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 --> 00:00:07.440 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:15.720 Well, good morning, good more this week talk the whole 5 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:21.559 through good More. Good morning to you. Nothing will be 6 00:00:21.559 --> 00:00:25.079 grander than living in Louisiana. Whatever. I can't say it. 7 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:30.039 I never said. No, it's happy through the song anyway, 8 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:33.039 it's not even in the first verse. That's right. Hey, Well, 9 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:34.359 good morning everybody. 10 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:36.759 And we hope that you are having a wonderful day, 11 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:39.960 and we hope that reading God's word will maybe. 12 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:41.719 Set you up to even have a better day. Yes, 13 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:44.479 how about that? That's great. I believe it will. Yes. 14 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:46.960 And we have a segment today. 15 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:51.520 We have a segment today and the segment is called Mailbags. 16 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:53.280 Mail Bags. 17 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:56.880 Today's segment is written in from a guy named Tom Kay. 18 00:00:57.399 --> 00:01:00.479 Hi Tom, but it's not Kay Why it's Kate letter. 19 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:01.920 Not. 20 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:06.319 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 --> 00:01:13.519 Hi Tom. Here's here's what Tom says. What is one 23 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:17.319 achievement you feel most proud of, something that stands out 24 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:19.760 as a significant milestone in your journey of personal growth. 25 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:22.200 It could be an experience where you became a challenge 26 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:26.120 or made a meaningful impact, or reached a goal that 27 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:27.840 holds the value to you. 28 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:30.239 So a wide range. Yes, right. 29 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:33.159 It could be meaningful, like significant, or it could be 30 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:35.519 something like just a personal goal, or it could be 31 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:38.040 like a challenge that we personally overcame. 32 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:39.719 So that's a. 33 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:45.519 Wide I mean, our achievements are so fast and so numerous, 34 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:46.560 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 --> 00:02:07.079 Have you ever seen the movie The bucket List? Yes 41 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:09.599 you did, really? Yeah, where where they had a bucket 42 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:14.080 list of always and technicolis. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I have 43 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:16.400 a bucket list because of that movie. Oh do you really? Yeah, 44 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:18.319 I've told you about my bucket list. I know that, 45 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:22.080 but I know it was because that's really cool. Anyway, 46 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:25.680 I'm kicking them off, so I have. Let me sure. 47 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:31.520 It sounds frivolous, but it actually was rooted in a 48 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:37.159 personal achievement. Oa, So I have and still do have 49 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:39.520 an incredible fear of heights. 50 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:45.159 I don't like heights. I have a hard time. 51 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:47.520 You know that bridge in Michigan, Northern Michigan where you 52 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:49.240 walk and there's as. 53 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:50.560 A glass and as a glass bottom. 54 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:54.080 I just did that and it's not even like it's 55 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:57.000 not even that scary, right, and it's super wide, it's 56 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.439 super strong, and I just did it with my family 57 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:03.039 this summer, and I had the hardest time walking over 58 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:04.919 that glass wrig. 59 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:09.599 I was I was almost paralyzed, right, So it just 60 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:10.319 comes and goes. 61 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:13.400 Uh So because of that, I just was so tired 62 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:16.159 of it that I wanted to overcome it. So I 63 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:19.280 started off with parasailing and I did, which you know, 64 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:22.159 very very high, right, bungee jumping. 65 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:22.639 I've done that. 66 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:28.479 I've done rock climbing, and I've jumped out of a plane. 67 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:31.240 I did went skydiving. But the first time that I 68 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:32.759 went skydiving, it was one of. 69 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:36.400 The most It was one of the most. 70 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:39.680 Paralyzing things that I have ever experienced in my life. 71 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:42.800 It took every ounce of strength to jump out of 72 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:43.280 that plane. 73 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:45.639 So who jumped you or the guy you were jumping with, 74 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:48.520 it was more so the guy I was jumping with 75 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:51.919 come on, he was, he was. He was strapped to 76 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:54.000 me because you have to clip in right y. Yeah, 77 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:56.719 it was. It's tandem, is what it's called. And uh 78 00:03:56.800 --> 00:03:59.599 and I and and I didn't resist him, but he 79 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:00.919 sort of waddled. 