Secrets Are To Be Secret

AUGUST 17, 2020

DAILY PROVERBS:

Proverbs 20:16-19 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    Sometimes it seems awfully hard not to tell someone’s secrets. It’s as if you just cannot wait to tell what you know. However, as a Christian, after you do you wonder if that really was a wise choice. Did my sharing do any good for anyone?

    Did sharing do any good for the person I was just talking about, or did it just help tear them down further, when they might be going through a rough enough time as it is.

    Did it do any good for the person I told this to, or did it just set them up with information that will start gossip spinning. Quite possibly they will share part of what I said wrong, and the story will end up being something that never happened.

    Finally, did it really do any good for me? Did it make me seem trustworthy in the eyes of the person I was telling? Will they confide in me when they have a problem of their own, or will they view me as a busy body that cannot be trusted with any of their own valuable information?

    A person, who goes around as a talebearer, usually gets only the surface truths, and never hears the deeper truths, for which they could pray or counsel another on. We must also remember; we may have heard a lie to begin with. It may have been a tale of deceit being planted from someone’s evil heart. We need to learn to keep the stories we hear about one another close to our heart, and not our lips.

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    The good news is, if you feel like you cannot hold it in any longer and just have to tell someone, there is someone who can make a difference and is waiting for you to talk with Him. God. He already knows what really happened, He knows the heart of the people who are involved, and He alone knows how to make a real difference. Take it to Him, and Him alone.

GOD TALKING TO ME:  AUGUST 17, 2020

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS
  Jeremiah 34-38      /   Proverbs 20:16-19

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  Psa. 78-791            /      Rom. 12

Weekend Review

August 15 & 16, 2020

Proverbs 20:7

The just man walketh
in his integrity:
his children are blessed
after him.  

Work Week Devotions
Through the Book of Proverbs

      As you know by now, with WORK WEEK DEVOTIONS, we only publish our Devotional Thoughts on Monday – Friday. On Saturday we suggest you re-read the entire chapter we have been studying this past week, and if we will be going into the following chapter the next week, we encourage you to read that chapter as well.       

There are never Devotions on Sunday. 

Thank you for joining us as we
journey together
Through Proverbs in 2020.

WEEK 32 – Day 6

     On Saturday, we suggest you re-read the Proverb we have written from this past week and the week to come.

Proverbs 19-20

WEEK 32 – Day 7

     Today we suggest you read and study whatever the Lord has laid on your Pastor’s heart. Whatever Scripture he uses for today’s messages were given to him by God for your specific needs.

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS

August 17, 2020    Jeremiah 34 –    38    Proverbs 20:16 – 19
August 18, 2020    Jeremiah 39 –    44    Proverbs 20:20 – 22
August 19, 2020    Jeremiah 45 –    49    Proverbs 20:23 – 26
August 20, 2020    Jeremiah 50 –    52    Proverbs 20:27 – 30
August 21, 2020    Lamentations 1 – 5    Proverbs 21:1 – 3
August 22, 2020    Proverbs 20 – 21               
August 23, 2020      No Passages Assigned  

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY

August 17, 2020     Psa. 78-79          Rom. 12
August 18, 2020     Psa. 80-85          Rom. 13
August 19, 2020     Psa. 86-89          Rom. 14
August 20, 2020     Psa. 90-96          Rom. 15
August 21, 2020     Psa. 97-102        Rom. 16
August 22, 2020     Psa. 103-105      1 Co. 1
August 23, 2020      No Passages Assigned    

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY

August 15, 2020      Psa. 73-77       Rom. 11
August 16, 2020      No Passages Assigned

Deadbeats And Deceivers

AUGUST 14, 2020

DAILY PROVERBS:

Proverbs 20:13-15 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    Love not sleep, and love not deceit. There are two groups of people spoken of in Prov. 20:13-15, both whom we should avoid. Yet the deadbeat and devious person are not the same.

    The Deadbeat is just looking for another place to flop. They are lazy and all they care about is having no responsibilities. Give them a little time and they’ll do nothing constructive with it.

    A devious person is really just the opposite. They would much rather cause some sort of trouble than sleep. My dad use to say this kind of person would rather cause trouble than eat, and it’s true. You may know someone like this. It seems if there is trouble around, you will always find them there, or heading there. They know the latest gossip, and usually make up what they don’t know. It’s the last person in the world to whom you would tell a secret. They are the person who always seems to try to fool people. The one which, when you catch them in a lie, they just laugh and say something like, “Oh, I was just kidding.”

