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Heart Like Medicine

2010-06-20T05:00:00.000-07:00

12-07-09Proverbs 17:22Designed for the sick medicine provides the cure the body needs to combat sickness. There are many types of medicine, some target pain, some viruses, some bacteria, some regulate the body and some assist the organs when malfunctioning. Not overly concerned with the causes of sickness, medicine target attacks that drains life of its health. The aim is to bring the body to

Froward Heart - 2

2010-06-16T05:00:00.000-07:00

12-04-09Proverbs 17:20The circumstances leading to misfortune are seldom recognized but the experiences of the misfortune are often clear. What cause good and bad experience? What could be done to promote more of the enjoyable and less of the unfortunate? What part does the heart have in all of this? Proverbs provides answers.Reality is often developed from what is experienced in life. The

The Heart as Teacher

2010-06-13T05:00:00.000-07:00

12-01-09Proverbs 16:23It is good to know what to say, but oh too often the right words doesn’t come out right nor is it received in the rightness intended. In these times advice is taken as an insult because of how it was presented. Perhaps you have experienced the frustration and embarrassment from saying good things in the wrong way. These moments act as tools to motivate toward a better way

Heart to It

2010-06-09T05:00:00.000-07:00

12-03-09Proverbs 17:16We do not intentionally make vain sacrifices. Whenever intentional sacrifices are made there are subtle expectations for some sort of benefit. Proverbs introduces us to a question regarding the price in the hand of the fool in relation to what is in the heart. This question helps prompts carefully consideration of the input from a fool.‘Heart to It’ suggests that in the

The Heart: a Place for Trying

2010-06-06T04:58:00.000-07:00

12-02-09Proverbs 17:3I have often wandered, why we have to experience hard times. Why are there so many disappointments? Why do we have to work so hard? The answer that came was not what I really wanted to hear but it did help me understand why and in understanding I am better able to endure. The answer is ‘it’s a process’. The rough times, hard experiences and disappointments are all apart

Heart with a plan

2010-05-23T02:00:00.000-07:00

11-26-09Proverbs 16:9Planning and planning, there is a continuous flow of never ending plans. Day in and day out plans are being made. Arrangement to do this and arrangement to do that, we frequently arrange and rearrange what we do and how we do it. Even in the midst of the arrangement plans are still being made. Ingrained in plans are expectations, one of which relates to its connection to

Proud in Heart

2010-05-19T02:00:00.000-07:00

11-25-09Proverbs 16:5Among all parts of an individual the heart is examined the most. The mannerisms, the plans, and the character are all products of the heart. When the heart develops character it has established itself into a mode defining who it is, what it will be and what it will do. The Lord recognizes the character, some of which is pleasing and some a turn off. Proverbs talks about

What causes a rejoicing Heart?

2010-05-16T02:05:00.000-07:00

11-23-09Proverbs 15:30Light is a form of energy that allows sight through illumination. With light the eyes gain perception which can be used to escape dark, closed, restricted and void conditions. We seldom recognize the eyes as a source of light to the heart but Proverbs says the eyes not only give light it rejoices the heart. How does light in the eyes rejoice the heart? Eyes have a direct

The Heart of the Righteous Studies

2010-05-12T02:00:00.000-07:00

11-21-09Proverbs 15:28Finding solutions to problems, addressing concerns or simply getting directions are essentials for mental and emotional stability. At some point questions will arise, whether they come from within or without, being able to find the answers provide a sense of satisfaction that dissolves confusion and frustration. Unfortunately, some answers do not always come when needed,

A Merry Heart Continues to Feast

2010-05-09T02:00:00.000-07:00

11-20-09Proverbs 15:15The troubling experiences that come from day to day are unfortunate. Financial losses, foreclosures, job difficulties, stressful living conditions, challenging confrontations, demanding situations, medical illness and bad health all cause some level of affliction. No one is exempted, as long as there is life their will be afflictions. Some have learned how to make the

Heart of Understanding

2010-05-05T01:41:00.000-07:00

11-19-09Proverbs 15:14The form of the heart determines how the heart will function; aligning the pursuits, outlining the course of action and issuing the working orders. Proverbs tells us the heart that has understanding seeks knowledge. The presence of understanding has made a design in the heart which fixed its operation to seek after knowledge. In this fixed position, the heart performs as

Merry Heart

2010-05-02T01:00:00.000-07:00

11-18-09Proverbs 15:13We often become the by-product of what is in us; that is what is at work in the heart. The beliefs that frame our mode of thinking, the forces that stimulate our emotions and the desires that influence our choices not only steer us through the ups and downs of everyday life, but also produces our persona. Proverbs speaks of the impact of being merry and sorrowful upon the

The Heart: a place for realization

2010-04-14T06:00:00.000-07:00