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Proverbs 14:2 Whoever walks in uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is devious in his ways despises him. 3 By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Today's passage talks about walking and talking and overall ways of people.

Solomon speaks of one who walks in uprightness. Now, I know that means being holy and righteous… loving our neighbor as ourselves and God supremely… However in my mind I see this picture of a man standing upright along side of a man crawling on all fours like an animal.

I think there might be a correlation between this picture of a man crawling on all fours… debase, feeding the desires of the flesh, following after his senses… not contemplating his life and purpose… one with a degraded sense of morality who has a corrupted discernment between right and wrong… no capacity for love… the kind that shares experiences, goals, dreams, hopes or aspirations. This man is not walking upright and does not fear the Lord but despises him and rejects the purposes God had for man in creating him.

On the other hand, the one who is walking upright as a man the way God created… made in his image… is able to worship and fellowship with God… and not because of his own uprightness, but because of the righteousness of Gods Son who walked upright and lived a perfect life that he might impute his righteousness to all who delight in him… Yes God has created in him a new heart… one that has a desire to walk in uprightness in the image of God, mirroring his character. And of course, he still sins but now his new heart turns back to the Lord in repentance and grows in his practical uprightness from day to day.

Finally Solomon says:

3 By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

The truth is that our actions come out from the type of heart we have… one that walks and talks from the perspective of the flesh broken by sin or one that is motivated by the Spirit of God. Justice comes to both. The analogy here indicates that the fool will receive a rod to his back and the upright heart will be preserved.

Look, God created man in his image not only for his glory but for our good. He created us in a fashion so that we would have great joy in seeing his glory in Jesus and walking in his ways.

Jesus is good news for those who do not walk upright. He calls you to look to him in faith… in delight… He will give you a new heart that will have victory over sin as you walk with him.

Father God, thank you for sending your only Son to live a perfect life, then to die for unperfected people. Thank you for giving all who look to you with faith a new heart with the righteousness of Jesus… Thank you for raising Jesus from the grave incorruptible and giving us a new heart that can have victory over sin in this broken world with that same power that raised your Son up… And thank you that you will raise us up one day incorruptible no longer subjects to sin, pain, depression, sickness, disease, hate or death… forever with You, In Jesus name amen.

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Proverbs 14:25 A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.

The Witness We Breathe Out

R Aylor

It is quite unusual to see a guilty person who takes the witness stand begin by being truthful and making a confession. Most seem to lie and deceive and manufacture stories and tell half truths that point the finger of guilt at others instead of themselves.

But deceit doesn’t wait to get on the witness stand before it winds up destroying other people’s lives… The thing is... this deceit in the hearts of man... it usually begins like a cancer eating away in the very families of the one who spirts out lies. This cancer doesn’t pause or go into remission. Although sometimes the lies seem harmless and benign they are in fact malignant. They hurt a lot of people… including our loved ones and close friends… and wind up destroying our own selves in the worst way possible for eternity away from all that is good.

But on the other hand, Solomon says a truthful witness saves lives.

Of course, if we look back a ways to the garden of Eden… it was satan who first lied… right? ...and it is he who did the opposite of saving lives… He is a destroyer of lives for sure.

Genesis 3:4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.

And yet it was that lie that led to Adam and Eve’s sin and the physical and spiritual death of every person.

And speaking of satan, Jesus said this in John 8:44 …He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

So Jesus says satan was a murderer from the beginning… satan did not come to man as a trustworthy witness proclaiming truth… He did not come to save lives like our text in Proverbs speaks about a truthful witness, but satan came to murder.

Jesus speaking again but this time he contrast’s what satan came to do with what he came to do.

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

What application for action does that bring for us today?

You know, there’s a lot of truth proclaimers in the world today. The left, the right and many in the middle vocalize their opinions of what is right and wrong as though it is gospel. In John 14:6 Jesus said: …“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

He is the life changer! He is the way maker! He is the heart transformer! God is the one who gives us eyes to see the truth in Jesus. Let’s ask the Lord to make us true witnesses of Him. In order to do that we will need to know him… and after that… if we do… then to know him better and better for the rest of our lives that we might be transformed ourselves to be more like him… and that we might be a true witness of his glory to others of all that we have seen and heard.

Pray

Today's reading is a sermon from the Anglican Preacher George Whitefield (1714-1770) He was blessed with some unique talents in communication and vocalization as well as spiritual insights which he used for the glory of God.

