0042BS - Proverbs 3 - Bible Study

We explore Proverbs 3, examining how putting God first in all aspects of life leads to blessing, wisdom, and peace. This chapter provides practical guidance for aligning our hearts with God's will and experiencing His provision in our daily lives.

• Giving God our first and best sets the tone for our entire day
• Truth and loving-kindness must be bound together in our hearts and actions
• Trusting God completely means acknowledging Him in all areas of life
• Honoring God with our wealth and firstfruits leads to His blessing
• God's discipline demonstrates His love, just as a father corrects a child he cherishes
• Wisdom is more valuable than gold, silver, or anything else we might desire
• Our treatment of neighbors reveals the authenticity of our faith
• When we follow God's ways, we can sleep peacefully without dread

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Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome to Daily Bible Study
• 5:42 First Battle: Humble and Grateful Heart
• 7:19 Studying Proverbs 3: Trust in God
• 15:55 Fear God and Give Your First Fruits
• 24:46 God's Discipline and the Value of Wisdom
• 29:04 Treating Neighbors with Integrity
• 32:55 Closing Prayer for the Fellowship

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:29

Good morning everyone and welcome to your Daily Bible. It's been a morning boy. Welcome to your Daily Battle Bible Study, a Christian fellowship show where we fight three battles Monday through Friday. One we fight to get a humble and grateful heart aligned onto the Lord to come deliberately pursue a relationship with God by studying his holy scripture and prayer. And three we lock our shields of faith together and pray with one another.

Speaker 1: 1:05

I'm going to check and see here if I have good sound, so bear with me a moment. I do. Awesome, all right, so hope you guys are off. Happy Wednesday. I hope you guys have been joining me.

Speaker 1: 1:25

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Speaker 1: 2:24

I'm going to pull that up right here, but first let me get our first battle done, okay, the humble and grateful heart aligned onto the Lord, heavenly Father. Lord, we thank you. We thank you for our blessings and our protections, known and unknown. We thank you for giving us another chance when we woke up this morning to get it right. Thank you for the protections over us and our families and our households throughout the night. Lord, help us to use this day for your glory and not our own. Lord, help us to put you first in all things. Lord, as we're going to see today in Proverbs, let us put first and foremost the fear and respect of you in our life as our guiding, shining star. Lord, we thank you for your common grace, your creation. Thank you for the sunrise and sunsets, the moon, the stars in all the heavens. We thank you for the sound of children's laughter and birds in the morning. We thank you for the smell of fresh morning rain and of the sea. We thank you for the feeling of touch and a warm fire on a cold day and a cool breeze on a hot day. We thank you for the taste of food and drink Great, amazing bouquets of flavor that you've given us. You didn't have to make it taste good. We thank you for all the people in our lives. Help us to treasure every moment we have with them. Take none of them for granted, for any of them could be gone in a moment.

Speaker 1: 4:39

Bless the Lord, we ask that this time that we spend together, honor you and only you, glorify you and only you. That it would please you. So, lord, we come now to deliberately pursue you, relationship with you, submitting ourselves to your word. Guide us now and give us discernment. In Jesus' name we pray amen. All right, battle number one done.

Speaker 1: 5:09

Okay, so here we are. You guys know about our pillars, our seven pillars that we believe that you need to do Basically encompass your whole life in submitting them all to God, faith being the first. And here we are with faith. Good morning, my love. Here we are getting faith taken care of first in our life, right? We're often told and we're going to see here in this proverb that we are to give the best of our life, the best, the firsts of our life, to God. Here we are giving the best that we have our morning to him. So I often say, and as I am doing right now, this is my first cup of coffee and I give my first cup of coffee to God and a way to make sure that he is first in your life and when you do that, you'll find the rest of your day falls in place a lot easier, in my opinion. So now let's do our second battle. Let's pursue a relationship with him by studying his word. We are in Proverbs 3.

