Are you slow to speak

Dean Wall | September 17, 2009

Even fools seem smart when they are quiet.
Proverbs 17:28 CEV
 
Be Slow To Speak
JAMES 1:19 NIV
19 My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
 
How many times have you said something and later regretted it? Too often we practice: Speak now and think later.
 
What [...]

Do you think revenge is sweet?

aDailyProverb | August 20, 2009

Do not say, “I’ll pay you back for this wrong! Wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
Proverbs 20:22
 

This is one of the hardest things for even the maturest of believers to do consistently. There is no end to the times when we feel slighted or that someone did not do what [...]

How do you handle stuck-up people?

Chris Riehl | July 30, 2009

Some people are stuck-up and act like snobs;
Proverbs 30:13 CEV
I have worked with people all of my adult life and through the years I learned  a 3% rule. People that think they are better than everybody, can’t be pleased, or are ignorant fall into this 3%. These are the people that consume you emotionally. The [...]

Do you ignore your sins?

Chris Riehl | July 28, 2009

If you don’t confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up.
Proverbs 28:13 CEV
We all sin but do we admit all of our sins. You can’t confess what you don’t admit. You won’t find mercy and forgiveness if you don’t confess.
Living with sin, especially repeated [...]

Do you forgive but not forget?

aDailyProverb | July 17, 2009

Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:9 NLT
Depending on how big the fault or mistake someone has committed, determines how easy it is to forgive them. Luckily for us Jesus doesn’t forgive us based on the size of our sins. I personally never understood the comments people make [...]