October 22, 2023 … Prudent Living …

October 22, 2023 … Prudent Living …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Riley Clemmons singing … For The Good …  Poignantly and yet powerfully singing of how following Christ is the only prudent way to go in life. 

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Highlight Passage: … Proverbs 27:12 [NLT] … 

12 A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.  The simpleton goes blindly on and offers the consequences. 

…  God, thru Solomon, teaches that believers take prudent action to avoid danger in life by following God.             

              

Highlight Passage (Context): … Proverbs 27:8-12 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  </b>

… Solomon teaches that the wise person following God’s will takes prudent action to avoid danger.     

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Reference Passage: …Psalms 119:105 [NLT] … 

105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.    

…King David sings of God giving us His truth to lead us in our path in life. 

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon, shows believers that our trust in God leads us to in His way rather than failing in life taking our own way.        

Reference Passage; … John 14:26  [NLT] … 

26 But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit— He will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.     

… Jesus promises those who follow Him as disciples the leading and teaching of the Holy Spirit in their (our) lives.          

Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:5 [NLT] … 

5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.   

… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians to pursue and develop the same attitude as Christ as we live to serve and follow His will and His ways.   

Reference Passage: … 2Peter 1:2-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Peter teaches fellow Christians about growing in Christlikeness to be able to follow His ways with Godly wisdom.  

                                                                              

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Will Collier … AT THIS LINK…  tells how the foolish leaders of Hamburg, Germany, in 1892, ignoring the wisdom and research of scientists. like Robert Koch,  who warned of the need to filter their water, allowed over 10,000 of their citizens to die of cholera. 

And as the Scriptures cited above attest, if we plod ahead in life, ignoring God’s truth, we are being imprudent fools which can lead us to ignore Godly wisdom, leading to destruction and death.  Personally, I’m staying with the disciplines of my faith to lead me - DAILY - to prudent and Christlike living.   How about you?    

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for leading me, by Your word, Lord, to the prudence of following Your way rather than my own foolish ways.                     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to prudently follow Your ways, Lord, thru Your word..  … Amen

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