Assumptions Can Get You Into Trouble

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.Proverbs 18:2

Do you ever assume something but you really don’t know for sure something is true? I am sorry to say I have done it many times. When you do that you are burdening yourself with information you don’t need to even know or sticking your nose into someone’s business that is not yours. 

Want to start a ‘fire of words’ then start judging or assuming when you don’t know the facts. To keep the peace be still. 

Guard your heart as being careful what you read or listen to is so important. 

PRAYER: Lord Jesus help me not automatically assume something to be fact when I don’t know. In Jesus’ name. Amen. 

Foolish? Who Me?

Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent and discerning if they hold their tongues. Proverbs 17:28

Do you ever feel like a fool? There are many incidents in God’s word of foolish people and none of us want to be called a fool. Kind of like in the old school Highlights For Children magazine ‘Goofus and Gallant’. 

A fool doesn’t think things through. A fool speaks before thinking how it will affect others. Foolish people can make tragic mistake's. 

Do you want to keep away from being labeled foolish? Then slow down, listen, pray and let God direct your steps. 

PRAYER: I need you Lord each and every day to watch my words and actions and represent the kingdom well. In Jesus’ name.Amen. 

Under Construction

“Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:26-28

No matter what your age in the big scheme of things you are under construction in God’s scheme of things. 

Don’t give up on life and try to fit yourself into the world’s mold of at a certain age you have no use or purpose. That is a lie from Satan. Your body may look older and wrinkled but inside you are being renewed day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16)

One thing to make sure you keep renewing is your mind and your thinking. No pity parties. No nursing past hurts. No imagining scenarios that don’t exist such as people not liking you. To renew your mind you have to stay in the word of God. Everyone does that in a different way. There is not a set formula to hiding God’s word in your heart. 

PRAYER: Help me Father to cast off wrong thinking and to keep looking up. In Jesus’ name. Amen.