WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:15.320 practical ways. Well, good morning, good More this week talk 4 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:21.280 the whole through good More. Good morning to you. Nothing 5 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:23.440 will be grander than living in Louisiana. 6 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:28.920 Whatever. I can't say it. I never said. No, it's 7 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:30.519 halfway through the song anyway, it's not even in the 8 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:31.000 first verse. 9 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:31.480 That's right. 10 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:34.359 Hey, Well, good morning everybody. 11 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:36.759 And we hope that you are having a wonderful day, 12 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:40.039 and we hope that reading God's word will maybe set 13 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:41.320 you up to even have a better day. 14 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:44.039 Yes, how about that? That's great. I believe it will. 15 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:46.960 Yes. And we have a segment today. 16 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:51.520 We have a segment today and the segment is called Mailbags. 17 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:55.640 Mail Bags. Today's segment is written in from a guy 18 00:00:55.719 --> 00:00:58.880 named Tom Kay. Hi Tom, but it's not Kay Why 19 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:01.920 it's Kate letter Not. 20 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:06.359 Don't know who that is. I know Tom Kulowski, but 21 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:09.359 he's from Youngstown, Ohio. I doubt he's listening. 22 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:10.920 Hi Tom. 23 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:12.519 Here's here's what Tom says. 24 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:16.640 What is one achievement you feel most proud of, something 25 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:19.079 that stands out as a significant milestone in your journey? 26 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:21.359 Of personal growth. It could be an experience. 27 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:24.280 Where you became a challenge or made a meaningful impact, 28 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:27.840 or reached a goal that holds the value to you. 29 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:30.239 So a wide range, yes, right. 30 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:33.159 It could be meaningful, like significant, or it could be 31 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:35.519 something like just a personal goal, or it could be 32 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:38.040 like a challenge that we personally overcame. 33 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:41.920 So that's a wide I mean, our achievements are so 34 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:46.560 fast and so numerous, not all the. 35 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:49.359 Volumes of the books of the world. 36 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.879 So it's difficult. It's difficult. Oh wait, that was Jesus. 37 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:59.480 That was Jesus. It's difficult to identify just one. You know, 38 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:03.159 perhaps you know, setting the goal to be the humblest 39 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:04.319 person we know. 40 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:06.480 Have you ever seen the movie The bucket List? 41 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:08.039 Yes you did, really? 42 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:09.960 Yeah, where where they had a bucket list. 43 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:14.199 Of always and Technicolis. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I have a 44 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:15.479 bucket list because of that movie. 45 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:16.120 Oh do you really? 46 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:18.319 Yeah, I've told you about my bucket list. I know that, 47 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:19.800 but I do know it was because movie. 48 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:20.800 That's really cool. 49 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:25.680 Anyway, I'm ticking them off, so I have let me Sure. 50 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:31.520 It sounds frivolous, but it actually was rooted in a 51 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:37.159 personal achievement. Okay, so I have and still do have 52 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:39.520 an incredible fear of heights. 53 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:45.159 I don't like heights. I have a hard time. 54 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:47.520 You know that bridge in Michigan, Northern Michigan where you 55 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:49.240 walk and there's as. 56 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:50.560 A glass and as a glass bottom. 57 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:54.080 I just did that and it's not even like it's 58 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:57.000 not even that scary, right, and it's super wide, it's 59 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.439 super strong, and I just did it with my family 60 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:03.039 this summer, and I had the hardest time walking over 61 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:07.759 that glass rich I was. I was almost paralyzed, right, 62 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:12.120 So it just comes and goes. Uh So because of that, 63 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:14.479 I just was so tired of it that I wanted 64 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:18.280 to overcome it. So I started off with parasailing and 65 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:22.159 I did, which you know, very very high, right, bungee jumping. 66 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:22.639 I've done that. 67 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:28.479 I've done rock climbing, and I've jumped out of a plane. 68 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:31.240 I did went skydiving. But the first time that I 69 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:32.759 went skydiving, it was one of. 70 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:36.400 The most It was one of the most. 71 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:39.680 Paralyzing things that I have ever experienced in my life. 72 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:42.800 It took every ounce of strength to jump out of 73 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:43.280 that plane. 