SERMON SERIES: PROVERBS: WISDOM FOR LIFE
Sermon series: PROVERBS: Wisdom FOR LIFE Dr. Larry Osborne
Message #10: How To Foolproof Your Life North Coast Church
Proverbs (Selected Passages) August 29-30, 2015
How To Foolproof Your Life
THE TRUTH ABOUT
PEER PRESSURE
HOW TO FOOLPROOF YOUR LIFE
Three Simple Steps
Proverbs 14:7 & 21:1 Proverbs 1:20-23 Proverbs 13:20
(1) Recognize and avoid foolish PEOPLE
(2) Recognize and remove foolish BEHAVIOR
(3) Recognize and hang around WISE PEOPLE
HOW TO RECOGNIZE A FOOL
Five Dead Giveaways
(1) Fools CONSULT with God.
Wise people FEAR God.
Proverbs 1:7 Proverbs 3:5-6 Matthew 7:24-27
(2) Fools are never WRONG.
Wise people are TEACHABLE.
Proverbs 12:15, 18:2 & 28:26 Proverbs 26:4-5, 12:1 & 17:10
(3) Fools flirt with DANGER – and are PROUD of it.
Wise people AVOID danger.
Proverbs 27:12 Proverbs 22:5
(4) Fools give FULL VENT to their ANGER.
Wise people CONTROL their ANGER.
Proverbs 29:11 Proverbs 14:16 Proverbs 22:24
(5) Fools never take RESPONSIBILITY.
Wise people LEARN from their MISTAKES.
Proverbs 19:2-3 Proverbs 14:9 Proverbs 26:11
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Food for Thought for the Week of August 30, 2015
(Questions and Scriptures for further study)
To avoid the fools around us and to remove the folly within us, it’s obvious we need to know how to clearly recognize the difference between wisdom and folly. To further help you understand the differences, read through Proverbs 13 and 14 and write down the contrasting responses to the following life situations:
• Response to work (13:4 & 14:23)
The Fool
The Wise Person
Proverbs 13:4
4 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. [NIV]
Proverbs 14:23
23 All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty. [NIV]
• Response to authority (13:13)
The Fool
The Wise Person
Proverbs 13:13
13 Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,
but whoever respects a command is rewarded. [NIV]
• Response to discipline (13:18)
The Fool
The Wise Person
Proverbs 13:18
18 Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,
but whoever heeds correction is honored. [NIV]
• Response to sin (14:9)
The Fool
The Wise Person
Proverbs 14:9
9 Fools mock at making amends for sin,
but goodwill is found among the upright. [NIV]
• Response to a father’s advice (13:1)
The Fool
The Wise Person
Proverbs 13:1
13:1 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
but a mocker does not respond to rebukes. [NIV]
• Choice of friends (13:20)
The Fool
The Wise Person
Proverbs 13:20
20 Walk with the wise and become wise,
for a companion of fools suffers harm. [NIV]
• Family relationships (14:1)
The Fool
The Wise Person
Proverbs 14:1
14:1 The wise woman builds her house,
but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. [NIV]
• Results of their lifestyle (14:14)
The Fool
The Wise Person
Proverbs 14:14
14 The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,
and the good rewarded for theirs. [NIV]
Are there any responses you want to work on in the next few weeks?
SEEKING GODLY WISDOM / Proverbs Daily Reading Plan:
Read the chapter that corresponds to the day of the month and consider these questions:
⇨ What applies to me today?
⇨ Where have I seen this in others?
⇨ Where have I experienced this?
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