He was surly not a perfect man... Whitefield publicly renounced slavery early on. However, he participated in this horrible practice after he won plantation owners to the Lord and they entrusted him slaves. He advocated for legalization of slavery in Georgia possibly that they might help him maintain and operate his orphanage. He vocalized the good treatment of slaves and evangelized them. Beware reader... the end does not justify the means and we all have to give account to the Lord for how we rationalize the morals that come out of our brokenness. Whitefield's connection to slavery stands out as possibly being his most grievous sin .

With that being said, history is a difficult thing to judge generally much less and yet more dangerously the intents of a heart individually... with the limited information we have and hundreds of years after the fact... And ultimately, that is one thing I cannot do to Whitefield or any other of our forefathers with good conscious. Only God knows the core of each of our hearts with its motives. I have enough trouble discerning my own heart in the present. God is judge. And knowing this... All sin is appalling and horrific and though some like slavery may seem much worse than others all sin hurts not only ourselves but others and probably more than we will ever know. In relation to God, sin puts each one of us on common ground, does it not? Like the song says: "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?". Jesus is the answer you yours and my brokenness. He is the good news... He is where I want to focus and find my delight in... He is the one I want to share with others.

I do believe it is good to know and learn about both the good and the bad things in those who went before us. We cannot throw out the baby with the bath water or we would never gain good from those who went before us nor would others listen to us. That is one of the things about the Bible... it does not hide the mistakes of Abraham, Issac, Jacob... on and on in the Old Testament as well as Christ's disciples in the New Testament we see their faults along with Gods mercy and grace upon them as a work in progress. You see its all about the Lord and his glory in his mercy and grace and his working in our life for our good!

So learn more about George Whitefield... and all of our forefathers in the faith with all their faults and all the amazing grace that God bestowed upon them for his glory... It will surly amaze and encourage you to read a biography about George Whitefield or listen to a sermon John Piper preached about him at desiringgod.org/

R Aylor

The Seed of the Woman, and the Seed of the Serpent

This is an amazing sermon that gets better and better the more he dives deep into the text.

The focal passage is:

Genesis 3:15 -- "And I will put Enmity between thee and the Woman, and

between thy Seed and her Seed, it shall bruise thy Head, and thou shalt

bruise his Heel."

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Proverbs 14:29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,

but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. 30 A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

What's Your Go To?

R Aylor

Do you have a “go to” in any area of life? I think most people do. Even when someone is asked a soft question like “How are you?” or “Whats been going on?”… or a something about the weather we usually choose from a few basic quips in our bag to respond with like:”I’m doing well, how are you?” or “Not much”, “same old same old”. If it’s been windy I usually comment how today I’ve had a bad hair day… (even though I am bald)… LOL. When I ask my brother what he’s been up to… I don’t know how many times… a lot!… he has answered me “about 5 10 1/2”. We have “go to’s” for clothes we wear… where and what we eat… who we seek counsel with… even things like were we go to first on line to get answers for various questions.

The thing is… we also have “go to’s” when we are agitated. Unfortunately our “go to’s” in this area are more like “jump to’s”…

And what jumps out from our text today is that at the first sign of agitation we should not jump to anger... we should not to have a hasty temper but rather quickly jump to a tranquil heart.

You know, there’s a time and place, a reason and a way to be angry in a good context but there are like a million ways to do it wrongly.

The problem is… (being descendants of Adam and Eve); we are all born hard wired with “go to’s” that are contrary to the plans for joy that God has for us.

Yes God does want us to have great joy; and yet we jump to crossness, crankiness and crabbiness… with huffiness, hate and hissy fits filled full of anger.

Our default “jump to’s” used to be things like judging the hearts and intentions of others towards us… As believers it doesn’t have to be that way any more. The Lord is our defense… with a tranquil heart resting in Christ we are to show others his love and how Jesus is good news for their brokenness. Even if our heart gets it right our jumping to make judgments as a way to exalt ourselves makes it all wrong.

Verse 30 says “A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot”.

I suppose we all know the horrible feeling that not forgiving someone brings back on us. That and other evils that go along with relationships like envy and hate… they bring a tightness to the heart… This takes away our zeal for life and is definitely not good for our health. But not everyone knows the sweet peace that comes from resting in Christ… and not everyone knows the ability which he gives us to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Pray

Father please keep working on us to remake our default to rest in you and love our neighbor as ourselves. And for those who don’t know how to rest in you or love with that kind of love… please open their eyes to see your son Jesus as the greatest treasure in the Universe over and above anything the world can offer and worth leaving all for. He who lived a perfect life, was paid the wages of our sins with his death on the Cross and on the third day rose from the grave… and all that means for us who believe… us who delight and rest in him as our only hope.