74 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.560 So who jumped you or the guy you were jumping with, it. 75 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:49.080 Was more so the guy I was jumping with, Come on, 76 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:50.520 he was he. 77 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:52.879 Was he was strapped to me because you have to 78 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:54.439 clip in, right, Yeah, it was. 79 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:57.280 It's tandem, is what it's called. And uh and I 80 00:03:57.360 --> 00:03:59.960 and and I didn't resist him, but he sort of 81 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:01.000 waddled me over. 82 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:03.080 To the edge and uh and and you know what, 83 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:05.280 the you know, the weirdest part is is when you're 84 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:07.280 up and you're flying at you know, X amount of 85 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:09.960 miles an hour, you don't really really realize how fast 86 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:12.639 you're going because the clouds are moving real slow. So 87 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:16.000 the guys in front of me, they fell super fast 88 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:18.839 and then they went super uh you know, far back, 89 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:21.399 so literally they went like that. They were like they 90 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:23.600 were just gone right. And when they jumped out in 91 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:26.160 front of me, I was like, I was wanting to 92 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:26.600 throw up. 93 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:29.360 It was just an unbelievable thing. 94 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:32.240 And the idea of you having a solid ground to 95 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:35.759 jump into nothingness, I'm telling you, it's so paralyzing. And 96 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:38.000 and I started I started screaming, and the guy's. 97 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:40.199 Like you okay, okay. I'm like, okay, just go, just go, and. 98 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:42.519 He rocks me out and he goes wan. And when 99 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:44.879 he rocked me the first time, my face went out 100 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:45.439 into the wind. 101 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:51.079 So he's like one. 102 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:53.639 Three, and then finally once you jump, then I was 103 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:56.600 okay because I was like, oh, this is kind of nice, 104 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:58.879 you know, and I felt I felt confident. 105 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:01.399 Uh but yeah, it was a huge. 106 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:04.240 Overcoming milestone for me because and then by the way, 107 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:05.480 I did it twice after that. 108 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:07.319 Well, you have a ton of people that have so 109 00:05:07.439 --> 00:05:10.439 much anxiety just hearing that story. I'm sure. I'm so 110 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:12.040 you overcame that proud. 111 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:14.680 Yeah, And you know what, honestly, the second two times 112 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:18.439 were out of fun, but the first time was because 113 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:19.759 I had to overcome Wow. 114 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:24.000 Good for you, but yours, I think along those lines. 115 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:27.399 You know, in college, I got myself kicked out of 116 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:32.279 college twice, and then I was kind of frustrated with 117 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:39.079 my movement and where I was engaged in ministry and stuff, 118 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:41.600 and so I just left for a few years. And 119 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.680 then I felt like God was pulling me back, and 120 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:47.800 uh minutes, I dropped out of Bible College and dropped 121 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:49.759 out of Yeah. So I was still attending in church, 122 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:52.680 but I wasn't preparing for ministry at all. Between my 123 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:55.000 junior and senior year. It was almost four years in 124 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:59.519 between those times. So because I switched schools some you 125 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:01.759 know how don't transfer all that kind of stuff. I 126 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:06.639 crammed a four year degree into six years, but then 127 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:08.759 I had to spread it over eight and a half 128 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:11.000 years to get to get it all done because of 129 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:14.480 your break. Yeah, because I took that break, and so 130 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:17.839 I think finishing finally when I decided, you know what, 131 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:20.240 I should go back and finish what I started. So 132 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:23.639 I was twenty seven when I graduated from college, but 133 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:26.600 that was that was kind of a big thing for 134 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:28.439 me to go back and finish what I started because 135 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:30.319 I'd caused my own problem. At the beginning, I wanted 136 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:33.279 to blame other people, but I'd caused my own problems, 137 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:35.399 and so to come back and overcome the problems that 138 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:39.000 caused it was a big part. There's a big achievement 139 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:39.639 in my life, I think. 140 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:42.040 So I've known you for how how many years? 