Greetings ladies! Here is the recap from Week 5. It's the handout that our guest teacher, Claudine Snyder, shared with the class. Read on and I pray it speaks to your heart and influences your life. Blessings, Stacy
Proverbs 14 – 17 has 129 pithy thoughts on how to live your life not only to please God but also to limit the amount of grief you bring on yourself. Let’s face it……a lot of bad choices we make result in bad consequences. This book speaks too much of the day-to-day circumstances we deal with IN ourselves as well as with others and the world we live in.
WHY is Solomon repeatedly talking about some of these topics – and just in these 4 chapters he speaks to these topics A LOT!!!!!!!!!!
Proverbs related to the Tongue – Gossip, lies, prideful/harsh/foolish speech. Check your heart……with God!!!!!!!!
Proverbs 14: 3,5,25
Proverbs 15: 2,4,23,28
Proverbs 16: 10,13,23,24,27,28,30
Proverbs 17: 4,7, 20, 27, 28
The tongue is following the heart. What’s the heart following????
Proverbs related to Pride - Talks about fools rejecting correction. Wise are humble and therefore receive correction. Pride rejects correction and can precipitate a fall/mistake/disaster. “Ya ain’t all that……no one is – except Jesus.”
Proverbs 14: 3
Proverbs 15: 5, 10, 12, 25, 31,32,33
Proverbs 16: 5,18,19
Proverbs 17:10
Do we think a lot of ourselves because we are comparing ourselves to someone else?
What if we compared ourselves to God…..would we still be prideful.
Proverbs related to Emotions – Some anger is justified BUT you are still held accountable for your actions. You should control them not vice versa
Proverbs 14: 16, 17,29
Proverbs 15: 1,13,17,18
Proverbs 16: 29,32
Proverbs 17: 1,14,27,28
*These proverbs always seem to center of 1 emotion – “anger”
**Anger is not always sin. There is a type of anger of which the Bible approves, often called “righteous indignation.”
**Anger turns to sin when it is selfishly motivated
**Anger is to be controlled by us, not it controlling us. When we give into anger we are probably focusing on “us”
Proverbs related to Planning Your Ways/Life/Day – Seek God’s plans for your life with Him and seasoned Christian men/women. Check your motives for what you plan and dedicate you plans to Him. Remember God’s ways are SOOOO different from what we would do.
***Please note -God will back you into a corner JUST to get glorified and show you how BIG He is. It’s that important to Him. Exodus 14 – Read it!!!!!!!!
Proverbs 14: 12,14,15
Proverbs 15: 22
Proverbs 16:1,2, 3, 9, 25
Mans ways seem right to him, but God’s ways are not man’s ways. The Lord seems to have His own way of doing things that many times has a purpose of glorifying Him. It may seem long, complicated, arduous, and even foolish but if God is glorified through it……mission accomplished.
Read Exodus 14:10
God is not interested in our comfort or happiness……..He is most concerned with our character development and His glory through our lives.
Proverbs related to Envy - Breeds discontent. Invades your heart like a virus in a host cell.
Proverbs 14:30
Envy crawls into your spirit and births discontent or resentment very much like a virus invades it’s host and replicates itself. What is going on in your heart??????
Proverbs related to Compare/Contrast Foolish and Wise/Prudent Person – “What Not to Do/Be” vs. “What To Do/Be”
Proverbs 14: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11,14,15.16,18,22,24,29.33
Proverbs 15: 2, 5,6,7,8,9,14.20,21, 28
Proverbs 16:17
Proverbs 17:24
Perhaps that’s why the proverbs compare and contrast each other so much - To instruct you NOT to blend in. TO STAND IN CONTRAST TO THE WORLD!!!!!!!
Proverbs related to deceit - talks of lies, bribes, dishonest gains or knowledge thereof.
Proverbs 15:3 states: “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.”
Proverbs 14: 5,25
Proverbs 15: 27
Proverbs 16: 8,11,19
Proverbs 17: 4,20,23
Just for the record……Proverbs 15:3 states: “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.”
It’s not good enough that you don’t ACTUALLY lie, cheat or steal. You can’t even be associated with it.
