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31 The ear that listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise. 32 Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence. 33 The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor. 1. Open your ears _to godly truth_ 15 The way…

Signs Of An Idiot Attention Getter: Why the need for Guru’s Jordan Peterson - Male Responsibility; Dave Ramsey - Financial Responsibility; The Entire self -help section. Introduce Topic: People are looking for practical answers to real questions and problems. Scripture: Background: Challenge Audience:…

36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40…

The Fool: One who acts as if there is no God Note: This outline is based off of Orthner, Donald, Wellsprings of Life: Understanding Proverbs . A. The Fool’s Basic Condition The fool is self -reliant and proud ( Prov. 28:26 , Prov. 12:15 , 14:3 ). Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks…

Jesus was the great illustrator. He described the fate of those who are religious but lost. Now he tells of two men who illustrate false and true faith.

Introduction A sense of belonging is a powerful feeling. When I was around 12 years old I was on a baseball team. Through no fault of my own we were actually pretty good. It felt very good to be on a team that won pretty much every game we played. We ended up beating everyone in our league and being…

A picture of two women, both extending invitations, one for wisdom and one for folly.

What are the remedies for foolishness?

What makes the statement, "There is no God," a foolish statement? This lesson talks about 4 things atheism ignores.

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John 15:18-25 Jesus does not say that the path with him will be with out trouble. We can't be one with the world and one with Jesus. We have to choose. Will you be silenced? Or will you stand for Jesus and be faithful to him?

Psalm 53:1-6 Consider the throne of your life. Who have you chosen to sit upon it? Yourself or Jesus Christ. Your decision will have consequences or rewards. Choose wisely!

I was fourteen, I finished installing the electric fence around our yard, plugged it in, tested it with the electric meter and it showed good, then i reached down to touch the wire. NOTHING! Didn’t feel right. Tried to figure it out but just couldn’t. Called my dad. He asked if the meter showed a current.…

Sopho Moros were two Greek words I learned in in high school my sophomore year. I was taking Greek since I was failing Spanish. These two Greek words comprise the English word we know as sophomore. this intrigued me until I discovered the meaning... σοφόςb , (Sopho)pertaining to understanding resulting…

In 1Samuel 25 we see the Lord use Abigail to intervene in David’s folly and prevent him from walking in a distructive path. We learn about our own bent towards sinfulness and the grace of God to intervene in creative ways to provide a way for us to turn back to Him.

Aim: Understanding the fool, folly and foolishness

Wisdom leads to life, Folly leads to death.

Who is a fool and why?

Morning devotional thoughts on Psalm 14

ME: Intro Our world is moving fast And it feels like recent history has been especially fast. It is somewhat mind-blowing to really think about how quickly things change, And how drastically things have changed in just the past 100 years or so. It does in some ways, make it a remarkable time to be alive.…

I. Dwelling with Favor Fools make a mock at sin: But among the righteous there is favour. You have almost certainly heard this verse many times before, so I probably won’t tell you anything today that you didn’t already basically understand. But this is still a powerful truth and one that can either…

Introduction - Portraits Portraits are helpful, they say a picture is worth a thousand words. Menu items without a picture I do not order, I like to have an idea of what it is I am getting. Portraits reveal details and allow evaluation, examination and comparison also. Well tonight we are covering two…

ANSWERING THE FOOL – PROV. 26:4-5 Given the current cultural and political climate, I thought that this study might be both instructive and encouraging for us to take part in this morning. If you watched any of the presidential debates this election cycle, or even have come across a news program over…

We can never outrun God's love.