141 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:46.720 I don't know, too long, forever nineteen years and nineteen years. 142 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:49.560 Yeah, that is the first time I realized that you 143 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:51.800 actually took a break between your junior and senior year 144 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:54.879 of actual years. Yeah, I knew about the you know, 145 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:56.959 I knew about everything else except for the fact of 146 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:57.600 the time frame. 147 00:06:57.759 --> 00:06:59.439 Yeah, I didn't know that I was married and had 148 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:01.240 two kids when I graduated from college. 149 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:03.639 I did not know that you were twenty seven when 150 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.959 you graduated college. Huh, yeah, that is incredible. 151 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:09.759 Yeah, So I just I think the thing was I 152 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:11.879 didn't give up, right, and so I was proud of that. Wow, 153 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:14.399 which was weird because I've told you before, coming out 154 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:17.759 of high school, I was like the wonder kid. Opportunities 155 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:20.279 people already talking about hiring me, all that kind of stuff. 156 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:23.160 Everything I did worked, and then I kind of blew 157 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:26.120 my own life up, not in horrible ways, but just 158 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:29.959 dumb stuff. And then yeah, yeah, and then I got 159 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:32.639 resentful of where I was coming from and couldn't figure 160 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:34.600 out what I wanted to be or do. And then 161 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:36.079 you know, God got a hold of my heart and 162 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:38.040 pulled me back in. I finished up my senior year. 163 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:41.399 At that point, it's hard. You got a pregnant wife 164 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.480 with baby number two, baby number one is growing like 165 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:49.439 a weed. I'm taking twenty two credits both semesters of 166 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:52.879 my senior year and working forty that's working forty fifty 167 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:55.720 hours a week, and then volunteering in my church on Sundays. Yeah, 168 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:58.759 and so that was it was a pretty brutal life 169 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:01.680 that year sort of finished that. That was a big achievement. 170 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:02.680 Oh wow, good for you. 171 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:05.759 Yeah, well, I think that's all the time we have. 172 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:08.120 Okay, I was gonna I was gonna. 173 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:08.519 Mention other ones. 174 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:11.879 Have another one. It's already we're reading proverbs today, so 175 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:13.279 they're little slogans. 176 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:16.319 Okay, So how about this one on a more significant level. 177 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:20.279 For the very first time in my career as a pastor, 178 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:25.240 I organized and executed a five K for the benefit 179 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:28.720 of somebody around the world. So part of an organization 180 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:33.120 that rescues children from sex trafficking, we actually were able 181 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:37.559 to get four hundred and something runners involved and raising 182 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:40.240 money and we raised one hundred and forty thousand dollars 183 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:42.000 benefiting people around the world. 184 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:44.440 And you know what, that was a that was a 185 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:47.159 really cool By the way, it was a lot of work. 186 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:49.600 It's for an organization called Transform one from. 187 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:51.679 One Yeah and uh, and it was a lot of work. 188 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:56.799 But when you give selflessly to people that you most 189 00:08:56.919 --> 00:08:59.840 I mean, I've met several of them, but but you know, 190 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:03.840 people you don't meet around the world, it feels really great, 191 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:04.360 you know. 192 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:07.159 So it was it was a big accomplishment and and 193 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:10.879 we know the founder of that ministry and the people 194 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:14.759 leading in that ministry very well, yes, very trustworthy. Where 195 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:17.399 can our listeners get information about transform. 196 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.120 One oh, transform one dot org so it's transformed, then 197 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:23.039 the number one dot org and. 198 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:27.360 Yeah transform and then the number one dot org. 199 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:29.440 Yeah, you know what I would I would love. 200 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:33.240 There's this thing that we came up with the during 201 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:35.600 the race, I wear a cape. It was really fun, 202 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:37.960 you know because I like superhero but it's a hero 203 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:40.039 thing where you're like, hey, be a hero. 204 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:42.879 To a child, go online and do that monthly sponsorship. 205 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:45.360 So there's different amounts all that kind of stuff, but 206 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:47.000 you know, yeah, that would be the invitation. 