----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 11:53 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Sunday July 5
> Proverbs 4-6 (The Message) > > Proverbs 4 > Your Life Is at Stake > 1-2 Listen, friends, to some fatherly advice; sit up and take notice so > you'll know how to live. > I'm giving you good counsel; > don't let it go in one ear and out the other. > > 3-9 When I was a boy at my father's knee, > the pride and joy of my mother, > He would sit me down and drill me: > "Take this to heart. Do what I tell you-live! > Sell everything and buy Wisdom! Forage for Understanding! > Don't forget one word! Don't deviate an inch! > Never walk away from Wisdom-she guards your life; > love her-she keeps her eye on you. > Above all and before all, do this: Get Wisdom! > Write this at the top of your list: Get Understanding! > Throw your arms around her-believe me, you won't regret it; > never let her go-she'll make your life glorious. > She'll garland your life with grace, > she'll festoon your days with beauty." > > 10-15 Dear friend, take my advice; > it will add years to your life. > I'm writing out clear directions to Wisdom Way, > I'm drawing a map to Righteous Road. > I don't want you ending up in blind alleys, > or wasting time making wrong turns. > Hold tight to good advice; don't relax your grip. > Guard it well-your life is at stake! > Don't take Wicked Bypass; > don't so much as set foot on that road. > Stay clear of it; give it a wide berth. > Make a detour and be on your way. > > 16-17 Evil people are restless > unless they're making trouble; > They can't get a good night's sleep > unless they've made life miserable for somebody. > Perversity is their food and drink, > violence their drug of choice. > > 18-19 The ways of right-living people glow with light; > the longer they live, the brighter they shine. > But the road of wrongdoing gets darker and darker- > travelers can't see a thing; they fall flat on their faces. > Learn It by Heart > 20-22 Dear friend, listen well to my words; > tune your ears to my voice. > Keep my message in plain view at all times. > Concentrate! Learn it by heart! > Those who discover these words live, really live; > body and soul, they're bursting with health. > > 23-27 Keep vigilant watch over your heart; > that's where life starts. > Don't talk out of both sides of your mouth; > avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip. > Keep your eyes straight ahead; > ignore all sideshow distractions. > Watch your step, > and the road will stretch out smooth before you. > Look neither right nor left; > leave evil in the dust. > Proverbs 5 > Nothing but Sin and Bones > 1-2 Dear friend, pay close attention to this, my wisdom; listen very > closely to the way I see it. > Then you'll acquire a taste for good sense; > what I tell you will keep you out of trouble. > > 3-6 The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet, > her soft words are oh so smooth. > But it won't be long before she's gravel in your mouth, > a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart. > She's dancing down the primrose path to Death; > she's headed straight for Hell and taking you with her. > She hasn't a clue about Real Life, > about who she is or where she's going. > > 7-14 So, my friend, listen closely; > don't treat my words casually. > Keep your distance from such a woman; > absolutely stay out of her neighborhood. > You don't want to squander your wonderful life, > to waste your precious life among the hardhearted. > Why should you allow strangers to take advantage of you? > Why be exploited by those who care nothing for you? > You don't want to end your life full of regrets, > nothing but sin and bones, > Saying, "Oh, why didn't I do what they told me? > Why did I reject a disciplined life? > Why didn't I listen to my mentors, > or take my teachers seriously? > My life is ruined! > I haven't one blessed thing to show for my life!" > Never Take Love for Granted > 15-16 Do you know the saying, "Drink from your own rain barrel, > draw water from your own spring-fed well"? > It's true. Otherwise, you may one day come home > and find your barrel empty and your well polluted. > > 17-20 Your spring water is for you and you only, > not to be passed around among strangers. > Bless your fresh-flowing fountain! > Enjoy the wife you married as a young man! > Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose- > don't ever quit taking delight in her body. > Never take her love for granted! > Why would you trade enduring intimacies for cheap thrills with a whore? > for dalliance with a promiscuous stranger? > > 21-23 Mark well that God doesn't miss a move you make; > he's aware of every step you take. > The shadow of your sin will overtake you; > you'll find yourself stumbling all over yourself in the dark. > Death is the reward of an undisciplined life; > your foolish decisions trap you in a dead end. > Proverbs 6 > Like a Deer from the Hunter > 1-5 Dear friend, if you've gone into hock with your neighbor or locked > yourself into a deal with a > stranger, > If you've impulsively promised the shirt off your back > and now find yourself shivering out in the cold, > Friend, don't waste a minute, get yourself out of that mess. > You're in that man's clutches! > Go, put on a long face; act desperate. > Don't procrastinate- > there's no time to lose. > Run like a deer from the hunter, > fly like a bird from the trapper! > A Lesson from the Ant > 6-11 You lazy fool, look at an ant. > Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two. > Nobody has to tell it what to do. > All summer it stores up food; > at harvest it stockpiles provisions. > So how long are you going to laze around doing nothing? > How long before you get out of bed? > A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, > sit back, take it easy-do you know what comes next? > Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, > poverty your permanent houseguest! > Always Cooking Up Something Nasty > 12-15 Riffraff and rascals > talk out of both sides of their mouths. > They wink at each other, they shuffle their feet, > they cross their fingers behind their backs. > Their perverse minds are always cooking up something nasty, > always stirring up trouble. > Catastrophe is just around the corner for them, > a total smashup, their lives ruined beyond repair. > Seven Things God Hates > 16-19 Here are six things God hates, > and one more that he loathes with a passion: > eyes that are arrogant, > a tongue that lies, > hands that murder the innocent, > a heart that hatches evil plots, > feet that race down a wicked track, > a mouth that lies under oath, > a troublemaker in the family. > Warning on Adultery > 20-23 Good friend, follow your father's good advice; > don't wander off from your mother's teachings. > Wrap yourself in them from head to foot; > wear them like a scarf around your neck. > Wherever you walk, they'll guide you; > whenever you rest, they'll guard you; > when you wake up, they'll tell you what's next. > For sound advice is a beacon, > good teaching is a light, > moral discipline is a life path. > > 24-35 They'll protect you from wanton women, > from the seductive talk of some temptress. > Don't lustfully fantasize on her beauty, > nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes. > You can buy an hour with a whore for a loaf of bread, > but a wanton woman may well eat you alive. > Can you build a fire in your lap > and not burn your pants? > Can you walk barefoot on hot coals > and not get blisters? > It's the same when you have sex with your neighbor's wife: > Touch her and you'll pay for it. No excuses. > Hunger is no excuse > for a thief to steal; > When he's caught he has to pay it back, > even if he has to put his whole house in hock. > Adultery is a brainless act, > soul-destroying, self-destructive; > Expect a bloody nose, a black eye, > and a reputation ruined for good. > For jealousy detonates rage in a cheated husband; > wild for revenge, he won't make allowances. > Nothing you say or pay will make it all right; > neither bribes nor reason will satisfy him. > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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