By Pastor Brian  There are two verses in this chapter that when I read them I immediately thought “Oh, that’s in this chapter!” They’re “mostly famous” verses; the kind of verses you hear repeated often enough to recognize, but not enough to know where to find them. The first one is verse 18–often simplified down…

By Pastor Bryce When I read this chapter, I see many different themes, but there are two that really stuck out to me. The first one is speech. There are 4 verses that address what comes out of our mouth. The opening verse says, “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs…

By Pastor Jeff My son, Trey, and I love to watch the TV show “Man vs. Wild” on the Discovery Channel. For those of you that have never watched it let me give you a quick synopsis of it. It is about a man who gets dropped in various wilderness settings and then he has to spend days…

By Pastor Sarah There are so many great instructions found in Proverbs 13, but the one that hurts me to the core is verse 3. “He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.” If ever I had a problem in school it was for my mouth.…

By Pastor Phil Every generation has to deal with school yard bullies.  We had our share of them at my elementary school in Muskogee.  I can still remember this one boy who seemed to have a knack for name-calling and ridicule and just about everyone in the class seemed to be his target.  When we…

By Pastor Brittany With each verse in Proverbs 11, I was reminded of something my parents taught me: there is always a consequence to your action. That doesn’t necessarily mean the consequence is a bad one, maybe the better word is result. There is always a result to your particular action or decision and the…

By Pastor Brian The tenth chapter of Proverbs is exactly what I think a chapter of Proverbs will be like—one after another short saying that are packed full of truth and wisdom! But they seem to come shotgun style with no rhyme or reason to connect them together. While I am sure that I could…

By Pastor Bryce For me, I interpret this chapter as “Good Cop Bad Cop.” I love this chapter because it is a clear contrast of the characteristics of a wise person, as opposed to someone who is foolish. The first obvious thing that jumps out at me is, seeing as 2/3 of this chapter is…

By Pastor Jeff 8: 1-6 Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? At the highest point along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand; beside the gate leading into the city, at the entrance, she cries aloud: “To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind. You who are…

By Pastor Sarah Proverbs 7 is probably the clearest example we have of the 7th commandment: do not commit adultery. So many people tell me that they have difficulty reading and understanding the Bible – it doesn’t make sense when they read it or they don’t fully understand what is being communicated – but this…