Speaker 1: 6:24

I am reading out of the English Standard Version today on my screen, which I typically prefer. I would like to see standard Bible, so let me see if I can call that up Instead. Should be here in my. There we go, all right. Chapter three Okay, trust, fear and honor Yahweh, my son, do not forget my law, but let your heart guard my commandments. The lengths of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.

Speaker 1: 7:24

Okay, again, you notice the language of most proverbs are poetry, all right, and our English translation of this makes it clunkier, and sometimes I find when you're getting these more poetry based um chapters and verses, sometimes you might, let's say you don't have a study bible or you don't have access to a lot of things and just find at a minimum. You know, getting a good study bible like. The best I've found is the english standard version study bible. It's been the most accurate I have found are none, particularly when it comes to divisive topics. In the bible they present the cases or a variety of um viewpoints and then they come down. They show you where they believe the evidence most directly leads to. So getting one of those is fine. But sometimes also looking at some of the you know the looser translations that are, you know that I wouldn't use as my study Bible. I wouldn't use them as my compass.

Speaker 1: 8:36

Sometimes going to the lighter or looser translations to get plain English. In particular, if you're reading this you're King James person because you like Particularly. If you're reading this, you know you're a King James person because you like romanticism of it, of the language and the medieval feel to it. It can be really obstructive and hard to learn. Sometimes I find going to some of those that get me in the right ballpark if I'm reading something and it's bouncing off my forehead. You know I'm just a simple guy. You know, yes, I have got a lot of tools and now we have, you know, logos software, which you're seeing here on the screen, and a bunch of other things, and you can do it. Sometimes Just reading it in plain English really, really helps, and then you can go back and check and say, hey, in this translation did they change the meaning? And you'll catch it, if you did. When you use something like the ESV or the LSB to contrast some of the more loose translations. But often you'll find they didn't. It made it easier to read, but you really must be on guard and I would not trust them as my sole source of the Bible. So that's as far as I'll go.

Speaker 1: 11:36

So again back into this poetry, and again, it's not how I would write it, but it's how God chose to do it. Not let loving, kindness and truth forsake. You Bind them neck, okay, so keep them close to your heart loving, loving, kindness and truth. Okay, bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. So important that truthfulness, loving, kindness need to be written on your heart. Now here what this is basically Jesus's teachings, right, thousands of years earlier, okay, and thousands, but hundreds of years earlier, just massively important, um, which is something I find very much lacking a lot of christianity today, um is kindness. Loving kindness. Um, and truth, okay. Either where you find, where finding them both together is tough, you'll find, either the truth people who you know.

Speaker 1: 12:49

I consider myself a truth person and we must stand on truth at all costs because, if not, it's what it's the opposite of truth, it's a lie. We must stand on truth with everything that we have. But, again, if smashing someone to pieces with the truth instead of, you know, exposing them to truth with love and kindness, now there's nothing more unkind than letting them believe a lie, right, which leads them to hell. There is nothing less kind than that. So, yes, coming up and people think that kind is like enabling. Some people mistakenly think kindness is enabling, but no, the kindest thing you can do is expose someone to the truth and to love them through it.

Speaker 1: 13:40

There's a manner and a delivery and a form, a way to do this in loving kindness, and here's the Bible telling us to write them on our hearts, which means that that should be like every beat of our heart be beating. Loving, kindness and truth, okay. Loving kindness and truth, okay. So again, here we are at verse 3, and it's already going to rewrite the whole way we do our life. So you will find favor and good insight in the eyes of God and man.

Speaker 1: 14:19

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding. Okay, this verse right here trust in God with all your heart is one of the hardest things to walk out imaginable. And trust not in your own understanding, okay. This verse is not saying that sorry, and lean not on your own understanding. It's not saying to not use your understanding. It's saying don't use only you, you should use God first. Again, it's a two-part sentence. Trust in Yahweh with all your heart. That's what you're leaning on and he blessed you with understanding. Good morning Brandy, good to see you. Good morning Ray, good to see you.

