If you don’t control anger, anger will control you.  

CHARACTERISTICS OF ANGER

Anger acts out
Anger keeps the emotional pot stirred
Anger lacks self-control 
ANGER: APPLICATION

Stay away from an angry person
Submit continually to the Spirit’s control
Don’t get dragged into an angry person’s issue
Pick your emotional engagements prayerfully
Be a calming influencer
Get Christian counseling

OBSERVATION
• The importance of teaching sexuality to our children.
• The reality of sexual temptation.
• Characteristics that cause us to fall.
• Dangers of sexual sin.

APPLICATION
• A verse to memorize and review.
• Ways to protect your marriages.
• Ways to avoid temptation

SEXUALITY IN THE PROVERBS: OBSERVATIONS

• Parents: Teach your children about sex and sexuality!
• Sex—outside the God-given gracious boundaries—is tempting.

Characteristics that cause sexual failure:

• Lack of Discipline
• Lack of Sense

SEXUALITY IN THE PROVERBS: OBSERVATIONS

• Parents: Teach your children about sex and sexuality!
• Sex—outside the God-given gracious boundaries—is tempting.
• Characteristics that cause sexual failure: Lacking discipline and sense.
• Sex—outside of God gracious boundaries—doesn’t end well.

SEXUALITY IN THE PROVERBS: APPLICATION

• Memorize Proverbs 5:21.
• For those married: Nurture your relationship.
• For Everyone: Avoid areas of sexual temptation.

Relationship Red Flags

• The Isolationist
• The person surrounded by “Yes Friends”
• The smartest person in the room

People who will bring you down:

• The Gossip
• The Angry Person
• The Pleasure Seeker

People who will build you up

• A person who understands biblical friendship
• A person who sharpens your character
• A person who will tell you what you don’t want to hear
• A person who will listen to both sides of the story
• A person who will give you godly counsel

Four Pillars of Giving

God owns all things (Psalm 24:1-2; Psalm 50:10-12) 
All things are a gift from Him (Romans 11:35-36; James 1:17)
All things are to be used for Him (Romans 11:36; Colossians 1:16)
Giving is an act of worship (Proverbs 3:9; Philemon 4:17-18)
 

WEALTH CAN PROVIDE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY.

RUNNING AFTER MONEY WILL RUN YOU INTO THE GROUND.  

GOD BLESSES GENEROSITY.

Fear of the Lord

Awe and reverence for my loving Father demonstrated in a life of wisdom.  

Wisdom

Embracing God’s Word and learning the skills of living out biblical truth in everyday life.  

HUMILITY DEFINITION

Humility: Living in submission to God.  

PRIDE DEFINITION

Pride: Living independently of God.

A relationship with God begins with humility.
Pride produces chaos. Humility brings peace.
Humility is the heart cure for racism and prejudice.
Humility is the remedy for self-promotion.
Pride plays God. Humility trusts God.
Both humility and pride carry results.

Developing a Heart of Humility

Read Scripture Daily
Serve Others
Stretch yourself

Path marks of genuine faith that guide us through trials to spiritual maturity 

A commitment to view trials differently
Crave and seek the wisdom of God
Firm belief that God is generous
Stability through all of life’s challenges
Beacon of light to this dark world

• Introduction and Purpose: 1:1-6
• Theme: 1:7; 9:10
• Solomon’s Proverbs—Part 1: 1:8-9:18
• Solomon’s Proverbs—Part 2: 10:1-22:16
• Saying of Wise Men: 22:17-24:34
• Solomon’s Proverbs—Part 3—Collected by Hezekiah’s Men: 25-29
• Words of Agur: 30
• Words of Lemuel: 31:1-9
• Acrostic Poem: The Noble Wife: 31:10-31