by admin | Nov 19, 2024 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 1
Proverbs 1:31 “therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices” I remember years ago being invited out for lunch by a businessman that I knew. He was retired and had been very successful financially. I was...
by admin | Nov 19, 2024 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 1
Proverbs 1:32 “for the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;” There is a difference between deliberately choosing to turn away from God and when we are in the middle of a struggle – my story below is an...
by admin | Nov 19, 2024 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 1
Proverbs 1:33 “but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster” Several years ago when we had already moved to Australia as a family, I had a role in a Company in Tasmania. As a couple we were both working and had...
by admin | Nov 19, 2024 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 1
Proverbs 1:5 “Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance.” When I was studying for a degree in Theology there were lots of lectures. We would sit for up to three hours at a time listening and writing notes on a...
by admin | Nov 19, 2024 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 1
Proverbs 1:19 “such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.” As a young man, I loved motorbikes. I was always doing something with my motorbike, or saving for a new one. At one time I worked two...
by admin | Nov 19, 2024 | Keys from Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 1
Proverbs 1:6 “to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.” As a very young boy, I remember collecting “batman cards” from packs of bubble gum. Each pack had 2 cards in it I think. Then if you had doublers,...