Father I will close with words from your Son Jesus in Matthew 11:28-30 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

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Proverbs 14:11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish. 12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

At first glance it may seem a bit discouraging that Solomon says the wicked get to live in a house while the upright only live in a tent. Well, that doesn’t seem fair… but hey… the thing is… the possessions of the upright consist of a little bit more than a tent. See, those who have been given the righteousness of Christ and so are upright… they don’t really live here… Maybe we could put a bumper sticker on our tent that says “my other house is a mansion” because we’re just passing through and will soon come to the place that Jesus went to prepare for us. Its the Spiritual Kingdom of God…Thats our homeland now. If you know Christ there is a sense in which you were actually born in that kingdom… It is your birthplace and homeland. Look, there is a full inheritance waiting for us there and most importantly we will be with the Lord.

So we are not called to get comfortable here as though we have arrived in the land our hearts have longed for. We are not to seek peace or solitude in what this place has to offer. Dont settle down and grab up everything as though this is to be desired above all… Sometimes we use the phrase “to die for” as something extremely desirable… But thats exactly what happens for those who make this world their home… Solomon says:

“The house of the wicked will be destroyed”

Verse 12 goes right along with it:

12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

What seems right is different from what is actually right and is relative to each persons own rationalization to have whatever they desire… The end of that wickedness ends in death… And its a horrible death not only separated from their body but from the Spirit of God and everything good.

But the second part of verse 11 is encouraging for believers.

“the tent of the upright will flourish”

That goes along with the rest of the Bible for sure; and its not the kind of flourishing that goes with making this world our home or success by their standards… We flourish on the mission which we are here for… as we are passing through… living in tents… not making this our home.

We’ve talked about 2nd Corinthians 8 and 9 before which is very clear how even those believers who are poor and oppressed will flourish in every good work and overflow with joy. 2 Corinthians 9:11 says: You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

Old mission: This world is our home… We seek and proclaim our own glory and get bitterness and death.

New mission: We seek to see and share more of Gods glory and get loads of joy.

Thats how it works… God created us that way.

Do you want to flourish while living in a tent or do you want to make this world your home and never find satisfaction or joy?

I really love Psalm chapter 1… it tells the same truth as todays verses. I’d like to read it as an outro and in so doing let God have the last word in todays devotion.

Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season,

and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

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Proverbs 14:10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.

In todays verse I think we see another truth Solomon has witnessed in his… well, study of human behavior… and likely experienced in his own life. As usual, the obvious truth he sees carries underlying principals that can be used for application in other areas of life.

First, he mentions the personal bitterness unique to each persons heart.

Of course physical trials can be bitter in the way a cold wind is bitter upon the face. An accident that one never fully recovers from is a difficult ordeal. A long bout with cancer that ends in death can be a strenuous hardship on the one who is sick as well as many family members. Each one of us has their own unique experience of bitter troubles in the body that can be as distinct as a fingerprint.

However; I really don’t think Solomon is referring to these kinds of physical things... at least not detached from another kind… And the reason I say that is because he says how its a bitterness in heart… and he contrasts it to joy in the heart. These resonate with the spirit of man and are spiritual in nature… still they are connected with the brokenness of the physical world we live in.

So then… a dissatisfied heart could be aggravated into bitterness by bad life choices… right? It could be associated with the accident or cancer we spoke of. It might be awakened when one becomes a victim of domestic violence or racial injustice… or maybe you’re one who has been making yourself out as a victim… Someone looked at you wrong or maybe didn’t look at you at all. The mind has a way of conjuring imaginary assailants which can cause our hearts to go sour. But still, sometimes the mind gets it right…

Either way… what Solomon says is true… it’s a personal pain… because our sin is personal and it’s the culprit. Our heart is broken and open to bitterness from the start… you see, no one can know it like we do because sin is so connected to who we are at the core of our being.

However, at the opposite extreme of the spectrum is joy, and its different than happiness that comes from the hap-pen-ings which touch us in the physical world. Actually “happenings” are the same things that cause bitter things in our body… they stir up the bitterness in our soul which we have been talking about.

