proverbs: Don't Forget To Improve - 02/16/10 07:38 AM
Often we get so busy doing STUFF that we forget its important to be learning and improving daily. I learn by studying, reading, listening to audio programs and videos. You can do this by going to seminars or taking continuing education courses.
I mostly like to study spiritual and mindset materials. I also study materials about finances. Its really up to you to study what your interested in. I found studying these things, allow though not specific to my business have still helped me increase my income and decrease my time working. I work with mostly buyers yet have most of … (5 comments)
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proverbs: Provebs 16 Verses - 06/16/08 04:30 PM
In March I did a daily Proverbs blog. I still read Proverbs daily, and today I felt inspired to share some verses from the New Living Translation Bible I keep by my desk.
16:3 "Commit your work to the Lord, and then your plans will succeed." - I really like this one because its saying our plans WILL succeed when we commit them to the Lord. We might not always get what we want, but the Lord loves us enough to give us what we need...such as the next verse suggests.
16:9 "We can make our plans, but the Lord determines … (8 comments)
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proverbs: March 31 - Proverbs Chapter 31 - 03/31/08 08:34 PM
Yesterdays post: March 30 - Proverbs Chapter 30
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 31:30-31
"Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earn, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate."
MY THOUGHTS: First off praise to the good wife's such that Proverbs 31 describes. Praise to the women who fear the Lord. You are a blessing to your family, friends, and marketplace! Know that the city gates in biblical times were where the marketplace people set up. So use the work that you do as a blessing to … (2 comments)
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proverbs: March 30 - Proverbs Chapter 30 - 03/30/08 07:56 PM
Yesterday's post: March 29 - Proverbs Chapter 29
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 30:8-9
"Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may disown you and say, 'Who is the Lord?' Or I may become poor and steal and so dishonor the name of my God."
MY THOUGHTS: I am against poverty and for wealth as it gives glory to God. Now some do disown God by working hard for the riches and putting the Lord on the back burner. I know that you can make God first place in your … (0 comments)
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proverbs: March 29 - Proverbs Chapter 29 - 03/29/08 08:52 PM
View previous post: March 28 - Proverbs Chapter 28
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 29:1
"An evil man is snared by his own sin, but a righteous one can sing and be glad."
MY THOUGHTS: I believe everyone on this website is a good person. Perhaps you have done evil in the past, but God forgets about the past when you turn to HIM. Become righteous, not by what you have done or not done, but by accepting Jesus as Lord of your life. Doing so will make you sing! You are forgiven through Christ!
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proverbs: March 28 - Proverbs Chapter 28 - 03/27/08 11:22 PM
Read yesterdays post: March 27 - Proverbs Chapter 27
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 28:13
"He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy."
MY THOUGHTS:If you are struggling right now perhaps check yourself for not yet confessed sin. Maybe there is something that is blocking the prosperous flow to you. Remember to not only confess your sins, but to turn away and do them no more.
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Past Proverbs Notes:
March 16 - Proverbs Chapter 16- All of March at this link!
March 17 - … (4 comments)
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proverbs: March 27 - Proverbs Chapter 27 - 03/26/08 11:20 PM
See the last post: March 26 - Proverbs Chapter 26
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 27:2
"Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips."
MY THOUGHTS: There are a couple other verses that were speaking to me today, but I thought I would share this one. Remember how as Realtors we use to advertise about HOW GREAT WE ARE...maybe some still do. Maybe some of that is warranted. But look at this verse and think about it for business and personal relationships. Isn't better is someone else praises you? That makes me feel much better as compared to … (1 comments)
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proverbs: March 26 - Proverbs Chapter 26 - 03/26/08 08:02 AM
View yesterdays post: March 25 - Proverbs Chapter 25
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 26:22
"The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts."
MY THOUGHTS: There are a lot of gossips out there. Gossip causes damage to people. A gossip's words can sink deep inside to hurt both the person being talked about, and also the person doing the gossip. Next time you start gossip or next time you start to hear gossip from someone else, perhaps point out the harm it causes and make a decision not to participate in gossip.
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proverbs: March 25 - Proverbs Chapter 25 - 03/25/08 09:06 AM
Click here to view yesterdays post: March 24 - Proverbs Chapter 24
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 25:21-22
"If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you."
MY THOUGHTS: I guess this goes with BLESS those who CURSE you. Surely I am guilty of doing the opposite. I would have really never have thought of doing this...in my old self I would want to get the someone back. Now I do let God fight my battles. I don't … (2 comments)
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proverbs: March 24 - Proverbs Chapter 24 - 03/24/08 09:05 PM
Here is what I posted on Easter: March 23 - Proverbs Chapter 23
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 24
"If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength!"
MY THOUGHTS: Do you ever feel like this market is a TEST of your strength? I have had almost every deal lately have a delayed closing for one reason or another.
Last month I read this verse and it really jumped out at me. I caused me to have GUT CHECK (more commonly heard on ESPN)... I needed a GUT CHECK. I decided a little adversity was not going to get me down. I decide its time to be … (1 comments)
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proverbs: March 23 - Proverbs Chapter 23 - 03/23/08 05:57 PM
View yesterdays post at: March 22 - Proverbs Chapter 22
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 23:4-5
"Do not wear yourself out to get rich: have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle."
