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    Proverbs 2:1-3 (NIV)
    My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,

    Proverbs 2:5-8 (NIV)
    then you will understand the fear of the lord and find the knowledge of God.

    Proverbs 2:10-12 (NIV)
    For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

    Created 4 days ago

  • I can rely on HIm

    Psalm 59:9-10 (NIV)
    You are my strength, I watch for you; you, God, are my fortress,

    Created 6 days ago

  • Can I really say this?

    The first part of this vs says "I have done no wrong...". Can I really say this? Can I say, "Deliver me from my enemies, O God... (for) I have done no wrong.."??? I have done wrong. The struggle in my…

    Created 6 days ago

    Psalm 59:4 (NIV)

  • Benefits of listening to Abba

    Proverbs 1:32-33 (NIV)
    For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

    Created 6 days ago

  • When tempted...

    Proverbs 1:10 (NIV)
    My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.

    Created 6 days ago

  • Fear of the Lord

    Do I really fear the Lord? Is it fear as in "be afraid of", fear as in "revere", fear as in "feel vulnerable around"...??? Maybe some of each, and even more I'm not thinking of. If this is truly the "beginning…

    Created 6 days ago

    Proverbs 1:7 (NIV)

  • a promise from confession

    I need to remember from whom mercy comes... and that mercy is actually at the end of confession. Confessing to whom, though? We're told "confess your sins one to another..." Is it always ok to confess…

    Created 7 days ago

    Proverbs 28:13 (NIV)

  • Detestable prayers?

    Ugh. Why would I want to have prayers that are "detestable" to the Lord? Much better to receive his wisdom and teaching. Yet how often do I "turn a deaf ear" to Him? And why is that? I think of the verse…

    Created 7 days ago

    Proverbs 28:9 (NIV)

  • another choice

    Yet another choice to make throughout each day. I can resent that, but its reality. In the words of an old song, "You gotta know who to - who not to - listen to..." What will I choose this moment, this…

    Created 7 days ago

    Proverbs 28:4 (NIV)

  • Steadfast Heart

    Regardless of how I feel on any given day, the fact remains that I CAN still have a "steadfast heart"... I am rooted and firmly planted in Him, and He in me... = steadfastness is possible. The truth is…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Psalm 57:7 (NIV)

  • Steadfast Heart

    Psalm 57:7 (NIV)
    My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Know the condition of my flocks

    Proverbs 27:23 (NIV)
    Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Reflection of the Heart

    "As water reflects the face, so one's life reflects the heart." Ugh... what does my life reflect about my heart? And what do others perceive it reflects of my heart, vs what do I perceive is reflected…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Proverbs 27:19 (NIV)

  • Wounds from a Friend

    "Wounds from a friend CAN be trusted..." - I'm so thankful I have a few people in my life who love me enough to speak truth in love to me, even when its hard for me to hear... and hard for them to share.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Proverbs 27:6 (NIV)

  • Gossip

    What is it about gossip that makes it so incredibly appealing to us? What do my ears "itch for" that gossip seems to "scratch"? What is the lure - that I'll be in the "know" about something and feel...what...?…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Proverbs 26:22 (NIV)

  • More from the Sluggard

    What immediately struck me about this group of vs was that the word "sluggard" is, in and of itself, a "sluggish" word - there is a weightiness, or heaviness about it. I picture someone slugging along…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Proverbs 26:13 (NIV), Proverbs 26:14 (NIV), Proverbs 26:15 (NIV), Proverbs 26:16 (NIV)

  • The lure of that which sickens me

    Why do dogs return to their vomit? And its not just that they return to it - they lap it up. Ugh. Disgusting. So if my folly, my sin, is like my own vomit (sorry for grossing anyone out here), would I…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Proverbs 26:11 (NIV)

  • Perseverance and Purpose

    Do I consider my life "worth nothing to me..."? This isn't about considering my life or myself to be worthless; if I don't take care of myself, how can I finish the race or complete the task the Lord…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Acts 20:24 (NIV)

  • Perseverence

    Acts 20:24 (NIV)
    However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God's grace.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Hensons to me

    Proverbs 25:25 (NIV)
    Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

    Created 2 months ago

  • Psalm for when under attack

    Psalm 54:1-7 (NIV)
    Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might.

    Created 2 months ago

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    2012-03-24

  • Sluggard

    Proverbs 24:30-34 (NIV)
    I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;

    Created 2 months ago

  • Proverbs 24:27 House

    Proverbs 24:27 (NIV)
    Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

    Created 2 months ago

  • Rescue others

    Proverbs 24:11 (NIV)
    Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.

    Created 2 months ago

  • Proverbs 24:10

    Proverbs 24:10 (NIV)
    If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!

