Proverbs Project: Accepting Correction & The Fear of the LORD

Proverbs related to Accepting Correction & The Fear of the LORD:

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Proverbs 1:7
7          The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

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Proverbs 1:23-33 [WISDOM PERSONIFIED SPEAKING]
23        If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
24        But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
25        since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
26        I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you–
27        when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
28      “Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
29        Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
30        since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
31        they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
32        For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33        but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.”

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New Overflow Series: The Proverbs Project

For the past month, I have been on a mission to lose weight.

Amazingly, putting down the fork and picking up an exercise regime bears fruit – who’d have thunk it?

Sometimes we want less of something – sometimes less is good.

I want to weigh less. I want less stress. I wish there were less boy bands, less reality shows, and less references to Snooki in the media.

Often, less is good – great, in fact.

But sometimes less is not good.
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The Next Chapter

OUR MOVE

A wise man once said, “Change is inevitable … except from a payphone.” There is some truth to that statement as it pertains to life, and a big change is coming for my family soon.

In a couple of months, we will no longer be residents of the west coast.

We announced a few weeks ago to the Lake Merced Church of Christ we would be resigning our positions in June and leaving San Francisco.

The past few years in this city have been a rich learning experience. God blessed us to accomplish many of the goals we set out to accomplish and to touch many lives, but ultimately we do not feel He is leading us to be here long-term.
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