207 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:49.600 Well, God says to speak up for those and intervene 208 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:52.799 for and work on behalf of those who can't defend themselves, 209 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:55.440 and so that honors God man, good job. That's really great. 210 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:58.080 You know what else is really great? 211 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:10.519 Worse ever, Yeah, Salomon gives Solomon gives some really great 212 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:13.559 advice here in Proverbs twenty seven. 213 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:16.279 So remember has Akiah was digging through the temple and 214 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:19.799 he finds these other writings of Salomon, and he wants 215 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:21.080 to be a good king, and so this is a 216 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:23.840 big deal. And so this is Proverbs twenty seven through 217 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:26.639 or twenty five through twenty nine are all the writings 218 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:29.639 of Solomon that king has Akaiah found. Hey, hey, you 219 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:31.840 know that's is great the Bible, the Bible. The Bible 220 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:37.000 is great. That's right, So here you go. In twenty 221 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:39.320 seven verse one, it says, don't brag about tomorrow, since 222 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:41.639 you don't know what the day will bring. And then 223 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:45.000 very appropriate to the segment for today, says, let someone 224 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.480 else praise you, not your own mouth, a stranger, not 225 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:48.200 your own lips. 226 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.519 Literally, a segment said, what is something you're proud. 227 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:55.320 You're proud of? Someone else praise you. Yeah, A stone 228 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:57.840 is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused 229 00:10:57.840 --> 00:11:01.759 by a fool is even heavier. Anger is cruel, and 230 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:05.360 wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous. 231 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:10.559 An open rebuke is better than hidden love. Wounds from 232 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:13.440 a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy. 233 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:17.440 A person who is full refuses honey, but even bitter 234 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:20.919 food tastes sweet to the hungry. A person who strays 235 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:23.120 from home is like a bird that strays from its nest. 236 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:26.720 The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as 237 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:31.080 perfume and incense. Never abandon a friend, either yours or 238 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:34.120 your father's. When disaster strikes, you won't have to ask 239 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:36.000 your brother for assistance. It's better to go to a 240 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:39.759 neighbor than to a brother who lives far away. Be wise, 241 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:42.399 my child, and make your heart glad. Make my heart glad. 242 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:45.480 Then I will be able to answer my critics. A 243 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:49.360 prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes 244 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:54.080 blindly on and suffers the consequences. Get security from someone 245 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:56.720 who guarantees a stranger's debt. Get a deposit if he 246 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:00.639 does it. For foreigners, a loud and cheerful greeting early 247 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:03.679 in the morning will be taken as a gurs. Oh, 248 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:06.759 here we go again. A charrelsome wife is as annoying 249 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:10.399 as constant dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her complaints 250 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:12.960 is like trying to stop the wind, or trying to 251 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:14.120 hold something with grease. 252 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:17.639 Stands bro That is unbelievable. 253 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:21.559 Solomon man, He just he lets you know where his 254 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:25.519 problems are, doesn't he? Every every couple chapters? 255 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.639 And by the way, both of those things are incredible. 256 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:29.840 We're pictures right. 257 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:32.600 Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind. 258 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:36.559 That's unbelievable. 259 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.600 Because you and I we have no idea what that means. No, 260 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:42.840 we we just we can't stand them. That experience a 261 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:47.000 strange concept Verse seventeen. As iron sharpens iron, so a 262 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:50.000 friend sharpens a friend. That's you and me, Budy, hey man, 263 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:50.879 that's right. 264 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:52.320 There you go, and we have good nuggets in here. 265 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:54.559 It takes a lot of friction to sharpen iron. 266 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:59.600 That's right, that's right, sparks. 