Speaker 1: 15:08

So, again, lean on your own understanding, do not lean on your own understanding. It's not telling you not to use the brains there. It's saying that's not what should hold you up. God should hold you, okay, and then in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your path straight. Again, it's bringing you into that proper humble alignment with god. Okay, it is, it said god should hold you up by leaning, you know um, by trusting in him and not your own understanding, and in all your ways, acknowledge him. Acknowledge that something works out. It's because god blessed you, god made you. Your DNA tells you your favorite color. It tells you your taste buds. It tells you like, if you are something today, it's because God made you that way. Okay, so again, acknowledge him in all of our ways. Make your path straight. That straight there it also means level. So you're not going to not gonna be, you know, have a bunch of obstructions in your way. So if you acknowledge him, all things, and you and you trust in him in all your heart, you're gonna make your path straight. Okay, now here's again humbleness, why we do this in our first prayer.

Speaker 1: 16:19

Humbleness, okay, it comes down to do not be wise in your own eyes, don't think too much of yourself, which is a massive problem in every community, including the Christian community. You see a lot of high church people who look down on. You know, even the name high church versus low church drives me insane. But you see a lot of high church people looking down at people who are more simple in their worship services and language, and you know some of those people in the low church. If you want to use that term, love God far more than some of the Pharisees in the high church. Again, I don't have a problem with high church. It's not my preferred way, it's not wrong. It's part of Christianity that drives me insane. There are far too many people who say do it my way or no way.

Speaker 1: 17:17

I think that if we agree on salvation issues, then everything else is just taste buds and preference and let God sort that out. Okay. So if somebody wants to only sing psalms and hymns to God you know that are 300 or 200 years old or older, you know with being the or 200 years old or older, you know with being the Psalms obviously fine. Somebody else wants to sing something without instruments? You know instruments, there's some denomination of the instruments, but fine, don't care. Others want to have more. You know modern music. Fine, don't care, as long as it's glorifying god in the heart and the intent is um, fear yahweh and turn away from evil again reminding us that we should fear god with everything that we have right and put that fear as primacy and nothing else matters. Okay, if you, if you have a respect for God above everything and I had a really, really hard time with this when I was a beginning new Christian.

Speaker 1: 18:32

I remember coming to I want to mark this so I know where to pick up I had a really hard time because I thought I didn't love God. I came into Ken Graves who is such a influential man in my life and really is the reason why I'm here but, ken, I went into Ken and I was like Ken, I can't love God more than I love my wife. New Testament and you know Ken's like Jay. There are different forms of love and different expressions of love and you know it's not a romance, love with God, but it is respect and a peer and a primacy of his rule in your life. And I was like man, I had to go home and I had to really ruminate on that because I wanted to be walking in truth.

Speaker 1: 19:29

And then I'm sitting there and being a former cop, former SEAL, sitting there saying, okay, let me see if I can make this make sense. And it's like I love my wife Lauren more than anything else on the planet. It's not even close. It's like I love my wife Lauren more than anything else on the planet. It's not even close. It's nothing else is close on this planet. I love Lauren and um, but if Lauren asked me to do something counter to God she asked me to bring a third person into our marriage, which would be against God or if she asked me to kill someone, which would be against God I would not Warren in that type, supremacy being my values, my code, my belief in his commands. So that's how I was able to square that and maybe that'll help some of you guys out there who are wrestling with this that. Hey, you know it's not affection, right? You, your wife, your kids, those are affection, but it governs your life and that is what is a way to show first loves.

Speaker 1: 20:50

Okay, I know I'm taking a long time and getting sidetracked in this. At first I was like man, this is all going to be really common sense stuff. And, yeah, verse eight will be healing to your body and refreshing to your bone, right? So if you do not, if you're not wise in your own eyes and you're fair, way out yeah, way and turn away from evil. It'll be healing to your body and refreshing to your bone. Honor yahweh from your wealth. This is something that most christians don't do. Okay, honor yahweh from your wealth and, the first of all, your produce, so your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will burst with new wine. Okay, so let's highlight this and talk about this for a second.

