The book of Proverbs is a guide for pursuing godly wisdom in our daily lives. In this four-week study, we will read a selection of topical proverbs covering different aspects of wisdom, from how to interact with our friends, families, and neighbors, to fearing God and keeping His commands. No matter the subject, these proverbs urge us to wrestle with and reflect on our own response to them. To help you better engage with the proverbs in this reading plan, we have provided you with a short introduction and reflection questions for each day.
In this life, we experience blessings and curses—consequences of choices we make or the choices others make that affect us. The preserving grace of God assures us that He is not temperamental or spiteful, but does discipline His children. His discipline is for our flourishing because how we live and what we do here and now matters.
Reflection Questions:
To what extent do you recognize God’s blessings in your life? What are some ways God has blessed you?
To what extent do you recognize God’s opposition in your life? Are there any areas of your life you feel God has thwarted or opposed?
What do you think God is responding to when He blesses? What do you think God is opposing when He curses?
I have so many blessings in my
God has blessed me in so many ways, mostly giving me the most amazing children, but I do see his disciplines, and I want to do better for Him, so I can see the blessings behind me disciplines.
God has blessed me so much. I see how he has continued to provide for me over and over again. Even when I see curses, or pain, God has used those situations and made them blessings.
realized in this time where I’m trying to go everywhere for help he wants me to just trust in him and trust in him enough to be my only resource. He wants to help. And Ive never had more faith then I do right now in every area of my life. My God is higher then any other. To use our struggles and pain he can’t stop from happening, but to use them to build us up even stronger that hits deep. We don’t have to be broken, God calls us to be stronger.
I’m going through a financial struggle right now but I’ve always been financially stable so getting closer to God I
I pray that I practice gratitude on a daily basis and know that the lord wants what is best for me and whether through hard times and good times that he is there and that he is indeed working for my good
He has blessed me with so many things. A great family, friends, a roof over my head, a job, a lot of things. More than I deserve. I feel like my anxieties and worries get the best of me and He opposes that. I could simply dwell in His word and trust in him, but sometimes that seems impossible. I am trying to trust his plan for my life, and focus on leading a life that glorifies Him in every way.
When I consider where God might have thwarted or opposed me I think of it in terms of being spared evil or spared my own desires gone sinful!