But joy comes to us when… not sin but righteousness comes in our heart. Speaking of the heart, Solomon ends todays verse with: “and no stranger shares its joy.“ If today your faith in in Jesus, then you know joy came to you when Jesus gave you his righteousness. He was the only one who ever lived a righteous life. He willingly took the payment for what was due you for your sin with his death on the Cross. (The wages of sin is death… Romans 6:23) He imputes his righteousness to all who believe him and look to him in faith. Three days afterJesus died he defeated death and God gives that same power to all who believe that we might live victorious lives over sin as we walk with him… And one day he will raise us up incorruptible, no more subject to the entropy and death associated with sin.

Father God thank you for your word and these obvious truths which are so profound when you open our eyes to them. How the heart knows its own bitterness and spiritual bitterness of heart is from our sin… and how no stranger shares its joy… Lord as believers in your family and not strangers we do share joy that comes from you because of the righteousness of Jesus upon our life… and still it is a personal relationship. Thank you for sending your Son who lived a perfect life, took the wages of our sin, and defeated death on the third day and all that means… Please continue to show us more of your glory, in Jesus name amen.

Proverbs 14:6 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding. 7 Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving. 9 Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.

These verses give a number of insights about two different kinds of people… two different hearts. Solomon shows us the contrasts between the knowledge that comes from God and the arrogance of the foolish person…

6 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, ...

Why can’t the scoffer find wisdom? I suppose it is because he never admits he’s wrong about anything....

Then the last part of this verse; for a man of understanding… a man who knows he is broken and lacking. ... it’s an easy thing to seek godly knowledge... he hungers for it...

7 Leave the presence of a fool,...

This one is pretty clear… the understanding person sees how a foolish person doesn't have good council to give and neither are they open to it.

You know we become like those that we choose to and enjoy fellowship with. So we leave off from their companionship.

8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, ...

The prudent person is wise in that he discerns his own way... he sees his brokenness and need... he does not seek out fellowship with the foolish.

9 Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.

The guilt offering that the Jewish people gave to the Lord in Solomon’s day was a lamb without blemishes. It pointed to the promised Messiah...

Leviticus 5:17 “If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible. 18 They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the wrong they have committed unintentionally, and they will be forgiven. 19 It is a guilt offering; they have been guilty of wrongdoing against the Lord.”

When God opened the eyes of people to realize they were sinners… for example they now see how years before they had treated someone without love and were to offer an unblemished lamb as a guilt offering to the Lord.

John the Baptist said this: John 1:29: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

Some people thought this the guilt offering was a foolish practice... but it pointed to the one who offered the only hope for the sins of mankind…

We see a lot of people today that mock believers saying believing in Jesus has always been for weak people. They are right!

We are utter weaklings in that we are pushovers for sin.

... Well, the father of lies, satan himself who first tempted Eve… he has made us slaves to sin. We are weaklings to the furthest extent.

The good news is that as Romans 5:6 says: For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

Why is that awesome? The guilt offering has been paid!!! Jesus the Lamb Of God who never sinned and is without spot or blemish freely laid down his life on the Cross and was paid the wages of our sin. God imputes his righteousness to all who look to him in faith… to all who with joy turn away from delight in sin to delight in him. Thats our initial repentance. We, who once treasured various promises of sin as we sought after the next possibility for satisfaction… Now God has given us eyes to see Jesus as the greatest treasure worth leaving all to follow the rest of our life. As believers, God gives us the same power that raised up Jesus from the grave to live victorious lives over sin. And so we live lives in circles of repentance as we grow in Christ the rest of our lives. When we fall we humbly look back to the offering of Jesus on the Cross who has already paid the wages of our sin. In joy we take up our cross and follow him.

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Proverbs 14:5 A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

People bear some kind of witness with their life. They proclaim something about who they are to others. We could even think about satan himself. He proclaims his own glory… He says his way is best for us. He says sin satisfies. In the Garden of Eden he told Eve God was a liar… and that the fruit of the tree God said would bring death would actually make her like God. But satan is a false witness. Solomon says that a false witness breathes out lies. In John 8:44, speaking of satan Jesus said this:

…When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

That’s who satan is… even when he tried his hand at quoting scripture when he tempted Jesus in the wilderness his intent was deceit and he came to Jesus as a liar.

What about us? Are we a faithful witness or a false witness? Of course a witness is someone who has actually saw something. They were there and can testify because they experienced something.

But as broken people in a broken world… and speaking practically that includes Christians because although we are 100% righteous positionally… practically we are still a work in progress as the Lord is conforming us to his image… As broken people then… we have to fight against the temptation to say we are more than we are. I mean, no one wants to be thought of as less than others… not smart, not clever… We rather want to be looked up to and sought out for council… We even want to look good while we stand in the spotlight.

