Blog Breakdown

Actually, it's more like a life breakdown.  As in break it down, pack it up, move it across town, and set it up again.  Will return with a few blog snippets from the ABSC next week, and then back up full force.  Just leave me in your RSS reader, and I'll reappear magically.

Doug

October 20 by Doug

Reflections on Proverbs

October 20 2009

by Doug

Proverbs 20:3 (KJV)→Don't be a fool...quit meddling in other people's stuff.

Proverbs 20:4 (KJV) →Bother. Now I feel convicted for trying to sleep late.

Proverbs 20:6 (KJV) →Everybody talks. Who performs?

Proverbs 20:13 (KJV) →how much sleep do I really need? I know there's a minimum, but there's also a maximum for diligent living.

Proverbs 20:19 (KJV) →Don't tell secrets to people that try really hard to get them from you. They cannot be trusted.

Proverbs 20:21 (KJV) →Don't rush into getting your inheritance. It's not worth it.

Proverbs 20:22 (KJV) →This be hard sometimes. Well, most of the time, actually.

Doug

Daily Journal Oct 20

Daily Journal

October 20, 2009

Romans 1:16 →Are we ashamed of the Gospel? Of its effects in our lives? Of the fact that this is what we have to offer as Believers and as Churches? Why do we need to dress up the Gospel message rather than preach it as what it is?

Psalm 96 →Can you worship the Creator of the Universe, the Most High God, by bringing the ordinary before Him?

Joshua 1:16-18 →How well do we handle leadership transitions? Are we committed enough to God's promise and leadership that it doesn't matter the man involved?

Quote from Thomas Paine to consider: “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave.”

Good blog read for today: Emil Turner

Don't forget to check out Reflections on Proverbs!

Doug

October 19 by Doug

Reflections on Proverbs

by Doug

October 19 2009

By the way, I'm really starting to bog down on the “eths” of the King James. I am so thankful that God has allowed His word in language that can be understood!

Proverbs 19:3 (KJV) →How do I fret against the Lord in my actions? Do I really want the answer to that question?

Proverbs 19:4 (KJV) →Yet those many friends aren't true, for when poverty comes, they will abandon the wealthy man.

Proverbs 19:10 (KJV) →Fools don't deserve delight. Period. They need correction and trouble, and that's what they'll get.

Proverbs 19:11 (KJV) →Are you holding on to anger? It's glorious to let go of minor transgressions and not bother about it.

Proverbs 19:18 (KJV) →Sometimes, apparently, a parent should let, and even make, their child cry. Why? Because fundamentally, we're very selfish, and we need to get over ourselves.

Proverbs 19:19 (KJV) →And this is why, sometimes, it's better just to let people be mad and learn to get over it. If you smooth out their anger now, where will you be when they get angry again?

Proverbs 19:29 (KJV) →Bad stuff is coming if you don't do what's right. Really it is. You've been warned.

Doug

Daily Journal October 19 2009

Daily Journal

October 19 2009

Exodus 33:12-23 →Don't go without the presence of the Lord →It is this presence, God with us, that distinguishes us from the rest of the world.

Exodus 33:11 →Joshua starts to show he's not just the warrior in the story. Even when Moses leaves the tent, Joshua sticks around!

Joshua 1:15 →Should we rest before our brothers are safely and securely in their inheritance as well? What right do we have to do so? Since God has given us all of this material and peace here in America, how can we utilize it to help our fellow believers? How can we utilize it to bring people to peace with God?

Romans 1:15 →Paul is eager to preach in Rome. I wonder if he would have been as eager had he known how he would get to Rome. He might have been a little mixed on the idea. Yet, I think he would have remained eager to preach. Am I eager enough to preach the Gospel that I do not care if I must do it in chains?

Doug....

October 14 by Doug.

Reflections on Proverbs

October 14 by Doug

Proverbs 14:1 (KJV) → “ Plucketh” →Nitpick? Perhaps we should realize the long-term damage of little things.

Proverbs 14:2 (KJV) →despiseth who? The upright man or the Lord? Or perhaps both?

Proverbs 14:4 (KJV) →Oh that we would be less stressed about clean!

Proverbs 14:9 (KJV) →Mock at sin? But isn't that our national entertainment? What else will we be able to laugh at?

Proverbs 14:11 (KJV) →The righteous “tabernacle” here because they are just passing through, and how do we act? As if treating this life as permanent is a good thing? And why do we devalue those who live in tents and not houses, both really and metaphorically?

Proverbs 14:14 (KJV) →Backsliding puts you surviving on only what you have within you, and receives no increase from God's supply. Is that really what you want?

Proverbs 14:17 (KJV) →Must control temper. Repeat. Memorize. Mix with Proverbs 14:29. Repeat.

Proverbs 14:27 (KJV) →There is one good fear, and it's to fear the Lord God Almighty. Fear nothing else but Him and things will go well. Although a little concern about snakes is acceptable :)

Doug

Daily Journal October 14

Wednesday October 14

Daily Journal

Romans 1:9 →Who is the witness to efforts? Often, it's God. And sometimes that's tiring, because very little earthly encouragement comes in those times.

Joshua 1:11 →Promise-fulfillment is God's business, not man's, but rather I need to act on what God has promised and do what He says. Faith involves acting without time, as if the promised is already fulfilled.

Philippians 1:6 →God started in us, and God will complete it in us.

2 John →Love for Christ, the Church, the Truth, Each Other.

Philippians 4:1-9 →“The Lord is near” →If we would live like that! That the ills will soon be righted, the right put in perspective...

Things I've read today that I found valuable:

Justin Taylor's links on Seeing through, not with, the eye .

Voddie Baucham's book info about Perspectives on Family Ministry .

And don't forget to click over to Reflections on Proverbs!

Thanks!

Doug