Proverbs Challenge – Day 14

Please read Proverbs Chapter 14:

●  1-7 : Commit to “build your house”, walk uprightly, and speak truth by the knowledge and discernment of the Lord. Proverbs 31:27, Zechariah 8:16

●  8, 12, 15-18,29 : Be prudent and set aside time to give thought to your ways to gain wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. Proverbs 15:5, 18:15, 22:3, Amos 5:13

●  33-35 : Ask the Lord for wisdom and discernment for yourself and those who lead the Church and our government. Proverbs 15:14, Hosea 14:9, Matthew 7:24, James 1:5

Proverbs Challenge -Day 13

Please read Proverbs Chapter 13:

●  1, 10, 14 : Ask for and heed instruction and teaching from fathers and mothers, both natural and spiritual. Proverbs 31:26, Acts 18:26

●  12, 19 : Ask the Lord for fulfillment of our longing for good leaders in the Body of Christ, government, and all the spheres of our lives. Psalm 107:9, Matthew 5:6

●  20 : Commit to be one who “walks” only with wise people. Psalm 1:1, 119:63, 1 Corinthians 15:33

Proverbs Challenge Day 12

Please read Proverbs 12:

●  1, 9-11, 24, 27 : Commit to being faithful in spiritual disciplines and diligent in carrying out your responsibilities. Proverbs 13:4, 18, 14:23

●  16 : Confess any annoyance you carry or offense you have taken and forgive the other person. Proverbs 15:18, Matthew 5:9

●  17-23 : Ask the Lord for help to speak truth, not lies or deception, and to be one who brings healing and promotes peace. Romans 12:18, Ephesians 4:25

Proverbs Challenge – Day 11

Please read Proverbs Chapter 11:

• ●  2-8 : Humble yourself before the Lord; place your trust in His righteousness, not your wealth or any other thing. Daniel 4:27, Hosea 10:12
• ●  9-13 : Repent of any gossip and godless words you have spoken to or about another person, especially Christians. Titus 3:1-2, James 4:11
• ●  14 : Ask the Lord for godly advisors and guidance for our country. Proverbs 12:15, 13:10, 15:22
• ●  30 : pray for those who need to be saved and commit yourself to win souls. Daniel 12:3, Luke 5:10, 1 Corinthians 9:19-20

Mainly for my own interest.

When David was about to face Goliath, instead of choosing the sharpest sword as common sense would dictate, he went to a brook and selected 5 smooth pebbles. He even refused to wear the armour. He wasn’t relying on man-made stuff but on those 5 smooth stones that God had placed there for him to use. His plan wasn’t in any man-made ideas! He said  – “Who are you to defy the Living God?” He knew that Goliath wasn’t scared of man-made armour but he still had something up His sleeve – 5 smooth pebbles. Those pebbles had been through hell and back to make them smooth. Periods of vast time and erosion. Moments of hardship as other stones smashed against them forming their shape. And continuous flows of water slowly preparing them for their big day. Like the body, the stones were unique and individual yet they all had to be prepared via the same process. The school of hard knocks! Every member of the body is different. Yet like those pebbles, we have 5 ministries distributed as the Spirit pleases. And like David, the Spirit comes against the Goliath’s in our lives, with the force of a flood, and He takes us after a time of preparation, picks us up and places us into His sling. “Who are you to defy the Living God!!’

Do not despise the times in your life where you are still patiently waiting in the brook. Hold fast! Time is your friend. The trials are to prepare you. The rocks against the rocks are for your benefit. Stay in the brook where God has placed you. The Spirit isn’t done with you yet, but He still has an empty sling that’s designed just for you and no one else. And the faster and more violent the torrents of water, the smoother and more effective you will be as you are thrust towards the enemy via the Spirit’s sling. And the deeper you go, the more the big rocks will crash against you and form you. Because those big rocks don’t float – they violently sink and are at the deepest point possible!

Go deeper, hold on, trust in Him. Wait with anticipation and expectancy because your ‘sling’ moment is approaching!

