Do you procrastinate overcoming procrastination?

aDailyProverb | March 6, 2010

Don’t procrastinate— there’s no time to lose.
Proverbs 6:4 MSG The Message

Have you read the user manual?

aDailyProverb | March 1, 2010

A manual for living, for learning what’s right and just and fair;
Proverbs 1:3 The Message MSG
 
Proverbs is the manual, instruction, and direction for living.
 
Proverbs teach wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. Reading a chapter of Proverbs every day will change your life. After all you will be reading the manual for life. Every day we will focus [...]

Who gives you a thumbs up?

Chris Riehl | February 27, 2010

Don’t brag about yourself— let others praise you.
Proverbs 27:2 CEV
 
Who gives you a thumbs up?
How great does it feel when somebody gives you praise? It feels even better when we don’t have to ask or throw hints for praise. The greatest praise will come from God and not man.
 
It’s frustrating when we put a lot [...]

Does the Bible contradict itself?

John Alan Turner | February 26, 2010

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
Proverbs 26:4 NIV
 
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:5 NIV
 
In one verse, the Bible says, “Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him [...]

Are you a better carpenter than Jesus?

aDailyProverb | February 24, 2010

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;
Proverbs 24:3 NIV

Strength during and after the strom

aDailyProverb | February 10, 2010

When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.
Proverbs 10:25 NIV
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more : but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs 10:25 KJV

How common is common sense?

Chris Riehl | December 2, 2009

All wisdom comes from the Lord , and so do common sense and understanding.
Proverbs 2:6 CEV
 

 
When I think of the dumbest things I have done in my life, in almost every situation just a bit of common sense would have made me avoid them. When we want to do something we will find justification to [...]