Hope for the Harried Household

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  • Posted by Tim
  • Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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    • "Wisdom is not listening to wise sayings. And wisdom is not writing notes on the hearing of wise sayings. Wisdom is not the amassing of journal pages of pithy statements of insight. Wisdom never truly becomes wisdom until it is put to work in one's life."

    Written to provide navigational wisdom for safely and successfully traveling the troubled waters of life, Proverbs is a "user-friendly" manual of insight. But perhaps in our numerous readings of this collection, you have noticed that it is designed to give us glimpses of multiple topics, yet rarely categorizing and grouping them for simple contemplation. Having not been present when the Spirit guided the construction of the book, we can only speculate as to His purpose for this design. I suspect that at least one explanation is that we are to read and think deeply on a statement/declaration, rather than simply accumulate topical lists of related statements. To read Proverbs is to be challenged to think Proverbs with a mind to apply/live Proverbs. It is a "user-friendly" manual of insight.
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    Training Up a Child

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  • Posted by Tim
  • Friday, June 25, 2010
    • "Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

    Parenting world-class kids requires dedication! Training requires both doing and giving up.

    "It was as much a reaction as anything," Landon Donovan said. "But what went into all of that was a lot of hard work!" USA-1, Algeria-0

    Training requires both doing and giving up.

    Thomas Edison insightfully stated, "The first requirement of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary." This is the price of "training up children," a single-minded, never giving-up dedication to the highest mark of success any parent may attain.
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    A Story of Revival

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  • Posted by Tim
  • Wednesday, June 23, 2010
    • Revival - "The work of God in waking His church!"

    When we hear the word "revival" what images are conjured up in the mind? We probably have visions of hot summer nights, sitting under a large tent with a passionate and fervent preacher whose electrifying elocution and overwhelming oratory overwhelms the audience to action. Or perhaps we think of a drowning swimmer who is "revived" by the efforts of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

    Pastor Scott Carlson reminded us this past Sunday of God's perspective on revival as we were reminded of the church in Corinth and the ways God used Paul in accomplishing the waking of this church.
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    A Mind Focussed on the Simple Gospel

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  • Posted by Tim
  • Friday, June 18, 2010
    • This Sunday Scott Carlson, former elder at Faith Bible Church and current pastor of Fellowship Bible Church in Newman Grove, Nebraska, will be filling the pulpit for Pastor Tom. He will be preaching the same message both services from 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 titled "A Mind Focused on the Simple Gospel."

    As you prepare for worship on Sunday take time to read through the following passages and prepare your heart to hear God's Word.
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    Parenting is a Team Sport

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  • Posted by Tim
  • Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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    • Dad, Get Back in the Game!

    "The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise son will be glad in him; let your father and your mother be glad, and let her rejoice who gave birth to you." Proverbs 23:24-25

    Throughout our study together in Proverbs, it is noteworthy the number of times we read the phrase..."my son" as the writer of the book endeavors to communicate truth to his/her child.

    "Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching." Proverbs 1:8
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