Introduction
Proverbs 19:3We make foolish decisions, then rage against the Lord!Bad things do happen to good people, but when we stray from God’s plan, we invite difficulties.Make a lot of assumptions!
Job 4:7-8 – Job’s friends assumed he had sinned.Job 8:3-4Job 11:13-20Job 42:7-9Acts 21:27-32 – They almost murdered Paul because of an assumption.John 5:8-9, 16John 7:21-23 – They assumed Jesus was breaking the Sabbath with His miracles.Do we assume there are problems when there are not? Our imaginations can lead us down dark alleys. We have to be comfortable with, “I don’t know.”Focus mainly on self.
II Timothy 3:1-2I Corinthians 8:8-13; 10:24 – Be willing to set your liberty aside for the sake of offending your brother.James 3:13-16 – If you want trouble, have selfish ambition.A self-centered life is a small life full of misery.Luke 9:23Keep a running list of wrongs.
I Kings 21:1-4, 8-10, 15-16 – Jezebel killed Naboth because he “wronged” Ahab.Esther 5:11-13 – Haman could not let go of being “wronged” by Mordecai.Ephesians 4:31-32React quickly no matter what.
Matthew 16:21-23 – Early on, Peter moved much too quickly. Despite good intentions, he was working against God’s plan.John 18:10-11Proverbs 18:13James 1:19 – Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
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