God bless you! Darren Brown

Proverbs Challenge – Day 10

Please read Proverbs Chapter 10:

●  1-5 : Pray that we will honour the Lord in all our dealings with money. Ask the Lord if we have any area where we withhold from Him, our making, spending or giving of money. Isaiah 55:2; Matthew 6:24

●  12-22, 31-32 : Pray that our mouths will be filled with wisdom, that our words would bring life and knowledge, and our “lips know what is fitting”. Have our words brought life or death to those around us? Proverbs 18:21, 1 Peter 3:10, Proverbs 15:1

●  6, 22-30 : Pray that we would be diligent labourers and be willing to work hard to bring in the harvest in these last days. Matthew 9:37-38

Proverbs Challenge Day 9

Please read Proverbs Chapter 9:

• ●  1-6 : Pray that we may be a ‘true’ spiritual house both individually and
  corporately which is built by wisdom. Pray for opportunities to invite others to the banquet the Lord is preparing. 1 Peter 2:5
• ●  7-12 : Pray that we will be humble enough to receive the Lord’s instruction and discipline, even rebuke and not fear man. Psalm 34:11-14; Isaiah 51:12. Ask the Lord to search our hearts for any ways we have mocked Him or others. Psalm 139:24
• ●  13-18 : Pray for God to reveal any areas of our lives where we lack discipline, either physically, spiritually or emotionally/in our minds. Ask the Lord if there is anything that would be considered stolen water or food eaten in secret. Expect God’s grace to enable you to follow through on your commitments to Him. Meditate on Galatians 5:19-25.

Shalom

Proverbs Challenge Day 8

Please read Proverbs Chapter 8:

• ●  1-11 : Give thanks for Wisdom’s voice that pursues and calls to all – that calls to you. In Bible Gateway the footnote for verse 5 notes the Septuagint Hebrew translation is, “foolish, instruct your minds.” Pray for the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 10:5 (Amp)

• ●  12-21 : Pray for the Lord to teach you the “Fear of the Lord” training you to hate what He hates; pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. Ask for His Holy Spirit to lead and guide you into all truth. Give thanks to God for He has already given us a spirit of power, love and self- control. 2 Timothy 1:7
• ●  22-31 : Give thanks for God’s divine and eternal Wisdom, who we are told in John 17:5 had glory with the Father before the world began. Commentaries note the best exposition to these verses is in the first four verses of John, “In the beginning was the Word….In Him was life and that life was the light of men”. Pray that the light of Christ shines in our darkness, opening our eyes, enlightening us with divine understanding and revelation of God.
• ●  32-36 : Father, I thank you that when we ask you for wisdom, you give it generously without finding fault. James 1:5. Pray for this wisdom from above. Ask the Lord to give His people ears to hear and a love for Him which obeys and delights in His instructions. Lord, I desire to watch and wait patiently for You and I thank you for the great blessings when I do; I will find life and receive favour from you for you are a Good Good God!

Proverbs Challenge – Day 7

Please read today Proverbs Chapter 7:

●  1-5 : Ask the Lord if your heart is good soil for His Word to grow and bear fruit. Are you guarding your heart from those things which would contaminate the soil? Mat 12:35, Psalm 119:11. Are there particular “voices” that are seducing you away from Wisdom? Be honest with yourself and with the Lord. James 1:14-15

●  6-23 : The wayward woman represents the many images and voices in our society vying for our attention. What are your areas of particular weakness and how are you protecting yourself from danger? 1 Corinthians 10:13 Ask the Lord to strengthen your will to say ‘no’ to evil and ‘yes’ to righteousness. Titus 2:11-14 Pray that God’s people would pick up their cross, and walk the narrow road of denying self (personal gratification) that leads to LIFE. Matthew 16:24

●  24-27 : Are you guarding your heart by not only reading the Word, but by practicing it? James 1:21-25; Are you diligent in confirming that your behavior reflects and confirms your relationship with God? 1 Peter 1:10-11. Pray that God’s people would choose to walk in righteousness through the power of the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus that sets us free from the Law of Sin and Death. Romans 8:2