80 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:02.840 Me over to the edge and uh and and you 81 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:04.960 know what, the you know, the weirdest part is is 82 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:06.840 when you're up and you're flying at you know, x 83 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:09.560 amount of miles an hour, you don't really really realize 84 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:12.080 how fast you're going because the clouds are moving real slow. 85 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:15.639 So the guys in front of me, they fell super 86 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:18.839 fast and then they went super uh you know, far back, 87 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:21.399 so literally they went like that. They were like they 88 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:23.600 were just gone right. And when they jumped out in 89 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:26.160 front of me, I was like, I was wanting to 90 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:26.600 throw up. 91 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:29.360 It was just an unbelievable thing. 92 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:32.240 And the idea of you having a solid ground to 93 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:35.759 jump into nothingness, I'm telling you, it's so paralyzing. And 94 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:38.000 and I started I started screaming, and the guy's. 95 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:39.600 Like you okay, okay. I'm like, okay, just go, just 96 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:40.199 go and. 97 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:42.519 He rocks me out and he goes wan And when 98 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:44.879 he rocked me the first time, my face went out 99 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:51.240 into the wind. So he's like one, three and then 100 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:54.959 finally once you jump, then I was okay because I 101 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:56.839 was like, oh, this is kind of nice, you know, 102 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:58.879 and I felt I felt confident. 103 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:01.399 Uh but yeah, it was a huge. 104 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:04.240 Overcoming milestone for me because and then by the way, 105 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:05.360 I did it twice after. 106 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:07.079 That, Well, you have a ton of people that have 107 00:05:07.240 --> 00:05:09.160 so much anxiety just hearing that story. 108 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:11.120 I'm sure so you overcame that. 109 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:14.680 Yeah, And you know what, honestly, the second two times 110 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:18.839 were out of fun, but the first time was because. 111 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:22.079 I had to overcome Wow, good for you, but yours 112 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:24.000 I think along those lines. 113 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:27.399 You know, in college, I got myself kicked out of 114 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:32.279 college twice, and then I was kind of frustrated with 115 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:39.079 my movement and where I was engaged in ministry and stuff, 116 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:41.600 and so I just left for a few years. And 117 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.680 then I felt like God was pulling me back, and 118 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:47.800 uh minutes, I dropped out of Bible College and dropped 119 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:49.759 out of Yeah. So I was still attending in church, 120 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:52.680 but I wasn't preparing for ministry at all. Between my 121 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:55.000 junior and senior year. It was almost four years in 122 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:59.519 between those times. So because I switched schools some you 123 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:01.519 know how, just don't transfer all that kind of stuff. 124 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:06.319 I crammed a four year degree into six years, but 125 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:08.480 then I had to spread it over eight and a 126 00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:10.439 half years to get to get. 127 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:13.279 It all done because of your break. Yeah, because I took. 128 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:17.439 That break, and so I think finishing finally, when I decided, 129 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.600 you know what, I should go back and finish what 130 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.480 I started. So I was twenty seven when I graduated 131 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:25.959 from college, but that was that was kind of a 132 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:27.560 big thing for me to go back and finish what 133 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:30.000 I started because I'd caused my own problem. At the beginning, 134 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:32.600 I wanted to blame other people, but I'd caused my 135 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:34.959 own problems, and so to come back and overcome the 136 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:36.160 problems that caused. 137 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:39.040 It was a big part. There's a big achievement in 138 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.000 my life, I think. So I've known you for how 139 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:45.319 how many years? I don't know, too long, forever nineteen 140 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:46.720 years and nineteen years. 141 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:49.560 Yeah, that is the first time I realized that you 142 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:51.800 actually took a break between your junior and senior year 143 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:54.839 of actual years. Yeah, I knew about the you know, 144 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:56.959 I knew about everything else except for the fact of 145 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:57.600 the time frame. 