267 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.360 As workers who tend to fig tree are allowed to 268 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:07.200 eat the fruit, so workers who protect their employers interests 269 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:10.759 will be rewarded. As a face is reflected in water, 270 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:14.039 so the heart reflects the real person. Just as death 271 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:17.399 and destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied. 272 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:20.600 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a 273 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:24.960 person is tested by being praised. Wow, you cannot separate 274 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:27.320 fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like 275 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:31.320 grain with mortar and pestle. Know the state of your 276 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:33.639 flocks and put your heart into caring for your herds, 277 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:36.320 for riches don't last forever. And the crown might not 278 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:39.960 be passed to the next generation. After the hay is 279 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:42.879 harvested and the new crop appears, and the mountain grasses 280 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:45.600 are gathered in, your sheep will provide wool for clothing, 281 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:47.679 and your goats will provide the price of a field, 282 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.240 and you will have enough goat's milk for yourself and 283 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:52.360 your family and your servant. Girls. 284 00:13:53.080 --> 00:13:54.039 Hey, you know what I'm gonna do. 285 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:55.879 I'm going to do something that i've I don't think 286 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:56.720 i've ever done before. 287 00:13:56.799 --> 00:13:57.120 Do it. 288 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:00.759 I'm going to say to our listeners that you know, 289 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:03.279 it would be a really great exercise. Would it be 290 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:07.039 great if everybody who's listening or watching on YouTube, if 291 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:10.720 they could rewind it to the beginning of when you 292 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:15.039 started reading this proverb chapter? What was it twenty seven 293 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:18.720 to one and you read twenty seven verses. Yes, here's 294 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:21.799 a good challenge. Wouldn't it be cool? Go back and 295 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:24.639 listen and pray. Pray, just say quick prayer and say God, 296 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:28.039 let me hear what you need me to hear. Which 297 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:31.360 of these verses will stand out and apply to your 298 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:34.240 life where you're at right now, Because even the single 299 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:36.519 verse that says arpen iron sharpend's iron. 300 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:38.879 Well, I mean that's a whole sermon, isn't it right? Right? 301 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:40.720 Talking about do you have a friend in your life? 302 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:41.120 That's right? 303 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:42.600 You know, the. 304 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:47.360 Every single one of these in here are just an 305 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:52.639 unbelievable you know thing here, It's just an unbelievable thing. 306 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:55.799 There's so many great segments in here. 307 00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:59.279 You know, listen, death and just as death and destruction 308 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:02.679 are never satisfied, so the human heart is never satisfied. 309 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:07.600 That could be somebody, right, That could be somebody. So yeah, 310 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:10.519 just go through it and just ask yourself like, Okay, God, 311 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:12.559 what verse do you want me to hear? So I 312 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:14.840 encourage everybody to do that, go back and do it, 313 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:17.200 and then say, okay, God, this is the one that 314 00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:19.720 stood out to me. Because I'm telling you, when we 315 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:21.840 pray that way and we say God, speak to me, 316 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:24.960 God will use some of these to jump out of 317 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:28.080 the page and you'll be like, Wow, this one right 318 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:28.960 here that stands. 319 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:31.440 Out to me. And open rebuke is better than hidden love. 320 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:34.039 You may be mad at somebody for saying something you 321 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:36.480 don't want them to say, but maybe God wants to 322 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:38.279 speak to your heart and say, you know what, They're 323 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:42.440 only trying. They're saying that because they love me. They're 324 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:44.960 saying that because that is a real friend. 325 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:45.759 Right. 326 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:46.879 And then the next verse has. 327 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:50.039 Wounds of a sincere friend are better than many kisses 328 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:50.759 from an enemy. 329 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:52.960 Well, enemy, he's gonna tell you what you want to hear. 330 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:57.399 An enemy necessarily an enemy of your soul that wants 331 00:15:57.480 --> 00:16:00.519 to harm you or kill you intentionally. But a person 332 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:03.399 who's unwilling to tell you the truth. Solomon is saying, 333 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:06.159 they're almost like an enemy because they're not being a 334 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:06.639 true friend. 335 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.519 Yeah, yeah, they're fake. 336 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:10.480 They're fake, right, They're not a true friend, right, because 337 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:13.200 a true friend is going to say, hey, you have 338 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:18.480 you know, you have something on your face right, your zippers. 