“Exceeding Wise” – Proverbs 30:24-28
Proverbs 1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; And a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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Proverbs 30:25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
2 Timothy 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
A few areas that are deserving of planning and preparation:
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Proverbs 30:26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
The problem we find in life is not the presence of weakness, but the denial of its presence in our lives.
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Psalm 62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
1 Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
When we become vain, we are heading for pain.
Practical steps to take this summer:
A. to Church
Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
B. in a Small Group
C. To Bible Study
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Proverbs 30:27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Acts 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
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Proverbs 30:28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.