146 00:06:57.759 --> 00:06:59.439 Yeah, I didn't know that I was married and had 147 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:01.240 two kids when I graduated from college. 148 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:03.639 I did not know that you were twenty seven when 149 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.959 you graduated college. Huh, yeah, that is incredible. 150 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:09.759 Yeah, So I just I think the thing was I 151 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:11.879 didn't give up, right, and so I was proud of that. Wow, 152 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:14.399 which was weird because I've told you before, coming out 153 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:17.759 of high school, I was like the wonder kid. Opportunities 154 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:20.279 people already talking about hiring me all that kind of stuff. 155 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:23.160 Everything I did worked, and then I kind of blew 156 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:26.120 my own life up, not in horrible ways, but just 157 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:29.959 dumb stuff. And then yeah, yeah, and then I got 158 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:32.639 resentful of where I was coming from and couldn't figure 159 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:34.600 out what I wanted to be or do. And then 160 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:36.079 you know, God got a hold of my heart and 161 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:38.040 pulled me back in. I finished up my senior year. 162 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:41.399 At that point, it's hard. You got a pregnant wife 163 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.480 with baby number two, baby number one is growing like 164 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:49.439 a weed. I'm taking twenty two credits both semesters of 165 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:52.879 my senior year and working forty that's working forty fifty 166 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:55.720 hours a week, and then volunteering in my church on Sundays. Yeah, 167 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:58.759 and so that was it was a pretty brutal life 168 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:01.680 that year finished that that was a big achievement. 169 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:02.680 Oh wow, good for you. 170 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:05.759 Yeah, well, I think that's all the time we have. 171 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:08.519 Okay, I was gonna I was gonna mention other ones 172 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:09.000 another one. 173 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:13.279 It's already we're reading proverbs today, so they're little slogans. 174 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:16.319 Okay, So how about this one on a more significant level. 175 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:20.279 For the very first time in my career as a pastor, 176 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:25.240 I organized and executed a five K for the benefit 177 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:28.720 of somebody around the world. So part of an organization 178 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.160 that rescues children from sex trafficking. 179 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:33.720 We actually were able to get. 180 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:38.480 Four hundred and something runners involved and raising money and 181 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:41.360 we raised one hundred and forty thousand dollars benefiting people 182 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:43.879 around the world. And you know what, that was A 183 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:46.679 that was a really cool By the way, it was 184 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:47.200 a lot of work. 185 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:49.960 It's for an organization called Transform one from one yeah 186 00:08:50.200 --> 00:08:51.679 and uh, and it was a lot of work. 187 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:56.799 But when you give selflessly to people that you most 188 00:08:56.919 --> 00:08:59.840 I mean, I've met several of them, but but you know, 189 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:03.840 people you don't meet around the world, it feels really great, 190 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:04.360 you know. 191 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:07.240 Yea, So it was it was a big accomplishment and. 192 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:10.600 And we know, the founder of that ministry and the 193 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:14.080 people leading in that ministry very well, yes, very trustworthy. 194 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:17.399 Where can our listeners get information about transform. 195 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.120 One oh, transform one dot org so it's transformed, then 196 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:23.039 the number one dot org and. 197 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:27.360 Yeah transform and then the number one dot org. 198 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:29.440 Yeah, you know what I would I would love. 199 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:32.799 There's this thing that we came up with on the 200 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:35.600 during the race, I wear a cape. It was really fun, 201 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:37.960 you know because I like superhero but it's a hero 202 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:40.039 thing where you're like, hey, be a hero. 203 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:42.879 To a child, go online and do that monthly sponsorship. 204 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:45.360 So there's different amounts all that kind of stuff, but 205 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:47.000 you know, yeah, that would be the invitation. 206 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:49.600 Well, God says to speak up for those and intervene 207 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:52.799 for and work on behalf of those who can't defend themselves, 208 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:54.480 and so that honors God man, good job. 209 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.080 That's really great. You know what else is really great? 