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Wisdom and Strengths – Proverbs 7:10
Prov 7:10 [ESV] And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart. There is an old saying that goes "if something looks too good to be true, then it's too good to be true." I was approached for a new role when I was about thirty years...
Wisdom and Strengths – Proverbs 7:9
Prov 7:9 [ESV] in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness. For a picture of darkness and what that can feel like, I have used the opening chapter of my auto-biography – I do hope that's ok. What happens inside a young person...
Wisdom and Strengths – Proverbs 7:8
Prov 7:8 [ESV] passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house At a friend's house one night, we were having a beautiful time of worship. I had not properly met the young man leading the worship. He was a gifted musician, but more than...
Wisdom and Strengths – Proverbs 7:7
Prov 7:7 [ESV] and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense, The day I became a Christian, I transitioned from someone who was alcoholic and addicted to drugs, to someone who had fallen in love with Jesus and...
Wisdom and Strengths – Proverbs 7:6
Prov 7:6 [ESV] For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice, Have you ever had to stand by and watch as the consequences of someone else's decisions started to unfold, and all your worst fears for them started to come to life? When I...
Wisdom and Strengths – Proverbs 7:5
Prov 7:5 [ESV] to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words. As a very young boy I went into a small shop one day. The lady who ran the shop was through the back, and there was no-one else in the shop. I reached out my...
Wisdom and Strengths – Proverbs 7:4
Prov 7:4 [ESV] Say to wisdom, “ You are my sister, ” and call insight your intimate friend, On a mission trip in the 1990's to India I was given the privilege to visited a few orphanages. The children were all born from parents who had HIV – so there was a...
Wisdom and Strengths – Proverbs 7:3
Prov 7:3 [ESV] Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. For the last thirty or forty years of my life I have been so intentional about gathering wisdom. Looking to read the right books at the right time, and to précis the wisdom...
Wisdom and Strengths – Proverbs 7:2
Prov 7:2 [ESV] Keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye. In a world where circumstantial happiness is prized, and success is measured, what price will we pay for peace with God? We know don't we, that there is a world of...
Wisdom and Strengths – Proverbs 7:1
Prov 7:1 [ESV] My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; Since the 16th Century the English word "keep" has also been used as a term for the tower, the strongest part, at the centre of a castle. It was the place of last resort, when all...