Today we conclude our week and our series on wisdom from the book of Proverbs. The truth put before us has been very demanding and serious in its presentation. That flavor can leave us feeling a little beat up and overwhelmed with how much we need to work on and how far we have to go. So, to wrap things up we are going to put our emphasis on the positive side of things...
Read MoreDownload PDFYesterday we said that truly “successful” people do not “use” other people, but rather “give themselves away” for the sake of other people. Today we are going to explore further the impact a genuinely “giving” person’s life has on the people around them. The above Proverb will help us with this. The person who “gets it right” is a righteous person...
Read MoreDownload PDFThe one who is a “consumer” of life is all caught up in “using” life. It is all about “consumption.” The one who is a “steward” of life is all caught up in “serving” life. It is all about “treatment.”It is in our relationships with other people that these two dynamics have their greatest impact...
Read MoreDownload PDFPredominant in the criteria the world uses to measure “success” is amassing “wealth.” The book of Proverbs helps us see that this has been true throughout the ages. Wealth in and of itself is not the problem. The real problem is how important wealth is to us and how we go about getting it...
Read MoreDownload PDFHow we engage with what is here in the middle of what we call life on planet earth makes all the difference in regard to whether we are truly “successful” or not. There are “those who don’t get it” and there are “those who do get it.” For “those who don’t get it,” engaging with what is here on planet earth is all about how to get life to serve them and how they can use it...
Read MoreDownload PDFThis is week Four of a Four-week Devotional Series entitled, “Wisdom from Proverbs.” Proverbs is a book about wisdom for life. It consists of many wise sayings. We find in them the themes of Scripture expressed as practical righteousness that help us examine how we live and manage daily life in the light of divine truth...
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