Category: Good advice – Proverbs & wisdom
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A Word to the Cunning – 2
Cunning Defined NOUN 1[MASS NOUN] Skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit. Thesaurus: [Nouns] cunning, craft; cunningness, craftiness; subtlety, artificiality; maneuvering; temporization; circumvention. chicane, chicanery; sharp practice, knavery, jugglery; concealment [more]; guile, doubling, duplicity (falsehood) [more]; foul play. diplomacy, politics; Machiavelism; jobbery, backstairs influence. art, artifice; device, machination; plot (plan) [more]; maneuver, stratagem, dodge, artful…
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A Word to the Cunning
A Word to the Wise We would typically think of the Proverbs of Solomon, or perhaps anyone else as being a ‘word to the wise.’ Although my introductory focus looks to the early thoughtful expressions of this oft’ quoted book, I direct your attention to those leaders of this day who seemingly ignore these time-tested…
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Blessings and Woes – 1
If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery! Job 10:15 NKJV Jesus taught the crowds blessings. (We all like that.) Yet Jesus also warned of the flip-side of the coin – the curse or the woe of…
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My Love – 5 – Sex
The lure of eros… as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life. – Proverbs 7:23b When a Man Loves a Woman Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for…
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Hope deferred, Desire fulfilled
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 And so it has been, since twice rejected by the wife of my vows. It is not right in the LORD. Proverbs 30: The man declares, I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and worn out.…
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He has put eternity in their hearts
It is no longer a question of God: God IS – and we all know it. Our question and quest for knowledge and power over our own lives and circumstances only asks: will I bow down to the eternal God? We have knowledge, near complete and inexhaustible. We have Bibles we refuse to read and…
