Archive | June 2015

Proverbs 10 – Keep your mouth shut!

Jun27

Hello y’all. Today we are studying chapter 10 of Proverbs.

Be blessed 🙂

There is so much to learn from this chapter, but i’m going to focus on verse 19.

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“In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise”. (NKJV)

If we talk too much, we are bound to say something we shouldn’t say and that can lead to offence or anger.

I’ve noticed this is true in my personal life. When I talk too much, I end up saying things I shouldn’t say and someone gets offended or upset in the process. So I’ve been talking to God about my mouth and I’m starting to learn to keep quiet, talk less and listen more. It hasn’t been easy especially as I’m someone who likes to talk a lot…. there are good days and bad days, but I’m definately getting better.

The latter part of verse 19 says ”He who restrains his lips is wise”. The NLT version says “Be sensible and keep your mouth shut“.

We need to learn to shut our mouths. Learn to restrain when we talk and what comes out of our mouth. James 3 tells us our tongue can do great damage. It can set a house on fire.

“A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it! It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell”. (James 3: 3-6 MSG)

No wonder David prayed in Psalm 141 for God to take control of what he says and  put a watch over His mouth.

“Take control of what I say, O  lord , and guard my lips. Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong”. (Psalms 141: 3-4 NLT)

I think we ought to make this psalm our prayer every day.

I pray our words will always be seasoned with salt. It will always build up and not tear down. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Thanks for joining today. Feel free to share your thoughts on the chapter.

Have a great weekend 🙂

***With God all things are possible***

Proverbs 9 – The call of Wisdom

Jun25

Good evening y’all. Today we are studying chapter 9 of proverbs.

Be blessed 🙂

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Verses 1 – 6
“Wisdom has built her house; she has carved its seven columns. She has prepared a great banquet, mixed the wines, and set the table. She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come. She calls out from the heights overlooking the city. “Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says, “Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live; learn to use good judgment.” (NLT)

Wisdom is offering an open invitation to all. There is no excuse as wisdom is available to all. It’s left for us to choose to heed it’s call. If we seek for it diligently, we will find it.

If we want to live, we need to give up our  foolish ways. We need to let understanding guide our life. Learn to lean on God and not our own understanding. Seek God’s will in everything we do.

Proverbs 3: 5-6 says :
“Trust in the lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take”. (NLT)

Verse 13 – 18
“The woman named Folly is brash. She is ignorant and doesn’t know it. She sits in her doorway on the heights overlooking the city. She calls out to men going by who are minding their own business. “Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says, “Stolen water is refreshing; food eaten in secret tastes the best!” But little do they know that the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of the grave”. (NLT)

“Then there’s this other woman, Madame Whore— brazen, empty-headed, frivolous. She sits on the front porch of her house on Main Street, And as people walk by minding their own business, calls out, “Are you confused about life, don’t know what’s going on? Steal off with me, I’ll show you a good time! No one will ever know—I’ll give you the time of your life.” But they don’t know about all the skeletons in her closet, that all her guests end up in hell”. (MSG)

Stolen waters tastes Good….this is the deceit of sin. It’s pleasurable to the flesh but detrimental to our spirit. The flesh enjoys it but the end result is undesirable.  Let’s be wise in our dealings so we don’t fall prey to sin.

I share below Matthew Henry’s commentary on these verses.

“How diligent the tempter is, to seduce unwary souls into sin! Carnal, sensual pleasure, stupifies conscience, and puts out the sparks of conviction. This tempter has no solid reason to offer; and where she gets dominion in a soul, all knowledge of holy things is lost and forgotten. She is very violent and pressing. We need to seek and pray for true wisdom, for Satan has many ways to withdraw our souls from Christ. Not only worldly lusts and abandoned seducers prove fatal to the souls of men; but false teachers, with doctrines that flatter pride and give liberty to lusts, destroy thousands. They especially draw off such as have received only partial serious impressions. The depths of Satan are depths of hell; and sin, without remorse, is ruin, ruin without remedy. Solomon shows the hook; those that believe him, will not meddle with the bait. Behold the wretched, empty, unsatisfying, deceitful, and stolen pleasure sin proposes; and may our souls be so desirous of the everlasting enjoyment of Christ, that on earth we may live to him, daily by faith, and ere long to be with hin glory” (Matthew Henry Concise commentary, Proverbs 9)

I pray we all heed the call of wisdom.

Thanks for joining today. Pls feel free to share your thoughts on the chapter.

Have a blessed evening 🙂

***With God all things are possible***