Speaker 1: 21:37

Most Christians don't tithe. Okay, most Christians don't tithe. Most Christians don't do this and they wonder why they are not blessed, why they have money problems. They do not give the firstfruits to God, they do not honor him and enable his church with their funds. Now, in the beginning, you'll never hear me preach on this on Sunday. I don't typically preach on tithing. I don't even do an offering during my services. I don't do any of that and maybe that's wrong because it doesn't lead people in their proper relationship. Lead people in their proper relationship, um, or but. Because there's so many new christians that come that are watching our show and coming to faith.

Speaker 1: 22:30

I know a primary stumbling block as an atheist and as a bitter cynic, you know, when I came to church was oh, here comes the money, ask, here comes the money, ask. And that was an obstruction to me in the beginning. So I didn't want it to be a um stumbling block to somebody finding faith doing that. But you should be giving something to the church, and I'm not saying this church, I'm not saying this ministry. I'm not saying this church, I'm not saying this ministry. I'm not saying that you got to put us and send us whatever, but you should be serving the church in some way with the best of what you get, which the standard is 10%. So, whatever that is to you, however, you want to take that support and help the church to help others. All right, there we go.

Speaker 1: 23:23

So let's begin on verse 11. My son, do not reject the discipline of Yahweh, for loathe is reproved For whom Yahweh he loves, he reproves, even as a father reproves a son in whom he delights. Okay, so verses 11 and 12, this should be common sense, which is not so common anymore. But, um, as you see it there on the, you know highlighted. See you later, brandy, good to see you this morning. So, as if you love your kids, you will put the effort in to discipline them.

Speaker 1: 24:05

Disciplining is hard on both. It's rough on the person being corrected and it's rough on the person doing correcting because they know they're doing it to help fix what's wrong with their person. But it's not pleasant. I have to discipline my kids. I spank my kids or I have to punish them in some way. I hate it, hate it Because why? I'd rather be doing celebrating their good behavior and doing stuff, but it is so important and they learn far more in their mistakes, like we do right, than they ever do in their good behavior. So, again, using and doing this, whereas if you're some other kid out there is behaving poorly, you're not going to put the effort into fixing some stranger's kid from doing something unless you're seeing them do something so wicked and evil. Of course the holy spirit inside is going to make you reach out and stop them and do something. But, um, you know, this is, this is basic parenting and this is what we should be doing, and god does this to us and you've got god. Why are you doing that? You know being when you're being corrected and you're in your sin and it's making you more miserable. What's making you more miserable? Because you're doing something that is against God.

Speaker 1: 25:27

Go to verse 13. Blessed is the man who finds wisdom and who obtains discernment, for her profit is better than the profit of silver and her produce better than fine gold. She is more precious than pearls and nothing you desire compares with her. Length of days is in her right hand, and her left hand are riches and glory. Her ways are pleasant, her ways are pleasant ways and her pathways are peace. She is a tree of life to those who sees her, and all those who hold her fast are blessed.

Speaker 1: 26:04

Yahweh by his wisdom, founded wisdom, founded the earth by discernment. He established the heavens by his knowledge. The deep were split up and the skies dripped with dew. My son, let them not deviate from your eyes. Guard sound wisdom and discretion. Guard sound wisdom and discretion so they will be life for your soul, grace for your neck.

