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Category Archives: Guidance & Wisdom
Proverbial Wisdom on Dealing With Fools
Proverbs 1:7—14:16—18:2—10:21; Proverbs 16:22; Proverbs 23:9—27:22—14:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction—A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident—a fool hath no delight … Continue reading
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Advice to a Young Woman Entering Into Adult Life
Ecclesiastes 12:1; Proverbs 3:5-7 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, companions, fashion, God's Word, Guidance, temptations, young women
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The Proverbial Folly of Fools
Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 2:13 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness. Then I saw that wisdom … Continue reading
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The Key to a Happy New Year
Psalm 90:12; Proverbs 3:13; Proverbs 29:18 Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. He that keepeth the law, happy is … Continue reading
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The Wisdom of Ants
Proverbs 30:25; Proverbs 6:6-11 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her … Continue reading
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A Practical Lesson in True Wisdom
Exodus 1:8-21 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: Come on, let us deal … Continue reading
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A Meditation for New Year’s Day
Genesis 8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the … Continue reading
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Tagged communion, faith, joy, new year, repentance, sanctification, spiritual progress
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Times Past, & Times Present
Ecclesiastes 1:9-11; Ecclesiastes 7:10 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof … Continue reading
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Elementary Education
Proverbs 22:6; 2 Timothy 3:15 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make … Continue reading
Can a Christian Be Too Righteous?
Ecclesiastes 7:16,17 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? GEORGE WHITEFIELD (1714-1770): Righteousness over-much! May one … Continue reading
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