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HARRY ALLISON's comment on 5/19/2012, 6:53am...
I LIKE WHERE JESUS TALKS ABOUT THE USE of the poor and needy to seem to exhibit greater FAITH in HIM than those who think that they have everything already.JESUS LOVES US ALL.caution;watch out for "self" who is the unnoticed enemy!
HARRY ALLISON's comment on 4/19/2012, 6:09am...
BE DILIGENT toward the right goal (which is JESUS)....
HARRY ALLISON's comment on 3/19/2012, 5:53am...
an evangelist from KENYA named LUIS MENSA turned me on to this idea of reading a chapter of proverbs a day according to todays date .31 chapters 31 days coincidence ....over the years of reading this chapter ,today the word "value" comes to mind .where is my value system at?JESUS LOVES YOU!
Bonnie's comment on 10/18/2011, 1:32pm...
8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Where do we get wisdom and understanding? From God's words. He preserved them for us and promises to teach us and lead us with His Words. Read Psalm 119. The entire chapter is about his words. I think that there is one verse in the whole chapter that doesn't refer to his words, or his precepts, or his statutes, etc. Our God is amazing.....
Reggie's comment on 7/03/2011, 1:44pm...
Here in ch.19;4, wisdom reveals how and what is used by God to get the guy back in ch18;1, to go on his quest for seeking and pursuing wisdom, in the first place.Separating oneself goes before the pursuit! So in vs.4, we can see that "separation", froms God's viewpoint to usward is automatically accomplished in your poverty, for being poor and sensing a severe weakness will both work "separation" and one's desire for wisdom from God! Vs.4 -"Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor." Also back in ch.14;20 " The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; but the rich hath many friends."
When i was making $6,000 a week, i found it hard to drive my pickup, for all the friendly cell calls! My oldest son then would call often and i was so full of friends, with invites to come here and go there. But now having gone 30 months with no work and having lost business,home, boats, tools, and all credit- no one calls! It's so quite! I don't even need a phone! I see being poor automatically brings "separation", its akin to financial leporsy.And in Vs.7, " All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? And now my heart, being not bitter but hungry for God's wisdom - hence the pursuit.
Ch.19;1 "Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool." Walking in integrity is following Jesus. Jesus said, " in Rev 3;17 to the Laodiceans, "because thou sayest, i am rich, and increased with goods - that they were really poor, blind, and naked." But in Rev.2;9 He said," i know your tribulation and poverty, (but thou art rich)" I would rather have Jesus say to me, "you are rich" rather than, "you are poor blind and naked."
Proverbs 13;7 states, " There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches."
God's Wisdom is indeed "GREAT RICHES".
Linda's comment on 6/02/2011, 6:47pm...
PROVERBS CHAPTER 19: BETTER TO BE POOR AND HAVE INTEGRITY RATHER THAN BE A FOOL WITH WRONG DOING. GETTING WISDOM IS GOOD FOR YOUR SOUL AND KEEPING UNDERSTANDING: GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN TO YOU. A SON IS LIKE HIS FATHER AND A WIFE WANTS TO BE TOGETHER WITH HER HUSBAND FOREVER. LISTENING TO THE WORD AND RECEIVE IT BECAUSE IN THE END IT IS THE WISE THING TO DO. RESPECT THE LORD AND YOU WILL HAVE LIFE, WILL BE SATISFIED AND SHOULD NOT DO EVIL. STOP AND LISTEN TO THE WORD AND DO NOT PULL AWAY FROM THE WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE.
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