    Created 2 months ago

  • In war...

    Proverbs 24:6 (NIV)
    Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is won through many advisers.

    Created 2 months ago

  • Building and filling a house

    Proverbs 24:3-4 (NIV)
    By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

    Created 2 months ago

  • Give me your heart.

    Proverbs 23:26-28 (NIV)
    My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways,

    Created 3 months ago

  • Listen and set my heart "right"

    Proverbs 23:19-21 (NIV)
    Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path:

    Created 3 months ago

  • Discipline

    Proverbs 23:13-14 (NIV)
    Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.

    Created 3 months ago

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  • Psalm 52:5-7

    Psalm 52:5-7 (NIV)
    Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Psalm 52:3

    Psalm 52:3 (NIV)
    You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Proverbs 22:29

    Proverbs 22:29 (NIV)
    Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Proverbs 22:20-21

    Proverbs 22:20-21 (NIV)
    Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,

    Created 3 months ago

  • Proverbs 22:15

    Proverbs 22:15 (NIV)
    Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Proverbs 22:11

    Proverbs 22:11 (NIV)
    One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Proverbs 22:11

    Proverbs 22:11 (NIV)
    One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.

    Created 3 months ago

  • The Simple

    Great, based on my current behaviors etc I'm a "simple" one.  Prudence takes vigilance, which takes effort.  I feel too tired to care these days.  Does it really take more effort to choose not to sin?…

    Created 3 months ago

    Proverbs 22:3 (NIV), Proverbs 22:5 (NIV)

  • Where is my joy?

    "He was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God..."  Where is MY joy?  What has been robbing me of it?  Satan comes to "steal, kill, and destroy".  Could it be that he has been stealing,…

    Created 3 months ago

    Acts 16:34 (NIV)

  • Nourishment

    Do my words nourish other people?  What passes over my lips and fills others around me?

    Created 3 months ago

    Proverbs 10:21 (NIV)

  • Laziness/Diligence

    Another way I can read/apply this to my current work situation:  "Procrastination leads to being unemployed... but diligent hands (faithfulness) lead to job retention."  Or, at home:  "Laziness leads…

    Created 3 months ago

    Proverbs 10:4 (NIV)

  • Do I understand?

    Hmmm... Do I understand what I am reading?  Philip asks me that question as well as the official.  How often do I read and it passes into one eye and out the other?  Its interesting that the man responds…

    Created 3 months ago

    Acts 8:30 (NIV)

  • The example of Philip

    May my heart be open enough to sense the leading of the Spirit and humble yet strong enough to obey it.  This could mean "doing" something - as Philip does in this context - or NOT doing something, as…

    Created 3 months ago

    Acts 8:29 (NIV), Acts 8:30 (NIV)

  • To remember during temptations

    Temptations may sound or appear or FEEL like something sweet and delicious - (Turkish Delight) - but going down that road, going to that place, engaging in that thought, responding to that text/email...…

    Created 3 months ago

    Proverbs 9:13 (NIV), Proverbs 9:17 (NIV), Proverbs 9:18 (NIV)

  • Back to Egypt

    Like the Israelites of long ago... do I obey the truth, or "in my heart" do I "turn back to Egypt"? I know the truth is that I often turn back to Egypt in my heart - back to captivity and opression, back…

    Created 4 months ago

    Acts 7:39 (NIV)

  • Choice: wisdom or death

    Why do I hate being able to make so many choice in a given day? With this verse, I either choose to seek wisdom and listen to it, or not. If I choose not to do so, I "love death". I think the reason I…

    Created 4 months ago

    Proverbs 8:36 (NIV)

  • Legacy

    What kind of an inheritance/legacy am I leaving for my children? This passage speaks of how walking in the way of "righteousness" and "justice" bestows a rich (I read as full) inheritance on those who…

    Created 4 months ago

    Proverbs 8:20 (NIV), Proverbs 8:21 (NIV)

  • Heart's desires

    What ARE the desires of my heart?  How do I discover them?  Lord, please reveall them to me.  While I see that you've shown me what is in my true heart You created (giving and receiving love, strength…

    Created 4 months ago

    Psalm 37:4 (NIV)

  • Psalm 36

    Is this me? Do I do this? Vs 4... do I lie on my bed and plot to sin? Do I embrace what may feel good but that which is wrong, instead of rejecting it?

    Created 4 months ago

    Psalm 36:1 (NIV), Psalm 36:2 (NIV), Psalm 36:3 (NIV), Psalm 36:4 (NIV)

  • The Lords's View

    What DOES the Lord see when he looks at me?  My "ways are in FULL VIEW" of Him...

    Created 4 months ago

    Proverbs 5:21 (NIV)

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