Monday Night Fellowship
October 10, 2005
Order
Snack
Games – ultimate Frisbee or pew beach volleyball
Drinks and Sit down
Announcements – concert, yard sale (what to donate, what to do), game night, website
Prayer
Proverbs
Discussion Questions
What is something you're afraid of?
How have you demonstrated wisdom this week?
Review
What is a proverb? A short saying that expresses a general truth
What is wisdom? “skillful living”
Dictionary.com – insight, ability to discern or judge what is right, true, or lasting
The ability to choose what is best, not merely what is right or wrong, good or bad.
Wisdom is skillful living.
Why do I want it? To make right decisions, to give good advice, to have peace and security, gaining wisdom is necessary for a growing relationship with Jesus.
Why are we studying proverbs? (WRITE IT DOWN)
To gain wisdom
To develop holy habits
Bible Reading
Prayer
Journaling
Check Up
How many of you managed the discipline to accomplish all seven chapters this week? And how many actually did one a day?
How many of you have never read all seven chapters daily for one week? What can we do to help with this? May I have seven volunteers to call me this week?
What is the fear of the Lord?
TRICK Question
What is the theme verse of Proverbs?
It's a tie between 1:7 and 9:10.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
What is wisdom? “skillful living”
How do we get wisdom according to this verse? Fear the Lord
According to Proverbs 2:5, how do we understand the fear the Lord? By gaining wisdom and understanding. It seems like a loop to me.
What does it mean to fear the Lord? Proverbs 8:13 “to hate evil”, but there's more to it than that.
Here' a four part definition from a website I found (notes on the blog):
The fear of the LORD is a profound love and deep respect for God.
The fear of the LORD is simply taking God seriously – he keeps his promises and expects us to obey his commands.
The fear of the LORD is the attitude that results from knowing that God is watching my every action, weighing my every motive, and aware of my every thought.
The fear of the LORD means to love what God loves, and hate what he hates.
http://www.christian-faith.com/bible-studies/fearoflord3.html
The fear of the Lord is not an easy thing to understand or to explain to someone else, but I believe that when you see the fear of the Lord in someone's life it is unmistakable.
So how do we learn to fear the Lord? What can we do?
Ask for it.
So “no” to evil and “yes” to good.
“Living in awe of the presence of God.” --Jason Storie
Spend time with the Word of God and God of the Word. Psalm 119:38 “Establish your word to your servant as that which produces reverence for thee.”
Benefits from fearing the Lord:
10:27 – longer life
14:26-27 – security, rescue, life
15:16 – peace and contentment
16:6 – avoid unnecessary evil
19:23 – life, security, protection
Proverbs Discussion
Review Process:
Pray
Read the chapter
Select a verse
Paraphrase the verse
Write a handle of the verse
Prayer of application
Memorize one a week
Guidelines:
Read the verse you liked in that chapter.
Read your paraphrase (optional).
Read your handle (optional).
Tell us why you picked it.
We'll discuss it (optional).
Only three per chapter (be willing to volunteer, but don't dominate the conversation).
Chapter 3
Noteworthy – 3, 5-6, 9, 27, 28
vs 9 – Do you give God your best or your leftovers?
Chapter 4
Noteworthy – 23, 27
vs 23 – Guard your heart (your emotions)
vs 27 – What sidetracks you from God?
Chapter 5
Noteworthy – 15
vs 15 – Be a “one woman man.”
Chapter 6
Noteworthy – 23
vs 23 – How are you disciplining yourself?
Chapter 7
Noteworthy – 8
vs 8 – What was his first and second mistake? He was in her neighborhood, and he was walking down her street. Avoid the “streets” and “neighborhoods” of the immoral woman. Don't even go there.
Chapter 8
Noteworthy – 9, 13, 35
vs 9 – It's amazing how clear the truth of proverbs are to those who want to listen.
Vs 13 – Do you want to have wisdom? Fear the Lord. How? Hate evil. Love what He loves; hate what He hates.
Vs 35 – Wisdom brings life and favor from the Lord.
Chapter 9
Noteworthy – 10
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