OUR DAILY BREAD : COMMON SENSE

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September 7
Friday


COMMON SENSE

READ:
Proverbs 1:20-33
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The LORD gives
wisdom; from His
mouth come
knowledge and
understanding.
__Proverbs 2:6
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Volataire said, "Common sense is not so common." He was right! In a society that has grown increasingly litigious, we are inundated with warnings on products, mostly because some people lack common sense. Just read the following instructions.

On a hair dryer: Do not use while sleeping.
On an iron: Do not iron clothes on body.
On a chainsaw: Do not attempt to stop chain with your hand.


Common sense can be learned from experience or the teaching we receive from those we trust. But God's Word is the best source of all to develop descernment and good judgment.

Three words echo throughout the book of Proverbs: Wisdom, knowldege, understanding. God has packed this book with common sense.

Proverbs 11:12 advises restraint: "A man of understanding holds his peace."

Proverbs 17:27 warns: "He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of a calm spirit."

Proverbs 20:13 is practical: "Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty."

To get more common sense, consult God's Word__the source of wisdom__daily. __Cindy Hess Kasper

~~~~~~~~~~~~~TO GAIN A HEART OF WISDOM:~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ask God for it (James 1:5).~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~Read regularly from the Proverbs.~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~Seek out godly counsel (Prov. 11:14; 15:22; 19:20).~~~~~~~~
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Knowledge without common sense is folly.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ Proverbs 1:20-33************

20 Wisdom calls aloud
outside; she raises her voice
in the open squares. 21 She
cries out in the chief
concourses, at the openings
of the gates in the city she
speaks her words:

22 "How long, you simple
ones, will you love
simplicity? For scorners
delight in their scorning, and
fools hate knowledge.

23 Turn at my rebuke; surely
I will pour out my spirit on
you; I will make my words
known to you. 24 Because I
have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand
and no one regarded.

25 because you disdained all
my counsel, and would have
none of my rebuke, 26 I also
will laugh at your calamity; I
will mock when your terror
comes, 27 when your terror
comes like a storm, and your
destruction comes like a
whirlwind, when distress and
anguish come upon you.

28 "Then they will call on
me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently,
but they will not find me.

29 Because they hated
knowledge and did not
choose the fear of the LORD,

30 they would have none of
my counsel and despised my
every rebuke. 31 Therefore
they shall eat the fruit of
their own way, and be filled
to the full with their own
fancies. 32 For the turning
away of the simple will slay
them, and the complacency
of fools will destroy them;

33 but whoever listens to me
will dwell safely, and will be
secure, without fear of evil."

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Compared to other Old Testament books, the book of Proverbs is
unusual in its structure. Its first nine chapters follow a reasoned
argument on the value and significance of living in God's wisdom. The
remainder of the book, however, is a collection of wise sayings that,
with only a few exceptions, has no connection between them. __WEC