Sunday Morning, May 1, 2016
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SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 13
-Sin is very deceitful.
-Pride causes contention to come.
-People will get mad over feeling disrespected or not getting the proper recognition they believe they deserve.
-You eliminate a lot of problems in your life when you take out pride.
-Wise people take good advice.
-When other people are giving you good advice, take it with a positive humble attitude.
SCRIPTURE: Romans 10 & 11
-Be what God says for you to be. No excuses.
-People need to tell you the truth when you are not right.
SCRIPTURE: Lamentations 2
-Sin is wicked.
-There is no reason for you to be upset for the correction of your own sin.
-Very few people respond righteously when corrected, are you or will you be one of those few?
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 23
-Make sure you are not listening to false prophets. You need the truth.
SCRIPTURE: Nehemiah 8 & 9
-With correction does not mean you have to have an angry or depressed response. You emotions and response matters to God.
-When God’s word is being preached or read do you show it the proper respect?
-Learn to say amen. Don’t be inactive in church, if you hear something that is good or even something that you need to change say AMEN!
-When is the last time you raised your hand for the reading of the word and said amen?
-There are too many bored people in church and the very word they are sleeping on can change their life.
-God is a forgiving God, but have you asked for forgiveness?
-God has blessed you, but are you using your life to glorify and honor God?
-If you have not ben what God has called you to be then seek forgiveness.
SCRIPTURE: Ezra 9