Soul Food
Soul Food
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
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If you’ve ever felt stuck repeating the same mistake, this conversation is the turn signal you’ve been waiting for. We explore how real wisdom begins when we hear hard truth and refuse to repeat the same hurts. Proverbs 15 guides a straight path from correction to understanding, from old traps to a new life that values the soul.
Here on Soul Food Podcast, Motivational Mondays with Bishop Joshua. Hi there! May the God of the Bible bless your life. Some people may ask me, what do you say the God of the Bible? Because when we read the Bible, we find God. Not the God our parents, grandparents told us about, like just a story. But the real God. The God of the Bible is the one that opened the Red Sea. He's the creator. He's the one that did in the past. He's the same nowadays and forever. That's why I bring to you every week one spiritual advice. And the spiritual advice today goes. Did you ever hear this expression once beaten? But there are some people that want to be beaten. Once, twice, three times, four times, and for the rest of their lives. Because it seems like they don't learn from their own mistakes. And this is exactly what the Bible says The ear that hears the rebukes of life will abide among the wise. But he who reads rebuke gets understanding. Here in the book of Proverbs 15, this two verse we find their profound lessons. The advice today is once beaten, let me show one more time, twice shy. Meaning that if you were beaten, you need now to hear, to learn from your mistake. By the way, this is uh the old saying. There is a saying that says learn from your own mistakes. We all make mistakes in life, but to keep doing the same mistakes is not that you are learning. You are fool yourself. Do not fool yourself. Learn from your own mistakes. Let us read Proverbs 15 once again. The ear that hears the rebuke. Nobody likes to hear the rebukes, but it's necessary the rebukes of life. Will you abide among the wise? When you hear the rebuke, even though you don't like it, but you need to take it. You hear the rebukes, you need to understand that God cares for you or somebody cares for you. But if you turn a deaf ear, you are not going to live among the wise. Just as it says, the ear that hears the rebukes of life, you abide among the wise. But he who disdains, who he uh disregards, ignores instructions, despises not the instructor, but despises his counsel. He who reads or hears rebuke gets understanding. So you need to learn from your mistakes. Like you are in prison because you followed somebody advice, because you want to please everybody around you. Even over there in prison, you are trying to please somebody. Maybe you are about to beat someone or to kill somebody because they told you to be part of our team, our gang, you have to prove yourself. And now to show that you are the guy, that you are the girl, now you are doing what others are doing. Now you forget the teachings of your parents, grandparents, the teachings of the word of God, the teachings of the Holy Spirit. It seems like you never learn. You do not like the rebukes, you ignore it, but you put yourself once again. Imagine yourself like leaving prison and going back to the same hood, to the same pimp, to the same drug dealer, to the same game, to the same street. And then you go back. Imagine yourself going through the same situation. You remember when you were caught, arrested? When they took you to the to jail, to the country jail, and you were taken to uh to court in chains, checkers, you stood there before the judge, just waiting for the sentence. Are you ready to go through all this again? I I I don't think so. That's why once beaten, twice shy. Let us go now to this next thing that goes. Shame on you. Shame on me. Did you get it? No you didn't. Let us read one more time. Full me once. Shame on you. Full me twice. Shame on me. Don't let nobody fool you for the second time. Be wise this time. Value yourself, your life, your ways. Value your soul. Do not fool yourself. Do not fool yourself. Well, this is our spiritual advice for today. If you need any other advice, you can send me a letter. That's my letter address. 7075 Southwest Freeway, Houston, Texas. 77074. Write me that letter if you need a personal. Yes, a private advice. We are going to advise you. Tell a friend of yours about this spiritual advice, especially those who are beaten and they want to be beaten twice, three times, four times, shame on them. Help somebody. We are going to be back next week with one more spiritual advice. May the guard of the Bible bless all of you.
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