We can often carry deep regret simply because we listened to ungodly counsel. Our homes should lay a foundation of biblical wisdom equipping us to avoid the dangerous paths of this world.
As King Solomon instructed his son in the path of wisdom, he provided sound advice, which he personally failed to keep later in his life. Wisdom is not just about possessing the correct information but ensuring the proper application.
Most of us know all too well that the closest people can bring the deepest hurt. Family relationships suffer from unnecessary pain because we fail to apply God’s clear yet direct instructions. If you want to experience a godly home, you must apply biblical wisdom.
While we all seek affirmation from others, the source from which we seek it will determine the course of our lives. God’s Word provides clarity for women regarding the type of worth they ought to esteem.
Watch the Bible Project’s overview video on the book of Proverbs, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The Book of Proverbs invites people to live with wisdom and in the fear of the Lord in order to experience the good life.
Most of us know all too well that the closest people can bring the deepest hurt. Family relationships suffer from unnecessary pain because we fail to apply God’s clear yet direct instructions. If you want to experience a godly home, you must apply biblical wisdom.
As the people of God, we need relationships with one another, but we often settle for names on a role instead of relationships for life. Impactful relationships always start with intentionality. We have to commit to being together. It’s time to go the second mile in rejecting shallow relationships.
As followers of Jesus, we are called to help one another follow Him ever more so closely. But how exactly are we supposed to do that? It starts by being intentional with one another regarding our personal commitments to Jesus. It’s time to go the second mile in creating careful accountability.
Getting a small group to talk is a challenge, but getting that overly excited conversationalist to talk less is even more challenging. We have all had that person who limits the opportunity for others to talk. How do you handle it? It’s time to go the second mile in handling the conversation monopolizer.
Since our words are consistently unreliable, it causes distrust to grow as we relate to one another. When trust is broken, we must find biblical ways to find forgiveness and healing.
Unfortunately, instead of finding a healthy, biblical balance of parents disciplining their children in love, I often see parents swinging to one of the far sides of the parent pendulum. Most parents tend to be either too harsh or too lenient in disciplining their children.
The greatest obstacle to contentment is comparison. Debt seeks to secure our happiness now by committing to pay more for it later. The Culture’s Position on Debt You might envy the stuff that another has, but you don’t know the stress that it takes to keep it. Comparison leads to discontentment; discontentment often leads to debt. Debt attempts to secure …
Series: Proverbs // Scripture: Proverbs 9 My life will be determined by the choices I make between what is easy and what is right. The wise will leave their simple ways and experience life. The foolish will maintain their simple ways and experience death. Main Points We are tempted to take the wrong path when the right path seems too …
We finished our “Proverbs” series this morning! Service Order There Is a Fountain – North Side Worship How Deep the Father’s Love for Us – Kings Kaleidoscope Announcements Team Rephidim Video Prayer Time O the Blood – Gateway Worship Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb – North Side Worship Sermon – Two Invitations (Proverbs 9) Lord, I …
Loved watching God at work today! We built our services around Proverbs 29:25 in our next-to-last week in Proverbs. Service Order Victory in Jesus – North Side Worship Love Come Down – North Point Worship Commissioning Time – Africa Team and Emerge My Worth Is Not in What I Own – Keith and Kristyn Getty Be Thou My Vision – …
Powerful day of gospel-centered worship, testimonies of the church on the move, and an incredible warning concerning adultery. So thankful for such a committed team that works so hard! Service Order May the Peoples Praise You – Keith and Kristyn Getty Reading – 1 Cor. 15:55-58 Christ the Lord Is Risen Today/Hallelujah Chorus – North Side Worship Everyday Church – …
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. -Proverbs 6:6 We focused on the “Wisdom About Work” in our “Proverbs” series today. Loved worshiping with the North Side family. One of my highlights was praying over these missionaries being sent out this week. I love watching our church become a praying church! It was also great …
Great day watching people be the church today! Our focus was on “Wisdom About Marriage” in our Proverbs Series. Due to the cultural climate, I changed some things up this morning for our services. I love that our church is willing to get into prayer groups in our worship services and get after it! It is my favorite sound to …
After missing last Sunday, it was great to be back with the church family! Great time focusing on Proverbs 3:5-10 today. Service Order Baptism – 11:00 Have Thine Own Way Lord You Are My Vision – Rend Collective 10,000 Reasons – Matt Redman Commissioning Time for Ben and Christian Hjalmer My Jesus I Love Thee – Darlene Zschech Sermon – …
I’ve been preaching in Charleston which has been great, but I hate not being with the people of North Side today. I guess I just don’t know how to deal with a Sunday without a Lethco because we went to hear Jeff’s brother preach today. Eric Lethco is the pastor at Old Fort Baptist Church in Summerville, SC. We had a wonderful …
It was a wonderful privilege to celebrate Jesus as the church gathered today. It was our 2nd week in our “Proverbs” series and we focused on “Wisdom About Words.” We focused on 2 things to celebrate for the Kingdom today. One was the great VBS week and all the great stuff that took place including many kids receiving the gospel! …
We officially kicked off summer with our series through Proverbs. So excited to unpack God’s wisdom and apply it in our lives! It was an eager group of worshipers this morning in both services. Great meeting some new guests and praying for God’s wisdom for all of us! Service Order In the Sanctuary – Kurt Carr There Is a Fountain …
The goal of parental discipline is to make disciples within your home. Weeks ago, I got to partner with area churches and put on a parenting workshop. We got many requests to make the content available. Here is the first session, The Goal of Discipline. Use it however it helps you or your church! Key Points The Word of God is …
Scripture teaches that parents who love their children are diligent to discipline them.