210 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:10.519 Worse ever, yeah, Salomon gives Solomon gives some really great 211 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:13.559 advice here in Proverbs twenty seven. 212 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:16.279 So remember has Akiah was digging through the temple and 213 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:19.799 he finds these other writings of Salomon, and he wants 214 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:21.080 to be a good king, and so this is a 215 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:23.840 big deal. And so this is Proverbs twenty seven through 216 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:26.639 or twenty five through twenty nine are all the writings 217 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:28.799 of Solomon that king has Akaiah found. 218 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.480 Hey, hey, you know that's is great the Bible, the Bible. 219 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:35.679 The Bible is great. That's right, So here you go. 220 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:39.080 In twenty seven verse one, it says, don't brag about tomorrow, 221 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:41.480 since you don't know what the day will bring. And 222 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:44.720 then very appropriate to the segment for today says, let 223 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:47.320 someone else praise you, not your own mouth, a stranger, 224 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:48.200 not your own lips. 225 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.440 Literally, a segment said, what is something you're proud You're 226 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:54.320 proud of? Someone else praise you. Yeah. 227 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:56.960 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but the 228 00:10:57.039 --> 00:11:01.360 resentment caused by a fool is even heavier. Anger is cruel, 229 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:04.480 and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even 230 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:08.840 more dangerous. An open rebuke is better than hidden love. 231 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:12.799 Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses 232 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:16.679 from an enemy. A person who is full refuses honey, 233 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.039 but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry. A 234 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:22.159 person who strays from home is like a bird that 235 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:25.879 strays from its nest. The heartfelt counsel of a friend 236 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:30.279 is as sweet as perfume and incense. Never abandon a friend, 237 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:33.600 either yours or your father's. When disaster strikes, you won't 238 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:35.679 have to ask your brother for assistance. It's better to 239 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:37.559 go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives 240 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:41.360 far away. Be wise, my child, and make your heart glad. 241 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:43.600 Make my heart glad. Then I will be able to 242 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.320 answer my critics. A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. 243 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:53.159 The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. Get 244 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:55.720 security from someone who guarantees a stranger's debt. 245 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:57.000 Get a deposit if he does it. 246 00:11:57.039 --> 00:12:00.799 For foreigners, a loud and cheerful greeting early in the 247 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.039 morning will be taken as a gurs. Oh, here we 248 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:07.320 go again. A charrelsome wife is as annoying as constant 249 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:10.600 dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her complaints is like 250 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:13.600 trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something 251 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:14.080 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 --> 00:12:22.480 problems are, doesn't he? 255 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:27.200 Every every couple chapters? And by the way, both of 256 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:31.440 those things are incredible. We're pictures right. Stopping her complaints 257 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:36.559 is like trying to stop the wind. That's unbelievable. 258 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.559 Because you and I we have no idea what that means. No, 259 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:42.840 we we just we can't stand them. That experience a 260 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:47.000 strange concept Verse seventeen. As iron sharpens iron, so a 261 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:48.279 friend sharpens a friend. 262 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:51.080 That's you and me. By hey man, that's right, there 263 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:53.000 you go, and we have good nuggets in here. It 264 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:55.360 takes a lot of friction to sharpen iron. That's right, 265 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:58.320 that's right, sparks. 266 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.399 As workers who tend to fig tree are allowed to 267 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:07.200 eat the fruit, so workers who protect their employers interests 268 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:10.759 will be rewarded. As a face is reflected in water, 269 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:14.039 so the heart reflects the real person. Just as death 270 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:17.399 and destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied. 271 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:20.600 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a 272 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:24.960 person is tested by being praised. Wow, you cannot separate 273 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:27.320 fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like 274 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:31.320 grain with mortar and pestle. Know the state of your 275 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:33.639 flocks and put your heart into caring for your herds, 276 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:36.320 for riches don't last forever, and the crown might not 277 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:39.960 be passed to the next generation. After the hay is 278 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:42.879 harvested and the new crop appears, and the mountain grasses 279 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:45.600 are gathered in, your sheep will provide wool for clothing, 280 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:47.679 and your goats will provide the price of a field, 281 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.240 and you will have enough goat's milk for yourself and 282 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:51.679 your family and your servant. 