finding our focus (nagging is like fighting squirrels)
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FINDING OUR FOCUS
The Pearl Principle for Understanding Proverbs
Each individual proverb is like a single pearl. When placed on a strand with other matching pearls (proverbs) they create a beautiful necklace.
- Don’t make a single proverb a universal, legal guarantee from God.
- Don’t make a single proverb an exhaustive statement of truth.
- Understand individual proverbs in the light of the entire collection of Proverbs.
- In seeking to apply a proverb, be sure to validate the application through the context of the entire Bible.
- Proverbs normally transcend culture and time and are easily understood.
- Proverbs are made to be easily remembered.
(From unpublished notes on Proverbs by Dr. David Mappes)
Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.
Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.
Proverbs 16:2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.
Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.
Proverbs 16:2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.
Proverbs 20:24 A person’s steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand their own way?
Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.
Proverbs 16:2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.
Proverbs 20:24 A person’s steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand their own way?
Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.
Proverbs 16:2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.
Proverbs 20:24 A person’s steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand their own way?
Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths.
The Pearl Principle for Understanding Proverbs
Each individual proverb is like a single pearl. When placed on a strand with other matching pearls (proverbs) they create a beautiful necklace.
- Don’t make a single proverb a universal, legal guarantee from God.
- Don’t make a single proverb an exhaustive statement of truth.
- Understand individual proverbs in the light of the entire collection of Proverbs.
- In seeking to apply a proverb, be sure to validate the application through the context of the entire Bible.
- Proverbs normally transcend culture and time and are easily understood.
- Proverbs are made to be easily remembered.
(From unpublished notes on Proverbs by Dr. David Mappes)
FALSE FOCUS (Control)
Fueled by fears
Finding Fault
Force Feeding
ReproofDiscipline
Fighting a Pointless Battle
Frustration and Failure
fear
fault
force
fight
fail
Feedback Loop
TRUE FOCUS (WISDOM)
TRUE FOCUS (WISDOM)
Fueled by Fear of the Lord
“A woman who fears the Lord will not run away from God to satisfy her longings and relieve her anxieties. She will wait for the Lord. She will hope in God. She will stay close to the heart of God and trust in his promises. The prospect of departing into the way of sin will be too fearful to pursue; and the benefits of abiding in the shadow of the Almighty too glorious to forsake.”John Piper
TRUE FOCUS (WISDOM)
Finding Our Center (Prayer)
TRUE FOCUS (WISDOM)
Flood Our Brains (Truth)
TRUE FOCUS (WISDOM)
Freedom from fears
TRUE FOCUS (WISDOM)
Flowing Out and Over
TRUE FOCUS (WISDOM)
Fashion a Haven
FINDING OUR FOCUS
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