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Proverbs

Proverbs. An Audience of One. Review. Wisdom- being skilled at life Folly- living outside the knowledge of a God who has set certain unbreakable laws of sowing and reaping into motion. Review. “Guard your heart, it is the wellspring of life”

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Proverbs

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  1. Proverbs An Audience of One

  2. Review Wisdom- being skilled at life Folly- living outside the knowledge of a God who has set certain unbreakable laws of sowing and reaping into motion

  3. Review “Guard your heart, it is the wellspring of life” I go in the direction of my affections. So I need to set my heart on God, “who richly provides everything for our enjoyment” (1 Timothy 6:17)

  4. Review The “Better Than’s”- learning to focus on what matters over what seems important “Better is a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife and arguing and tension” - (BPV)

  5. Review “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength” - Charles Spurgeon “He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has” - Henry Ward Beecher

  6. When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, he makes even his enemies live at peace with him - Proverbs 16:7 (NIV) A person should live so that he pleases the Lord. If he does, even his enemies will make peace with him - Proverbs 16:7 (NCV)

  7. "Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven - Matthew 6:1

  8. “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven ” - Matthew 5:14-16

  9. The issue is one of motives I have 2 audiences. I seek to please One so that I may influence the other

  10. Thermostat or thermometer? (Circle One)

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