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Category Archives: self-control
the last word
DON’T LOSE PERSPECTIVE Ecclesiastes 12:9-14 9 Since he had the advantage of being a wise man, the collector also taught the people knowledge; and he compared, searched out and arranged many proverbs. 10 The collector sought to find appropriate words … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecclesiastes 12
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staying diligent
QUIT YOUR LAZINESS AND COMPLAINING Ecclesiastes 10:18-20 18 Going soft makes the roof sag, and due to idle hands the house springs leaks. 19 People make bread for laughing times, and wine to gladden lives, and making money keeps us … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecclesiastes 10
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experience versus instinct
DISCIPLINE OR DISASTER Ecclesiastes 10:15-17 15 The work of stupid people gets him so tired that he does not know how to walk into town. 16 Disaster will come to you, O land, when your king is a novice and … Continue reading
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those whose time is up
DO NOT FLIRT WITH DEATH Ecclesiastes 8:7-9 7 Because he does not know what is yet to come, who can tell him how it will be? 8 No one rules over his own breath, nor rules over the day of … Continue reading
life preserver
WHAT’S THAT IN YOUR LAP? Ecclesiastes 7:9-12 9 Do not allow yourself to be angered quickly, because anger stays in the lap of stupid people. 10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these days?” because it … Continue reading
what Herod was thinking
Mark 6:21-28 21 But a day of opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and high ranking officers and for the leaders of Galilee. 22 When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she … Continue reading
the challenge of the unconfinable
Mark 5:1-5 1 Then they came into the other side of the sea, into the region of the Gerasenes. 2 And when he had stepped out of the boat, just then a man coming out of the tombs[1] with an … Continue reading
covenant household injury compensation rights
Exodus 21:12-27 12 “Whoever hits a man so hard that he dies should be put to death. 13 But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint … Continue reading
covenant constitution (part two)
Exodus 20:12-21 12 “Value your father and your mother, so that your lives may be extended in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 13 “Do not murder. 14 “Do not commit adultery. 15 “Do not steal. … Continue reading
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Tagged Exodus 20
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the will to be responsible
Matthew 18:7-9 7 “Tragedy is coming to the world because of temptations to sin! Yes, it is necessary that temptations come, but tragedy will come to the one by whom the temptation comes! 8 And if your hand or your … Continue reading
Posted in destruction in hell, discernment, discipleship, faithfulness, self-control
Tagged Matthew 18
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