FOR WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1 : CARDBOARD KIDS

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OCTOBER 1
WEDNESDAY


CARDBOARD
KIDS

READ:
Proverbs 1:8-19
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My son, if sinners
entice you, do not
consent.
__Proverbs 1:10
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When Mike Wood began to advertise his sign company, he didn't know how useful his work would become. Some of his signs were life-size
cardboard pictures of kids, which he put close to the street.

Besides advertising his business, the signs had another effect. Motorists thought the cutouts were real children and began to drop their speed. now Mike sells the cardboard kids to parents who want to slow down speeding drivers in their area. Mike said, "We truly hope that some of our standups help to control speeding in neighborhoods around the country."

Parents work at protecting their children from physical danger. But there are other dangers as well. Solomon, the writer of Proverbs 1, was concerned about the people who would pose spiritual danger to his son. he warned him about those who would entice him to do evil (vv.10-14) and told him, "Do not walk in the way with them, keep your foot from their path; for their feet run to evil" (vv.15-16).

We need to protect our children by teaching them God's Word and training them to avoid evil influences. Busy streets are hazardous for our children, but the enticement of taking an evil path is far more dangerous. __Anne Cetas
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````````````````````````Children are a heritage,`````````````````
````````````````````````A gift from God above;``````````````````
````````````````````He asks you to protect and care``````````````
```````````````````And noursih them with love. __Hess````````````
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Tomorrow's world will be shaped
by what we teach our children today.

**************Today's Bible Reading __ Proverbs 1:8-19************

8 My son, hear the
instruction of your father,
and do not forsake the law
of your mother; 9 for they
will be a graceful ornament
on your head, and chains
about your neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice
you, do not consent. 11 If
they say, "Come with us, let
us lie in wait to shed blood;
let us lurk secretly for the
innocent without cause;

12 let us swallow them alive
like Sheol, and whole, like
those who go down to the
Pit; 13 we shall find all
kinds of precious
possessions, we shall fill
our houses with spoil;

14 cast in your lot among us
let us all have one purse"__

15 My son, do not walk in
the way with them, keep
your foot from their path;

16 for their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed
blood. 17 Surely, in vain the
net is spread in the sight of
any bird; 18 but they lie in
wait for their own blood,
they lurk secretly for their
own lives. 19 So are the
ways of everyone who is
greedy for gain; it takes
away the life of its owners.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Three times in today's Bible reading the writer speaks directly to his
primary audience by saying, "My son" (vv.8,10,15). Each time, he is
emphasizing a particular element of his instructions for wise living.
The first challenges us to value parental instruction (v.8). The second
discusses the danger of allowing ourselvs to be influenced by the
wrong people (v.10). The third (v.15) reminds us of the need for
making wise associations. These are timeless words of counsel that
ring true today.