“You are Your Choices”
Wednesday Night April 18, 2012
keywords: Proverbs 18, Matthew 18
scriptures:consequences, blessing, cursing, heart, choices, mouth
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We need to be trying to better in God- to be more of God wants to be. Proverbs is about teaching lessons in God. When we turn away from God, there are consequences. Living for God is not only about blessing but if we go against God there are also cursings. Sometimes God gives people over to a reprobate mind. He doesn’t give up on people but gives people over to their own foolish thinking if that is what they are bent on doing.
Proverbs 18:1-2 – People want to get off by themselves and do what they want to do and not what God wants. People will follow there heart and do what they want to do. They will leave their own children because they want to do something. You need to understand this about your heart discovering itself- you are the choices that you make. If you chose to respond in a nasty and
negative way then that is you. How do you make choices?
Proverbs 18:3-5, 6,7,9-13, 15-18 Verse 6 -you are going to judged by what you say. Verse 7 -You don’t want your mouth to snare your soul. Verse 9 -Don’t be lazy. Verse 10 – We should run to the Lord when we have problems. Sometimes you have to go get people and drag them to the Lord- to the tower of safety. Verse 12 -usually when someone gets stubborn and prideful they end up going ahead and doing something and getting in trouble. Verse 15 – people who want to know will listen. Verse 16 -sometimes you have to give to be to able to be called upon. Verse 17 -sometimes people run to try to get their story first instead of telling the truth then someone has to sort it out.
Verse 18- sometimes they would flip a coin to decide things- it would solve things without arguments. Verse 18 -sometimes people don’t want to change and talking with them is like trying to get through bars. Matthew 18:15-20 – Some people don’t want to try to make up; they just want to be mad. Verse 16- The world hates this because this is not how the world solves problems. You have to solve issues and not have people hating each other.