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching, for they will be a garland of grace on your heard and a gold chain around your neck. My son, if sinners entice you, don’t be persuaded. -Prov. 1:8-10 Do most children view their parents’ instruction in the same manner as is mentioned in this verse? Why …
The Book of Proverbs is full of great counsel. It is primarily a collection of sayings from Solomon offering his son wise advice for living. In fact, many of the sections begin with words like, “Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching” (Prov. 1:8). Look in the verses below and see what type of …
I had this crazy idea to write a worship album from 1 Peter. It was going to be difficult to complete it in the timeframe, but the lofty goal was exciting to the crew. When I first mentioned the idea, they were all in and we got to work feverishly on it. We decided that we would introduce the songs …
We are called to examine ourselves to see if we are genuinely believers or not (2 Cor. 13:5). As a parent, how can you thoroughly examine to see if your children are Christians? Even a young man is known by his actions – by whether his behavior is pure and upright. -Prov. 20:11 Parenting is challenging, but it is extremely …
A feature of many movies are the inclusion of the deleted scenes. These scenes were scripted, recorded, and edited, but, due to different reasons, they never made it into the final release.
As you watch them, you might notice that that scene wasn’t that great in the first place. Maybe the scene was decent cinematography but just seemed irrelevant to the big story line of the film.
Have you ever wished there were some “deleted scenes” from your life?
If I think of a goal of parenthood, Psalm 112 sums it up perfectly:
Hallelujah! Happy is the man who fears the LORD, taking great delight in His commands.
His descendants will be powerful in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
This psalm explains the goal of a multigenerational legacy. God desires that parents will fear the LORD in every way. They will not only obey His commands, but they will enjoy doing so because His commands are not burdensome (1 John 5:3).
For the parent that accomplishes this, the desire is that his or her children will live mighty lives marked distinctly by holiness.
This destiny will not happen by accident.
Making money is not an evil thing and can be a thing that God uses to meets the needs of others. But an overly-ambitious heart can lead to greed and the downfall of a man’s wealth and integrity.
Take a moment and read Proverbs 28:21-22:
In raising children, discipline must be involved. We live in a culture though that greatly disagrees in the manner of discipline that should be utilized upon children. I understand why. Many parents have crossed the line and abused children in the name of spanking. And parents who do not believe in spanking have still enraged children with discipline without communication. There are angry kids out there, but is spanking by itself the problem?
How did your parents discipline you? How did that impact you?
Take a moment and read Proverbs 29:15-17 and see what God’s Word says about raising children.
My friend Jonathan never pictured himself unemployed. Obtaining a bachelor’s and masters degree in his field, he was a great candidate for many jobs. Working during his time at school, upon graduation, he was able to receive a great job with a good salary with benefits.
After a few years in this job, he took a stand for something he was right and it cost him. Unwilling to back down from his convictions, he was forced out of his job in a hard economic time. He sent out resumes all over town. Due to family situations, he was unable to look for unemployment outside of the city. For all of his job hunting, he came up empty.
The only place that was hiring was a job that was way below his education or his prior pay scale. It would also be a job where he would be visible and a reminder of his previous job termination.
He had a choice: humbly provide for his family or worry about his reputation?
Marriages are under attack, and one of the ways that many fall is that the intimacy fails along the way. Scripture gives married couples lessons to follow:
Drink water from your own cistern,
water flowing from your own well.
Should your springs flow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
They should be for you alone and not for you [to share] with strangers.
Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.
A loving doe, a graceful fawn— let her breasts always satisfy you; be lost in her love forever.
Why, my son, would you be infatuated with a forbidden woman or embrace the breast of a stranger?
For a man’s ways are before the LORD’s eyes, and He considers all his paths.
Prov 5:15-21 (HCSB)
Many people imagine God as a fuddy-duddy in the sky who doesn’t want His children to have any fun or enjoy anything in this life. People have a concept of God that says if something is enjoyable, He probably wouldn’t want us to partake of it. Those people have never read Proverbs 5.
Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyelashes. For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread, but an adulteress goes after [your] very life. Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? Can a man walk on coals without scorching his feet? So it is with the one …
Prov 6:25-32 25 Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyelashes. 26 For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread, but an adulteress goes after [your] very life. 27 Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? 28 Can a man walk on coals without scorching his …
As we continue this week on the topic of adultery, I wanted to share another concept with you. One of the best ways to avoid adultery is to focus on your spouse. Here goes: Many people think that the Bible is boring and so the equate God to be boring. Our culture envisions God as a fuddy-duddy in the sky …
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