Without Good Directions People Lose Their Way | Journey Through Proverbs 11

A Proverb a Day Keeps the Police Away! Join me as we read through the book of Proverbs in the Message Version this month! Have you ever taken a trip to an unfamiliar place and not consulted a map or GPS? Did you get lost? Did it take longer than it should have? God doesn't want us to be lost which is why He gave us the Bible and He welcomes us into a close relationship with Him! Don't get stuck on the journey of life asking for directions at a random gas station. Start your trip out right and today's reading is packed full of wisdom, insight, and good instruction for living to keep you on the right path! I'm not pushy or preachy, I'm just glad that you are here!

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"Develop Good Direction With Proverbs 11: Stay On Course With Godly Advice"

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Summary/Abstract

This is the On the Road edition of Set Free 24/7 and the speaker is on the road with his wife Heidi, who is driving. He has been reading Proverbs for the last eleven days and hopes that the listener has seen some of the benefits of reading the Bible daily. They are on their way to Chicago, where the speaker will be speaking at a church. The theme for the Proverb today is “without good direction, people lose their way.” This is a reminder to people to constantly be looking for guidance and direction, as it is easy to get lost in life without it. Proverbs 11 encourages good direction and moral character. Without good direction and moral character, people will get lost and fall flat on their faces. The Bible and Jesus can be used as a GPS and guide for life. Good character is the best insurance and helps in difficult times. When good people prosper, the whole town cheers and when bad people suffer, the whole town celebrates. Kindness is beneficial, but cruelty causes hurt. Generosity and good work will be rewarded, but wickedness and deceit will not. This conversation is about the wisdom found in Proverbs chapter 11. It starts by discussing the proverb that states that the one who blesses others is abundantly blessed. It goes on to discuss how those who help others are helped and those who exploit or abuse their family end up with nothing. It is said that a life devoted to things is a dead life, while a God shaped life is a flourishing tree. The conversation ends with the reminder to always consult the Bible and use it to guide your life and decisions. At the end of the conversation, it is suggested that viewers like, share, and pray for each other.

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Heading: On the Road Edition: Proverbs 11 - Without Good Direction People Lose Their Way

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Proverbs 11: Good Direction Leads to Success

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"Exploring Proverbs Chapter 11: The One Who Blesses Others is Abundantly Blessed"

Highlights

Common sense tells you that's a stupid way to live a good life is a fruit bearing tree. A violent life, though, destroys souls. If good people barely make it, what's in store for the bad and friends? Just like that, we are done with Proverbs chapter 1111 days in this thing and man a Proverb a day keeps the police away. And for me this has been just a great relearning of some of the things that are in Proverbs and just going through and seeing what's the direction that we're pointed? What direction are you pointed? Have you consulted your GPS before you started out today?

The world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller. The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed. Those who help others are helped. Curses on those who drive a hard bargain. Blessings on all who play fair and square. The one who seeks good finds delight. The student of evil becomes evil. A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump. A God shaped life is a flourishing tree. Exploit or abuse your family and you end up with a fistful of air.

So here we go. Without good direction people lose their way. God hates cheating in the marketplace but he loves it when businesses are above board. The stuck up fall flat on their faces but down to earth people stand firm. The integrity of the honest keeps them on track. The deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin. A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart. But a principled life can stand up to the worst.. Moral character makes for smooth traveling but an evil life is a hard life. Good character is the best insurance. Crooks get trapped in their sinful lust when the wicked die. That's it. The story's over. End of hope. A good person is saved from much trouble. A bad person runs straight into it. The loose tongue of the Godless spreads destruction. The common sense of the Godly preserves them. When it goes well for good people the whole town cheers.

 

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