, we like to hear from others about how good we are, how smart we are, and how great we are. We as human beings really feed on the flattery. Sometimes we gorge on it so much, we distort the reality of who we really are as God sees us and our ultimate dependence on Him for all things. At that point we set ourselves up for real problems, for when that reality we constructed in our mind, built upon the flattery of others, comes crashing down, and it will, we find ourselves in a desperate situation that usually turns from bad to worse as we try to get ourselves out of that problem.
Now, what if we maintain the reality as God sees us, even when we are successful in what we do? How does that happen and what does that look like? Let us look at todays verses and find out.
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By the way, if you want to get involved in our next bible study, just fill out the form on the right and you will be put on our waiting list. Right now we have a group going through 2John.
Six Traits You Want In Your Life - 3. Trust - Proverbs 3:5-6 - Quick Observations
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Our online bible study of 2John is just getting started. If you are one of the ones that have signed up for the current one, check your email for the password to the posts and get involved. If you would like to participate when the next one starts, please fill out your name and email address to the right and you will be placed in a waiting list. When the next online bible study opens up, that list will be one of the first to be notified. Now to today’s quick observation.
This is a very popular and well quoted set of verses. We are so familiar with them that they become less effective in our lives. So lets look at an old familiar passage with fresh new eyes.