283 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:54.320 Girls. Hey, you know what I'm gonna do. I'm going 284 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:56.200 to do something that i've I don't think i've ever 285 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:57.120 done before. Do it. 286 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:00.759 I'm going to say to our listeners that, you know, 287 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:03.600 it would be a really great exercise. Wouldn't be great 288 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:07.159 if everybody who's listening or watching on YouTube, if they 289 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:11.120 could rewind it to the beginning of when you started 290 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:15.080 reading this proverb chapter? What was it twenty seven to 291 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:18.799 one and you read twenty seven verses. Yes, here's a 292 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:22.200 good challenge. Wouldn't it be cool? Go back and listen 293 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:24.639 and pray. Pray, just say quick prayer and say God, 294 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:28.039 let me hear what you need me to hear. Which 295 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:31.360 of these verses will stand out and apply to your 296 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:34.240 life where you're at right now? Because even the single 297 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:37.200 verse that says arpen iron sharpend's iron, well, I mean 298 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:38.519 that's a whole sermon, isn't it right? 299 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:40.720 Right? Talking about do you have a friend in your life? 300 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:42.600 That's right? You know, the. 301 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:47.360 Every single one of these in here are just an 302 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:52.639 unbelievable you know thing here, It's just an unbelievable thing. 303 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:57.279 There's so many great segments in here. You know, listen, 304 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:00.000 death and just as death and destruction are never satisfied, 305 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:05.039 so the human heart is never satisfied. That could be somebody, right, 306 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:08.440 That could be somebody. So yeah, just go through it 307 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:11.200 and just ask yourself like, Okay, God, what verse do 308 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:13.519 you want me to hear? So I encourage everybody to 309 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:16.639 do that, go back and do it, and then say, okay, God, 310 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:18.360 this is the one that stood out to me. Because 311 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:20.679 I'm telling you, when we pray that way and we 312 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:23.759 say God, speak to me, God will use some of 313 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:26.759 these to jump out of the page and you'll be like, wow, 314 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:28.960 this one right here that stands. 315 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:31.440 Out to me. And open rebuke is better than hidden love. 316 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:34.039 You may be mad at somebody for saying something you 317 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:36.480 don't want them to say, but maybe God wants to 318 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:38.279 speak to your heart and say, you know what, they're 319 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:42.440 only trying. They're saying that because they love me. They're 320 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:45.879 saying that because that is a real friend, right, And 321 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:48.559 then the next verse has wounds of a sincere friend 322 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:50.759 are better than many kisses from an enemy. 323 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:52.960 Well, enemy, he's gonna tell you what you want to hear. 324 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:57.399 An enemy necessarily an enemy of your soul that wants 325 00:15:57.480 --> 00:16:00.519 to harm you or kill you intentionally. But a person 326 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:03.399 who's unwilling to tell you the truth. Solomon is saying, 327 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:06.159 they're almost like an enemy because they're not being a 328 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:06.639 true friend. 329 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.519 Yeah, yeah, they're fake. 330 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:10.480 They're fake, right, They're not a true friend, right, because 331 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:13.200 a true friend is going to say, hey, you have 332 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:17.639 you know, you have something on your face right, your 333 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:21.080 zippers down right right, And you're like, wow, I can't 334 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:22.480 believe you said that to them. Well, that's what a 335 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:25.879 true friend says, right, right. So yeah, go back and 336 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:27.879 watch it. I think that'd be a really good exercise. 337 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:29.559 It's great. 