Speaker 1: 26:29

Then you will walk in Sorry, I lost you by scrolling here Then you will walk in your way securely and your foot will not stumble when you lie down. You will not be in dread. You will lie down and your sleep will be pleasant. Do not be afraid of sudden dread, nor the storm of the wicked when it comes, for Yahweh will be your confidence and will keep your footing from being caught. Okay, if you've ever been out of God's will and you're lying in your bed at night, you're dreading, you can't sleep then you know. If you've been there, you know exactly what this verse is talking about. Okay, and you have to repent, pray, repent for forgiveness, take corrective action to move forward. It may not be pleasant, it may not be good. You may have to give up everything, your hobby that you like, or your passion, or take off a relationship. God is speaking to you and put that dread in your heart for a reason, and again for Yahweh, it will be your confidence. That dread in your heart for a reason, okay, and again for Yahweh will be your confidence, and we'll keep your foot from being caught, following God's ways, we'll keep you from stumbling All right. So down here in verse 27, do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, okay, when it is in your hand to do it, okay. This means that if you can do good for somebody, do good for someone, okay. Um, you know those whom it is due. You know. If, again, sometimes we withhold stuff that we should not withhold on people who earned it, again, this is or deserve it Again.

Speaker 1: 28:29

The Bible is infinitely wise in its wisdom and will these Proverbs time and time again. You're going to make your life better and everyone around you. Do not say to your neighbor go and come back, and tomorrow I will give it when it is there with you. Do not devise harm against your neighbor while he lives securely beside you Do not contend with a man without cause. He has dealt you no harm. Do not envy a man of violence. Do not choose any of his ways, for the devious one is an abomination to Yahweh, but his secret counsel is with the upper. The curse of Yahweh is on the house of the wicked one, but he blesses the abode of the righteous, though he scoffs at the scoffers. Yet he gives grace to the humble. The wise will inherit glory, but the fools raise up disgrace and one big corrective action again too. You're often going to see neighbors brought up Close with this.

Speaker 1: 29:43

I know we're running long here, but neighbors are where freedoms collide. It's where my rights to shoot guns and do what I want to do on my property and have animals collides with your peace and your right to have peace and quiet on your side, the property line. Sound waves don't stop at property line. So again, what my right is to do, not always what I should do. If I shot here on the property every day, I'd be a terrible neighbor, whether my neighbors would like it or not. Some people I have a neighbor who thinks on 4th of July or the day after 4th of July, lighting off fireworks at one in the morning is a great idea. That is a very selfish thing, right? But we all have our foibles. But you know, we all have our foibles. We all have. You know, keep my lawn or my property as well-groomed as I should be busy. Other neighbors that's their primary thing. Keep their grass immaculate and their properties edged, and that's not us. Right now we're fighting for survival. I'm here by that.

Speaker 1: 31:05

So, again, how you deal with your neighbors says a lot about you, christian, and we should always do what we can for our neighbors. We should always do what we can for our neighbors, because that is who knows you best, some of the people who know you best. Your family knows you best. You best. Some of the people who know you best, your family knows you best. That's why going off to faraway lands as a missionary to pretend you're something you're not sometimes when you just talk to your neighbors. So, again, I hope you found this. That was Proverbs, chapter three. Tomorrow we'll be on 4. And I hope you found that enlightening or that God used it in some way to help you. So let's go ahead and fight our third battle.

Speaker 1: 31:54

Now let's pray a prayer of blessing and protection on this fellowship. Heavenly Father, Lord, we thank you for this time together. We thank you for those who are investing in this ministry. Lord, we ask that you bless everyone who is watching this and help them walk out your word, to apply your proverbs to their life, to walk in your ways and only your ways, to die to self today and be more like Christ.

Speaker 1: 32:27

I pray a prayer of protection over this fellowship Of peace. I'm sorry of protection and peace, just as I do for our troops overseas, our first responders at home and our veterans of yesteryear. But I also pray for our beloved America that she would turn from her sin, hit her knees and seek your face, and that you would see her and heal her, and that so that we could once again be one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Now I call this fellowship put on the full armor of God for all. Now I call this fellowship put on the full armor of God, strap on the shield of faith to pick up the sword of the Spirit and to boldly walk forward, to join the shield wall, locking shields to the left and right. March forward, take ground for your kingdom. No-transcript.