The Fellowship Bible Church Mullica Hill Podcast

Proverbs: Wisdom For Living 9/12

Proverbs - Wisdom for Living: Your Speech

DECEITFUL SPEECH

•Deceitful people cannot be trusted in what they say nor in what they say they'll do (Pr. 12:5-6)

•Deceitful people are motivated by what they believe is in their best interests (12:7)

•Deceitful people do not think about the long-tern consequences of their choices (12:19; 14:3) 

Proverbs:Having a Biblical Work Ethic

Proverbs talks about the importance of hard work and how this is honoring to the Lord. It also talks about the dangers of laziness.

Proverbs - Wisdom For Living: Four Titles That Reveal Pride

Proverbs - Wisdom for Living: Anger

HOW TO FACE ANOTHER'S ANGER

- Don't respond with similar speech (15:1)

- Make every effort at being gracious (21:14)

- Seek to understand with humility (29:8)

Proverbs - Wisdom for Living: Plans, Ways, and Work

"Plans" and "words" concern our disposition (16:1)

"Ways" and "spirit" concern our motives (16:2)

"Work" and "plans" concern our ambitions (16:3)

Proverbs - Wisdom for Living: Hope

To Gain Hope Shift Your Perspective

• Shift your perspective on time
• Shift your perspective on the difficulty
• Shift your perspective on your strength

Proverbs - Wisdom for Living: Justice & Injustice

Biblical Wisdom is:

•PRACTICAL – it is good for every day living (1 Kings 10:45)

•INTELLECTUAL – it can be learned and shared with others (Pro. 1:2-4)

•MORAL – it causes you to put others before yourself (Pro. 1:3)

Proverbs - Wisdom for Living: Truth and Lies

(1) Truth’s enemy is pride; therefore, the best path to living truthfully is walking humbly (Pro. 30:7-9).

•Humility is alert to self-confidence (3:9).

•Humility is averse to self-pity (3:9).

•Humility is aware of self-deception (14:8

 

(2) Truth’s counterweight is mercy; therefore, how we speak what is true matters (Pro. 3:3-4).

•Grace and truth is how we best glorify God (3:4).

•Grace and truth is how we best help others (Eph. 5:15).

•Grace and truth is how we are most like Jesus (Jn. 1:14).

The Way Of The Lord

His WAY means we live as God desires for us to live.

His STRENGTH means we acknowledge our weakness and find our strength in him.

His JUSTICE means God decides right from wrong and the respective consequences.