But we have to fight against that because it is a false witness of who we really are.

Even in the church there are so many I fear that claim to walk close to the Lord and want to be seen as leaders or role models… The Apostle John talks about this very thing:

1st John 1:6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

So if we stray from walking close to the Lord, (which we all do in some fashion from time to time) we are tempted to put on a self righteous front instead of humbling ourselves to the Lord in repentance.

Not only are we tempted to bear a false witness to others but we can lie to ourselves also.

1st John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

All this lying is something we should flee from… If we truly know the Lord… and we do not call our sin what it is… rebellion against our Creator and Lord… our hearts can be seared hard like a stone so that our sweet fellowship with the Lord disappears… And that is a scary place to be… It is a red flag as to whether we have ever turned away from sin towards Jesus in the first place.

But for those who will turn… there is some amazing good news. John continues:

1st John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

So in closing… #1; don’t trust the lies of satan. Dont believe the promises for satisfaction and life he spurts out of his mouth. And #2; don’t live your life bearing a false witness of who your are. Even as believers we must humble ourselves instead of seeking our own false exaltation. James 5:16 says: …confess your sins to one another… #3; don’t rationalize your own sin… call it what it is. #4 Always keep returning to the Lord… Confess your sin to him and trust him for 100% forgiveness because of Jesus. Finally #5; get up and walk in the sweet joy of the Lord as a faithful witness on the mission of sharing not our own glory; but the glory of God in Jesus to a broken world.

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Proverbs 14:4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

This has been a fascinating verse to me for many years. Maybe because it seems that Solomon is just stating the obvious and somehow he must have believed that with every truth he observed in life no matter how apparent there must be something in it for him to learn… a foundational principal that he could carry with him into other areas of life for application.

As for this verse, I think we’ve all seen some form of what Solomon is describing here. Right?

I mean... if there are no tools in your workshop, it is likely clean and without clutter, but many engines can be repaired by the use of tools, and with that there is going to be a lot of grease and grime… theres just no getting around it. It’s proof that you have been working to accomplish something.

Whether your desk is clean or dirty… your house… your clothes… they all tell a story. And to achieve something great in life means that whatever the normal order of your life is for you, it’s going to have to change… the old order is going to be disrupted. If you’re a farmer harvesting a crop, a worker putting up a fence, a carpenter building a house… an oilfield worker… a geologist or an archeologist… something’s going to have to get dirty or at least out of its normal order to realize anything worthwhile. The world is usually not changed for the better from a recliner.

Many people do like to keep a clean house though… and thats cool! I get it. It’s a good thing. But if you’re not ever letting your family live in your home then you have made up your mind it’s for something besides living… Its for sitting there and looking nice and clean. So live in it and then clean it and then live in it again and again.

In todays verse Solomon shares how a clean manger with no oxen does not have the power to accomplish the purpose of a manger. The oxen are not eating to maintain strength to plow the fields… neither are they being birthed in the manger area… nor are they pooping and stinking up the place. The owners have no need to hire workers to maintain all the workings of the manger… Sure it’s clean and comfortable there… It would make a great play house for the kids… But no oxen may mean no crops and no food on the table… poverty for the family or worse.

As for us… as for me… Not getting my hands dirty… always trying to be comfortable will not accomplish anything great. It will not fulfill my purpose in life. Sure I will be clean and well rested but whats the good of a clean healthy life for the soul purpose of existing? A tool with no purpose is not really a tool. It is just a stick or a piece of metal.

God created us with a purpose. That is to see more and more of his glory and come to mirror the image of his character We were created to worship him for who he is and find extreme joy in doing so… and then go forth and share his glory with others.

Man was made in Gods image and was commanded to multiply and fill the earth. That would be us multiplying images of God. But Gods image in man was corrupted by sin. However, the good news is that God shows us his glory in his only Son Jesus. He lived a perfect life, was paid the wages for our sin with his death… He gives his righteousness to all who find their hope in him.

Jesus rose from the grave and God gives us the same power that raised him to be victorious over sin as we walk with him. And he will raise us up one day no longer corrupted by sin and death. Now, because we have seen the glory of God and have been changed, we can fulfill Gods command… multiply and fill the earth sharing how the image of God in Jesus changes hearts.

And so we are called to get up off the couch… to tend the oxen… to plow and plant seeds of the good news of Jesus… and to help gather the fields that are ready for harvest… to be willing to get dirty and be about the mission God has for us.

Pray

Proverbs 13:18 Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is honored. 19 A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools. 20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. 21 Disaster pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.

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