by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 6
Proverbs 6:4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber It was my first real senior management role, I had a large office with a sofa and seats in one area and my desk and chair in another. It was neat, I could have meetings of the key team in my office. I...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 6
Proverbs 6:5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler. It was early morning, mist still drifting through the trees higher up. Grey skies with flecks of pink like some uniquely Scottish opal. My slowly waking...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 6
Prov 6:26 for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life. How often do our short term decisions override our long-term benefits? The weight of this proverb is really hard to avoid. Today, in our culture...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 6
Prov 6:27 Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned? As a pastor, one of the things that causes me the most concern is when someone comes to me for help, but then will not take any action to help themselves. I may ask them to read a chapter...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 6
Prov 6:28 Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched? It seems obvious really when we read it today. There are things we do, choices we make, that have consequences for us. I remember in 1977 I was working at a fast-food café, having...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom - Proverbs 6
Prov 6:29 So is he who goes in to his neighbour’s wife; none who touches her will go unpunished. Unfaithfulness is addressed here. Not just unfaithfulness though, but unfaithfulness that damages or destroys another marriage as well as your own. As a pastor, I...
