The sturdy, leather girdle of the Roman soldier was made to reach around the torso and provide essential support while he performed the quick, demanding movements of war.
•You became close with your best friend by hanging out with them and making the time to get to know them, right? The same goes with Jesus!
• Truth is God’s opinion on any matter this is the church standard. Truth is who God is and what He says it is, which is best summed up for us within the Person of Jesus Christ.
PRAYER - "Sometimes, It's Better To Be Quiet"
Paul admonished the Thessalonians to "study to be quiet." Solomon said "Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. ...He that hath knowledge spareth his words: ...Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." If you can't say something good, don't say anything. "A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue."
Proverbs 17:7 - "Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince."
PRINCIPALS - "The Fool And The Wise Man"
The 18th chapter of Proverbs renounces fools. "A fool hath no delight in understanding." Wicked men come with contempt, disgrace and reproach. It is not good to accept a wicked person and overthrow a righteous man's judgment. A fool speaks contentious words, and calls for violence. His words eventually destroy him. Talebearers wound others, slothful men are great wasters, and he that prejudges people gets folly and shame. But a man with desire separates himself, and seeks and interacts with all wisdom.
Proverbs 18:15 - "The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge."
PRINCIPLES - "Pride Goes Before Destruction"
Pride is a too-high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority. Paul, in Romans 12:3, admonishes every man "not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly." Solomon said, "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. ...Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud." Humble yourself before you self-destruct.
Proverbs 16:5 - "Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD."
PROPHECIES - "Man's Goings Are Of The LORD"
You will never beat God at His game. You are not your own. "All souls are mine," God says (Ezekiel 18:4). Your destiny is in God's hands. There is one destiny for the righteous, and another destiny for the wicked. Rather than spend your life trying to do your own thing, why not spend your life trying to do God's will? "Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee."
Proverbs 20:24 - "Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?"
•Pray for wisdom and discernment. Listen to the advice of people who have earned the right to tell you things you may not want to hear. #godlycounsel
•Pain makes us see our need for God. Pain helps us share the experience of Christ himself. Pain cures us of our fantasy that earth is a paradise and makes us long for heaven. #Unknown
•Prayer proves its virtues by those who pray.
•Our entire life should be characterized by an eagerness to maintain unbroken fellowship and oneness with God.
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