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Read Proverbs 17 Featured Verse: Proverbs 17:5 “He who mocks the poor shows contempt for their maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.”(Proverbs 17:5) Contempt for the Creator—really? Yep! That’s what the Creator says in the Operator’s Manual for Planet Earth—the Bible. It says that when we look without [...]
Read: Proverbs 16 “Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” (Proverbs 16:32) I just did a Google search using the word “success” and came up with 990,000,000 hits. In case that didn’t sink in, that is nine hundred ninety million. Come on people, we can [...]
Read: Proverbs 15 “A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” (Proverbs 15:1) This will be the toughest assignment you will have today, but hands down, it’s the most important. It could be that relationships will be helped or hindered based on your success. It [...]
Read: Proverbs 14 “Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest.”(Proverbs 14:4) If Garfield said it, it has to be true: “A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind.” Right? Of course, most of us neat [...]
Read: Proverbs 13 “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” (Proverbs 13:12) Hope is an incredible motivator in life, a powerful sustainer of love, and unquestionably, the most effective instigator of spiritual growth. On the other hand, the loss of hope is [...]
Read: Proverbs 12 “Good people are good to their animals; the ‘good-hearted’ bad people kick and abuse them.” (Proverbs 12:10, MSG) What I love about the Bible is that it leaves no stone unturned as it digs into my life. Now to be honest, I also don’t like that at [...]
Read: Proverbs 11 “Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.” (Proverbs 11:4) I’ve done a lot of funeral services in my time as a pastor, and I’ve never seen a grave with an attached storage unit. The fact is, was and always will be, [...]
Ray Noah
Lead Pastor of Portland Christian Center
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