Tag: intentional
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Truth Buyers
23Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.–Proverbs 23 This is a hard one for me. It speaks to perspective and goals. It displays how you view yourself and others. TRUTH BUYERS: Learn for the sake of growth. Seek the things they need in order to grow and change. Freely submit…
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Consider Your Words
32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.–Proverbs 10 I had many international friends in college. I marveled at their cultures and languages. Being immature, I learned from some of my guy friends how to say some bad words in a couple of those languages.…
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Neglect
33Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.—Proverbs 8 I bet you are really good at noticing when others neglect things. But what do you neglect? Which areas of your life do you purposely not use wisdom? The first step is recognizing. The second step is correcting. Neglect is the opposite of wise…
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Inside and Outside
20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching.21Bind them on your heart always;tie them around your neck.22When you walk, they will lead you;when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.—Proverbs 6 We learn wise things in life to guide us and…
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A Reminder
21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths.–Proverbs 5 What this simple proverb tell us is that everything we do in life is known to God. The paths we take are pondered by God. If you were to take a step back and consider the great narrative of…
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Now
2…Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.—2 Corinthians 6 Paul had led his people to a key ministry moment. Where has God led you? What has he been expecting you to learn during this season of your life? Here are seven things he has taught me at times. This…
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A Moment with Levi
41The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.–Joshua 21 A few things that stood out to me this chapter. NAMES. The Levites had three clans: Kohath, Merari, Gershon. The priests had to be from the line of Moses’ brother…
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Renewal Is Good
34And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. 35There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and…
Joel M Bradshaw 