338 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:32.159 You know, we love the Life Application Study Bible, yep, 339 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:36.159 And we don't get any money from Tyndale who publishes that. 340 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:38.600 But you should get one. Honestly, you should get one. 341 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:41.879 It helps so much. And you know you read those 342 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:44.919 are a lot of words, but it's they're one liners 343 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:46.960 and so after a while you can just start saying 344 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:48.799 one more one liner and not even thinking about it. 345 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:51.240 So sometimes getting back in and looking at the notes 346 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:54.159 really helps. And we laughed a lot about verses fifteen 347 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:56.360 and sixteen to qarrel, some wife is as annoying, Oh 348 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:58.039 so funny, is it? By the way, I just wanted 349 00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:59.440 to check. Is that why you wanted everybody to go 350 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:01.200 back and really into it one more time. I'm hoping 351 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:01.559 that maybe. 352 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:03.639 Yeah, I'm hoping all the wives. 353 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:09.880 Go back and just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, No, 354 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.920 that's right. I think yesterday has said, don't say you're 355 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.519 making a joke. 356 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:17.160 I'm a fortified city. Yeah, that's right. 357 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:21.319 So but the note for the Life Application Study Bible 358 00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:24.160 applies to all of us, not just wives. It says, 359 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:28.799 quarrelsome nagging, a steady stream of unwanted advice is a 360 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:33.039 form of torture. Yes, and that's what That's the Solomon's thing. 361 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:37.119 It just drives me nuts, like dripping rain. Right, people 362 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:40.200 nag because they think they're not getting through. But nagging 363 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:44.039 hinders communication more than it helps. When tempted to engage 364 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:46.680 in this destructive habit, stop and examine your motives. Are 365 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:50.160 you more concerned about yourself getting your way and being 366 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:53.319 right than about the person you're pretending to help. If 367 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:55.720 you are truly concerned about other people, think of a 368 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:58.440 more effective way to get through to them. Surprise them 369 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:01.440 with words of patience and love, and see what happens. Yeah, right, 370 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:04.599 So that's not just a women thing or whatever. 371 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:04.799 You know. 372 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:10.039 So Solomon is just speaking from his experience a thousand wives, right, 373 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:13.240 and so you know from him, he's just speaking of 374 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:16.720 his experience. But the reality is that constant nagging, it 375 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:19.559 is not just a female thing. It's a male thing 376 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:20.119 to just. 377 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:23.039 Drip drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip drip. 378 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:26.000 That reminds me of the movie Planes, Chains and Amobiles, 379 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:29.200 John Candy and Steve Martin. He says, you're like a 380 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:31.480 chatty Kathy doll with a string, but nobody pulls it 381 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:37.920 except for your true Yeah. 382 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:40.799 He pulls his own string. It's so great, such a 383 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.200 good one. 384 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:47.319 Yeah, A person who is full refuses honey. But even 385 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:51.240 bitter words taste sweet to the hungry. That's a third 386 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:53.480 verse connected to that. Those first two thoughts. 387 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:55.279 A yeah, yeah, it's just so good. 388 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:58.880 Yeah, and then I love verse twenty three and twenty four. 389 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:02.680 This is a very probably of the you know, hundreds 390 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:06.680 of proverbs that I quote on a regular basis, This 391 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:08.880 one is at the top of my list with regard 392 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:12.359 to leadership and responsibility. Know the state of your flocks, 393 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:15.160 and put your heart into caring for your herds. Because 394 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:18.960 riches don't last forever. The crown might not be passed 395 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:21.920 to the next generation, and so he says, Instead, if 396 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:24.400 you're paying attention to your flocks, you're paying attention to 397 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:26.839 your herds. You're paying attention to your crops. After the 398 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:29.160 hay is harvest, the new crop appears and mountain grasses 399 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:30.960 are gathered in, your sheep are going to provide wool 400 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:34.039 for clothing. Your gates will or your goats provide for 401 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:36.319