339 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:19.360 Down right right? 340 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:21.639 And you're like, wow, I can't believe you said that 341 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:24.559 to them. Well that's what a true friend says, right, right. 342 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:26.840 So yeah, go back and watch it. I think that'd 343 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.879 be a really good exercise. 344 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:32.159 It's great. You know, we love the Life Application Study Bible. Yep, 345 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:36.200 And we don't get any money from Tyndale who publishes that. 346 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:38.600 But you should get one, honestly, you should get one. 347 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:41.879 It helps so much. And you know you read those 348 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:44.919 are a lot of words but it's they're one liners, 349 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:46.960 and so after a while you can just start saying 350 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:48.799 one more one liner and not even thinking about it. 351 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:51.240 So sometimes getting back in and looking at the notes 352 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:54.159 really helps. And we laughed a lot about verses fifteen 353 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:56.360 and sixteen to qarrel, some wife is as annoying, Oh 354 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:58.039 so funny, is it? By the way, I just wanted 355 00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:59.440 to check. Is that why you wanted everybody to go 356 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:01.200 back and really into it one more time. I'm hoping 357 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:03.879 that maybe, yeah, I'm hoping all the wives go back 358 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:11.279 and just yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, No, that's right. I 359 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:13.519 think yesterday has said, don't say you're making a joke. 360 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:15.400 I'm a fortified city. 361 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:20.279 Yeah that's right. So but the note for the Life 362 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:23.039 Application Study Bible applies to all of us, not just wives. 363 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:28.480 It says, quarrelsome nagging, a steady stream of unwanted advice 364 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:31.920 is a form of torture. Yes, and that's what that's 365 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:34.000 the Solomon's thing. It just drives me. 366 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:35.759 Nuts, like dripping rain. 367 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:39.359 Right, people nag because they think they're not getting through, 368 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:43.440 But nagging hinders communication more than it helps. When tempted 369 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:46.519 to engage in this destructive habit, stop and examine your motives. 370 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:49.880 Are you more concerned about yourself getting your way and 371 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:52.640 being right than about the person you're pretending to help. 372 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.599 If you are truly concerned about other people, think of 373 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:58.200 a more effective way to get through to them. Surprise 374 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:01.400 them with words of patience and love, and see what happens. Yeah, right, 375 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:04.799 So that's not just a women thing or whatever. You know. 376 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:10.039 So Solomon is just speaking from his experience a thousand wives, right, 377 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:13.240 and so you know from him, he's just speaking of 378 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:17.279 his experience. But the reality is that constant nagging is 379 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:19.680 not just a female thing. It's a male thing. To 380 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:23.039 just drip drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip drip. 381 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:26.000 That reminds me of the movie Planes, Chains and Amobiles, 382 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:29.200 John Candy and Steve Martin. He says, you're like a 383 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:31.480 chatty Kathy doll with a string, but nobody pulls it 384 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.000 except for you. 385 00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:39.920 Right, true, Yeah, he pulls his own string. It's so great, 386 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.240 such a good one. 387 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:47.319 Yeah, A person who is full refuses honey, but even 388 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:51.240 bitter words taste sweet to the hungry. That's a third 389 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:53.279 verse connected to that, those first two thoughts. 390 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:57.160 Ryeah, Yeah, it's just so good, yeah. 391 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:58.880 And then I love verse twenty three and twenty four. 392 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:02.680 This is a very probably of the you know, hundreds 393 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:06.680 of proverbs that I quote on a regular basis, this 394 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:08.880 one is at the top of my list with regard 395 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:12.359 to leadership and responsibility. Know the state of your flocks, 396 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:15.160 and put your heart into caring for your herds. Because 397 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:18.960 riches don't last forever. The crown might not be passed 398 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:21.920 to the next generation, and so he says, Instead, if 399 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:24.400 you're paying attention to your flocks, you're paying attention to 400 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:26.839 your herds. You're paying attention to your crops. After the 401 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:29.160