Proverbs of a 43 yr. old man.

Spiritual Acumen

Only God can receive glory and honor and not be consumed by it. Everyday God's glory should make you weep.
The closer you get to the LORD the more conviction of sin you feel. The farther you are the less conviction, and more prevalent sin is in your life.
Consistency is the glue of character.
There is nothing more fulfilling than knowing you are needed.
If you need energy you need to exercise more.
Even though the truth is the standard, love is the measure we give it in.
To be fully known takes time. But people don't take time to know you, so they judge the cover and not the book.
Smiles can turn into conversations.
The feeling of fear is an opportunity to be brave.
It's not judging to tell someone that what they are doing might hurt them.
Many times, it’s the consequences of our sins that God uses to bring us closer to Him.
Pride is like smoke in the nostrils of God; it carries the scent of hell.
It’s not where the joke starts but where it ends.
There are people who are lost that no one is looking for them. God is looking for them.
Be still enough to experience the peace of God.
Not everybody is supposed to be a millionaire.
Real life and satisfaction come through much sanctification.
Don't take up the sword take up your cross!
Women say what they feel but don't real think it. Men say what they think but don't necessarily feel that way.
How beautiful when disciples become sons.
No matter how long things last, there is always an end.
Sex is spiritual. If you treat sex only as physical, it will destroy your soul.
Lucifer was the first idolator. He took the image of a serpent rather than the image of an angel.
God rewards motives.
Find yourself a good teacher. There is only one that truly is, the Holy Spirit.
Honor comes many times after shame. It's when you realize the shame of something when honor actually takes place.
Only those who have long suffered know the beginning of God's love.
When God picks the man people hate him. When people pick the man God doesn't like them.
Why is it we try to do church first then build community. It should be community first and then build a church.
Some things are better for you to do yourself. For other things get a professional.
Why do we always become like the people we hate and not like the ones we love.
Moral ground is Holy ground. So many don't take their sandals off and hold their own standard instead of God’s standard.
Enslaved people enslave others. We abuse people with the very same sins that enslave us.
You can tell a lot about people that don't keep the speed limit.
There are right things we have to do even though it hurts. And there are wrong things we should not do even though it doesn’t hurt.
Victims are usually the strongest aggressors.
Forgiveness is the great equalizer to sin.
Sometimes you have to shout a good deed, or people will start to think you are lazy or mean. God shines light through our deeds. Our faith and works go together.
Knowledge without the eternal in mind is a burden.
Impatience often marks youth; hardness of heart can mark old age.
There was war in Heaven and that war has continued in you.
One single incident can turn a good person into a monster. Overtime we either become more like Jesus or whatever the world shapes us into.
Older people talk a little too long and young people don't listen enough.