    While the deadbeat is never busy at anything and someone to avoid, the devious person is always busy at the wrong things and should also be avoided.

    There is a third group of people alluded to here as well. They are those people who understand that the wisdom and knowledge obtained from God are more valuable than anything this world can offer. We need to be as they are. We should be up and busy, allowing God to pour wisdom into our lives. All the while encouraging the deadbeats and devious folks to come and get to know Christ.

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    It may look like fun on the other side of what’s right. You see a happy-go-lucky person who may seem to be having all the fun. However, the end is always destruction. They destroy themselves, and often many who follow them. In the end they find themselves alone and lonely. Choose right, Choose Christ.

GOD TALKING TO ME:  AUGUST 14, 2020

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS
  Jeremiah 31-33     /   Proverbs 20:13-15

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  Psa. 69-72           /      Rom. 10

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Run And Hide, Here They Come

AUGUST 13, 2020

DAILY PROVERBS:

Proverbs 20:9-12 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    Now let’s just be honest. There are people who, when you see them coming, you try to avoid them. It may be for a number of reasons such as you may owe them money, or they always have bad breath, or something. 

    I know of one such group of people that I have found which I often try to avoid. They are those who believe that they are the “I’s” of the world. Nope, I did not miss spell that. They are people who, every time you run into them, they are so full of themselves. It is always, “I did this, I did that, I bought this, or I’m the best at that.” It’s always I, I, I. Occasionally they will toss in God’s name just to make it sound a bit more spiritual

    In life, people could care less what you say about yourself if what you say does not match what you do. Your words and your life need to agree, or your words become meaningless. If you are truly doing things for the Lord, then “I” moves out of the picture, everything will shift to being about Him.

    Our verses today say even a child is known by his doing. People are known for something. For either what they do or what they say they do. God made both the “hearing ear and the seeing eye.” Both are of equal importance, and both should bring glory to him. However, I do not read anywhere that God made any of us to be the “BOASTING I.”

     
THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    All that said, it is not wrong from time to time to share with others the blessing in our lives. The accomplishments of our children, our family, and our friends are often some of the things we should desire to share with others. It is wise though, to leave the bragging about ourselves to others. God, who created us, gave us two ears and one mouth. What we all need to remember to do is to listen twice as much as we share.

GOD TALKING TO ME:  AUGUST 13, 2020

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS
  Jeremiah 26-30      /   Proverbs 20:9-12

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  Psa. 65-68           /      Rom. 9

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How Can I Help YOU!

AUGUST 12, 2020

DAILY PROVERBS:

Proverbs 20:5-8 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

  We live in a “ME FIRST” world today. What’s in it for ME? That is the question on everyone’s mind.

    However, if we can find a way to get our eyes off our self and keep our eyes on our Saviour, we will usually find there is a positive answer, even in the midst of our greatest difficulties. Even if there is no financial, or earthly reward of any type, there will be that reward in heaven if your aim is to serve the Lord.

    But, if we look to serve the “ME FIRST” inside us, then the situations in life will always look bleak. You will find yourself saying things like, “oh poor ME,” “look what they’ve done to ME,” “nobody ever likes ME,” and, “what’s in it for ME.”

    The Bible tells us we should not be looking for the answer to what’s in it for ME. In fact, it teaches just the opposite. We should be asking; what’s in it for them? Not what can we get, but what can we give? How can we serve? How can we help? What can we do to make the Christian Life better for another? Is it possible that we could help…?

• A child looking for guidance and leadership.

• An adult who has fallen in their faith.

• A lost person who desperately needs someone to lead and guide them to Christ.
 
    Today’s verses ask a question that is still true today. “A FAITHFUL Man… who can find?” Is there someone who will commit their ways to the Lord and follow Him? Not just in the good and fun times, but all the time. Could that person be you?

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    It is not about our goodness, our talents, our needs, or really even our wants. It’s about serving Jesus Christ. No matter what your trial is, it’s not as bad as dying on a cross. That is what He did for you. What are you facing that can be that bad? What are you doing for Him?

GOD TALKING TO ME:  AUGUST 12, 2020

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH DAILY PROVERBS
  Jeremiah 22-25      /   Proverbs 20:5-8

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  Psa. 58-64           /      Rom. 8

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