SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 6:20-35 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. “This teaching is a light… the way to life” (6:23). Light helps us to see, to avoid the pitfalls along the way. These words of wisdom come from the heart of a parent who wants their children to find life, true life as God intended it to be. As a parent…
Author: Norm
Sennema’s accept call to Ajax
FROM THE SENNEMA’S — After prayerful consideration, Valerie and I have decided that the Lord is calling us to Crossroads Church in Ajax. We feel led by the Spirit to help this young church move forward. Although difficult to explain, there is this deep-down sense that Ajax is the next step in our ministry journey….
Mar 29 — Proverbs 6:1-19
SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 6:1-19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. “If you have been trapped by what you said… go and humble yourself”. Good advice from father to son. When your words or actions are starting to get you into trouble, don’t make it worse by digging yourself deeper. Humble yourself. This is the consistent message of the Bible. Be honest,…
Mar 28 — Proverbs 5:1-23
SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 5:1-23 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. “The adultress” symbolizes all sexual sin. This is not just the problem of immoral women, in fact many who have turned to prostitution have done so because they could not otherwise survive in a male-dominated world, and because men were perversely asking for this kind of pleasure. 2. “Drip honey… bitter…
Mar 27 — Proverbs 4:1-27
SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 4:1-27 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. “Listen to a father’s instruction”. The father expresses his heart concern for his son, please heed this advice! He then shares how his own father (David) had done the same thing to him (“when I was a boy”). 2. The advice is twofold – seek wisdom with all your heart, and…
Mar 26 — Proverbs 3:21-35
SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 3:21-35 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. Solomon gives examples of God’s kind of wisdom: “Do not withhold good from those who deserve it”; “Do not plot harm against your neighbour”; “Do not envy a violent man”. He follows these observations with reasons against these examples of folly. 2. “My son, preserve…” This suggests that we cannot passively…
Mar 25 — Proverbs 3:1-20
SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 3:1-20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. “Bind them around your neck”. Solomon urges us to cling to wisdom and truth, love and faithfulness, to bind ourselves to them, to let nothing get in the way of our living according to them. 2. “They will prolong your years and bring you prosperity.” If we seek wisdom first we…
Mar 24 — Proverbs 2:1-22
SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 2:1-22 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. Solomon believes that the person who humbly, honestly, sincerely and seriously seeks wisdom and truth will find out how right and good God and His ways are. 2. Wisdom and truth (intergrity) is more important than wealth and happiness. People often pursue wealth and happiness, but do so in a way…
Mar 23 — Proverbs 1:20-33
SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 1:20-23 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. Wisdom (common sense) is not hard to discern, but we have to stop and listen. Solomon describes wisdom like a loving, concerned friend, calling out, warning and pleading with us to pay attention. “Stop, can’t you see, don’t go there!” 2. If we persist in ignoring wisdom, we will eventually pay…
Mar 22 — Proverbs 1:8-19
SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 1:8-19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. Many times the young feel that they know better, especially than their parents. Solomon urges us to pay attention to what our parents (and others with life experience) have to say. Even if not everything is said in a helpful way, there is wisdom contained in their words. 2. At the…