Latest / A Chapter a Day Bible Reading / March 21 - Proverbs 11:7-12

Transcript

March 21 - Proverbs 11:7-12 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

• 0:11
  Hello friends, it's Sean here and it is Friday the 21st of
• 0:17
  March. Well done, you have made it to
• 0:20
  the end of another week. Ah, that is such good news.
• 0:23
  And today we don't just get to read any old chapter, we get to
• 0:27
  read some proverbs. We get to hear the wisdom of the
• 0:31
  everlasting God speaking directly into today.
• 0:36
  Don't know about you, but man, these proverbs, they are so
• 0:39
  chock a block full of goodness that it is really hard when we
• 0:43
  just whizz through them. And even though I try to read
• 0:46
  them slowly, there's so much in them and they're gone before we
• 0:49
  even start, it feels like. And I was chatting with one of
• 0:52
  my sons and he said, Dad, you've got to read them twice.
• 0:56
  So how about I'm going to try that today, friends.
• 0:58
  I am going to read the six proverbs through twice.
• 1:03
  And I'm going to leave a little questionnaire, a little quiz,
• 1:06
  not quiz survey, whatever you want to call it in the show
• 1:09
  notes. If you're listening in Spotify,
• 1:11
  you can go in and you could just say, yeah, no, this is good.
• 1:14
  Read it twice or no, no, no, once is enough.
• 1:16
  You can let me know what you think and I will.
• 1:19
  I will respond to popular consensus.
• 1:21
  And that will be what we do from here on in.
• 1:24
  But today we're going to read them twice because, would you
• 1:27
  believe it, they are 6 bangers. So all that said, let's dive
• 1:32
  straight in, shall we friends? Let's read together Proverbs 11
• 1:37
  verses 7:00 to 12:00. When the wicked die, their hopes
• 1:50
  die with them, for they rely on their own feeble strength.
• 1:57
  The godly are rescued from trouble, and it falls on the
• 2:01
  wicked instead. With their words.
• 2:06
  The godless destroy their friends, but knowledge will
• 2:10
  rescue the righteous. The whole city celebrates when
• 2:15
  the godly succeed. They shout for joy when the
• 2:19
  wicked die. Upright citizens are good for a
• 2:24
  city and make it prosper. But the talk of the wicked tears
• 2:29
  it apart. It is foolish to belittle 1's
• 2:34
  neighbour. A sensible person keeps quiet.
• 2:41
  And again, reading verses 7:00 to 12:00, When the wicked die,
• 2:47
  their hopes die with them, for they rely on their own feeble
• 2:51
  strength. The godly are rescued from
• 2:56
  trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead.
• 3:01
  With their words, the godless destroy their friends, but
• 3:05
  knowledge will rescue the righteous.
• 3:10
  The whole city celebrates when the godly succeed.
• 3:13
  They shout for joy when the wicked die.
• 3:18
  Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper, But
• 3:23
  the talk of the wicked tears it apart.
• 3:28
  It is foolish to be little one's neighbour.
• 3:31
  A sensible person keeps quiet. Lord, thank you for your wisdom.
• 3:48
  You are not a God in an ivory tower who speaks in languages
• 3:51
  that we don't even get, but you speak right to us in a way that
• 3:56
  we understand. And all the wisdom here just
• 3:59
  speaks into our lives. And Lord, you speak of upright
• 4:04
  citizens being so good for the communities in which they live,
• 4:09
  but that the talk of the wicked tears it apart.
• 4:13
  Oh, we have indeed seen that in our lives and in our
• 4:16
  communities. Lord, I pray that you would
• 4:19
  shape us to be the sorts of citizens, the sorts of people,
• 4:24
  the sorts of community members that would be good for our
• 4:27
  communities. And that through our diligence,
• 4:31
  our care, and us bringing in Your Kingdom, upholding those
• 4:37
  without a voice, speaking with kindness and patience, and
• 4:41
  putting the needs of others before our own.
• 4:44
  That as we do this as grapes around us would prosper and that
• 4:50
  we would not be those who speak wickedly to tear our communities
• 4:56
  apart. But Lord, as those people do
• 5:00
  that as the evil one has his way and breaks our communities down.
• 5:05
  Lord, may it be the the kind presence of your people that
• 5:10
  continues to hold them together. Because we want people to be
• 5:16
  whole. You want your children to be
• 5:18
  whole. And so we just continue to offer
• 5:22
  ourselves to you as your instruments of wholeness in our
• 5:26
  world as we live day to day, but particularly today.
• 5:30
  Give us your way, your will, your heart, and your words as we
• 5:34
  go about being a part of the communities in which we are.
• 5:38
  We love you and we want to be your people, representing you
• 5:42
  and your ways. We pray this all in your name,
• 5:45
  Jesus, Amen.