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Daily Bread

Hold on to Instruction

Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Passage

Proverbs 4:10-27  (ESV)

10   Hear, my son, and accept my words,
    that the years of your life may be many.
11   I have taught you the way of wisdom;
    I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
12   When you walk, your step will not be hampered,
    and if you run, you will not stumble.
13   Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
    guard her, for she is your life.
14   Do not enter the path of the wicked,
    and do not walk in the way of the evil.
15   Avoid it; do not go on it;
    turn away from it and pass on.
16   For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
    they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
17   For they eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.
18   But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
    which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
19   The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
    they do not know over what they stumble.
20   My son, be attentive to my words;
    incline your ear to my sayings.
21   Let them not escape from your sight;
    keep them within your heart.
22   For they are life to those who find them,
    and healing to all their flesh.
23   Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for from it flow the springs of life.
24   Put away from you crooked speech,
    and put devious talk far from you.
25   Let your eyes look directly forward,
    and your gaze be straight before you.
26   Ponder the path of your feet;
    then all your ways will be sure.
27   Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
    turn your foot away from evil.

Daily Bread

Key Verse: 4:13

  Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
    guard her, for she is your life.

1. Guard the word (10-19)

Solomon shows how a father should instruct his son: to listen to the word, accept it, hold on to it, and not let it go but guard it well. Then it will lead to wisdom and give life. It will keep one's steps from being hampered and from stumbling. We should follow the path of the righteous that is like the morning sun shining ever brighter until the full light of day. On the contrary, we should avoid the path of the wicked that is like deep darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble.

2. Guard your heart (20-27)

We must pay attention to the word of God, listen to it and keep them within our heart, for they are life and health. Above all else, we must guard our heart, for everything we do flows from it. We must keep our mouth from corrupt talk. We must use our eyes to look straight ahead and give careful thought to the path for our feet to take the only way, Jesus.

Prayer: Lord, let me hold on to your teaching and guard my heart from all wicked things. Make me like the rising sun Jesus who becomes brighter as time passes by!

One Word: Guard your heart

Daily Bread

Victory and Final Judgment

Revelation 20:1-15

Key Verse: 20:15

And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

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