MY THOUGHTS: Where do you draw the line as far as earning an income? Sometimes I feel like I am near wearing myself out just to pay the bills. Or if others worked like I work they would pass over dead....I work a lot. I am always going.
I was … (2 comments)
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proverbs: March 22 - Proverbs Chapter 22 - 03/21/08 11:26 PM
View yesterdays verse: March 21 - Proverbs Chapter 21
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 22:2
"Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is Maker of them all."
MY THOUGHTS: I think we forget this. God is the maker of the rich and poor. I will look at it this way - if the Lord made the Rich, then what prevents the poor from being rich...
I was thinking about the fact that most churches don't empower the rich to share HOW they make their money with the poor, so the poor can become rich. The church seems to focus on giving just enough money to the poor to so they can … (1 comments)
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proverbs: March 21 - Proverbs Chapter 21 - 03/20/08 11:17 PM
View yesterday's verse here: March 20 - Proverbs Chapter 20
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 21:6
"A fortune make by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare."
MY THOUGHTS: I was thinking about all the LENDERS that have gone under or are about to go under. Did they have lying tongues? Did their greed cause what we have today in the market? I am not sure. I wanted to share this verse to see if anyone else had some thoughts on it.
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Past Proverbs Notes:
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proverbs: March 20 - Proverbs Chapter 20 - 03/19/08 10:48 PM
View yesterday's post: March 19 - Proverbs Chapter 19
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 20:13
"Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare."
MY THOUGHTS: This one jumped out at me because I don't sleep as much as I used to. In order for me to get the things I want done I had to change my sleep schedule fro 7-8 hours a night to 5-6 hours a night. It really does not effect me much. When I sleep I am out. I used to be more restless.
I am not saying that this is what … (2 comments)
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proverbs: March 19 - Proverbs Chapter 19 - 03/18/08 11:41 PM
View yesterdays post here: March 18 - Proverbs Chapter 18 ...
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 19:21
"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails."
MY THOUGHTS: I have found this to be true. Although I must admit I had been battling the Lord on this in some respect. You know...running my self into the brick wall of trying to go with my plans over HIS purpose. I feel like I have given way or at least went with the PROVERBS 16:3 way.
What about you? How have you found this to be true or not for you?
Past Proverbs … (4 comments)
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proverbs: March 18 - Proverbs Chapter 18 - 03/17/08 11:08 PM
View the previous blog in this series at here: March 17 - Proverbs Chapter 17 ...
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 18:21
"The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit."
MY THOUGHTS: Could your tongue have that much power? I can say first hand, "yes it does." A few years ago before I accepted Christ in my life I was pretty negative, and a lot of the things I said were negative...I got poor results. Once I started to grow in Christ I noticed that I needed to also started speaking differently...cleaning up perverse language, but even … (7 comments)
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proverbs: March 17 - Proverbs Chapter 17 - 03/16/08 11:20 PM
FOR THE REST OF THE DAILY POSTS IN THIS SERIES GOTO: March 16 - Proverbs Chapter 16
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 17:14
"Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out."
MY THOUGHTS: Do you know people who like to start a fight (quarrel)? Perhaps you do that with your spouse or they do that to you? I stay far from this now. I had one person that really got me going in the past. That same person likes to try to get me going now, but I stay away.
This is another reason why I suggest the study of proverbs. … (1 comments)
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proverbs: March 16 - Proverbs Chapter 16 - 03/16/08 11:05 PM
Happy Birthday Mom! Check out the previous post to the series: March - Proverbs Chapter 15
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 16:3
"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."
MY THOUGHTS: First of we need to noticed that the Bible talks about us SUCCEEDING. There are a lot of people that live life like God wants us to be average, mediocre and to barely get by. NOT TRUE! God wants us to succeed.
How do you succeed? Very simply I have learned. COMMIT YOUR PLANS TO THE LORD! I was struggling in late 2007 in Real Estate. I read this and … (1 comments)
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proverbs: March - Proverbs Chapter 15 - 03/16/08 10:55 PM
To see the previous post in this series click here: March - Proverbs Chapter 14
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 15:22
"Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed."
MY THOUGHTS: I come up with a lot of ideas on my own and sometimes I like to run with them. However, I continue to learn that with MANY ADVISERS you create a better idea and plan. Doing so leads to success. I am not saying you can't run your own race. I have learned that its much more effective to have more people on your team. Different ideas and experience can help … (1 comments)
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proverbs: March - Proverbs Chapter 14 - 03/16/08 10:46 PM
See the previous post in this series here: March - Proverbs Chapter 13
PROVERBS - CHAPTER 14:30
"A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones."
MY THOUGHTS: I can say I have peace in my heart. That doesn't mean everything in the world view is going great for me, but I know I have peace. I am doing the best I can I am growing and learning and helping others. This gives me peace. God's word gives me peace.
I wonder why I rarely get sick. I feel stronger today then ever before. Could it be that I have peace in my heart? I notice … (0 comments)
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