How Proverbs Changed How I See Everything

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  • Any one of these verses can change your life. Store up this wisdom and look for ways to apply it. To study proverbs is to methodically gather wisdom much like the way a farmer gathers in his crop, knowing that it will be essential for the future. I'm hoping this little tour through Proverbs 27 will ignite in you an appreciation for the book and renew your own hunger for wisdom. Let's honor God's name by being a wise people in the midst of a foolish world.
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  • @j.reesebradley4771
    @j.reesebradley4771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +581

    So good. Proverbs has changed my life too in so many ways. At one point, I even became obsessed with trying to be the Proverbs 31 woman until God finally showed me that if I just seek Him diligently those things will come too. Thank you Lord!

    • @kimtv5774
      @kimtv5774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      J. Reese Bradley wow so nice

    • @genli5603
      @genli5603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Proverbs 31 woman was a wife of a super rich man who gave her the seed money for starting an impressive enterprise. Not a regular woman!

    • @elizabethtaylor9242
      @elizabethtaylor9242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Gen Li I’m not so sure about that. I get the impression she started small ..... making some belts and selling them ...... and gradually built up from there. She is well organised and hard working and full of faith, able to step out in faith. She buys a field with her own income. When I first encountered her, she represented to me an unreachable standard, and a workhorse for the patriarchy. A few decades later, after becoming a Christian, I began to receive a more favourable impression of her. Then I met some brilliantly creative Proverbs 31 women, and I was seriously impressed. She is free and creative and loving and giving. She serves from a free and loving heart. She also seems to be physically healthy, which helps. It is difficult for those of us who are not to work day and night, however enjoyable it might be. But her hard work contributes to and raises up the whole household and would be far preferable to working for a corporation or an employer. Instead of being dependent or a burden for her husband, she is an asset.....and contributes to his success and his good reputation. So it is a virtuous spiral up in terms of life enhancement for everyone concerned. Eventually he and the kids rise up and call her blessed! It’s an example of the way the Bible teaches building up not tearing down. Her husband must be something special too, because he clearly is not oppressive, or a control freak and gives her breathing space and love and support. I’m don’t mean just economic support. It is difficult to be like her around people who are criticising you all the time and tearing you down. Appreciation and encouragement are life enhancing in any family. She seems to be the result of divine wisdom, her own and her husband’s.

    • @jeremyzamorano4774
      @jeremyzamorano4774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well said. Good comment.

    • @j.reesebradley4771
      @j.reesebradley4771 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @noneya bizness is this Travis?

  • @brando3342
    @brando3342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    "When I see my sin reflected back at me, I am grateful" Mike, that is probably the wisest and most beautiful thing I've ever heard you say. I agree with you, knowing the Lord means being grateful to see our mistakes when we make them. Contrite because of them, grateful for God's grace.

    • @vaccineymartini9293
      @vaccineymartini9293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Trinity worship is mortal sin against the 1st Commandment. Winger is leading people down the garden path to Hell, so he is working against God with his multiple gods of the popes. There is One God and one mediator, not a panel show of three idol gods. No trinity worshiper can enter Heaven for you have accepted the Mark of the Beast - the sign of the cross, calling on the Three Unclean Spirits you admire most, the fadda, da son, and da holy ghost from Roman paganism.

    • @amybee40
      @amybee40 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Maybe you shouldn't have stopped reading the Bible when you got to the 1st Commandment? Because you clearly don't know what the rest of it says.

    • @ClarifyingChrist
      @ClarifyingChrist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@amybee40 I think this person is just trying to start an argument...I wouldn't give it too much thought.
      But just in case that's not accurate, I encourage you to spend more time reading the Bible (not talking to you here, Amy).

    • @brando3342
      @brando3342 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amybee40 Who is this directed to?

    • @brando3342
      @brando3342 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ClarifyingChrist Are you speaking to "Jesus Shaves"?

  • @BlessedEly
    @BlessedEly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    I love Proverbs. I read a chapter everyday, and then start all over each month.

    • @RealTraderCMDwaldo
      @RealTraderCMDwaldo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Wow, love God my sister and read proverbs💖

    • @LL-lj1kq
      @LL-lj1kq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I’m starting that now , thank you ♥️

    • @estrouse123
      @estrouse123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Chuck missler recommends one chapter in proverbs a day, given there is commonly 31 days in a month. Each time you read a chapter, write down the specific verse that meant the most. As the months progress look back to compare which verses stuck out overtime

    • @johnlewis8934
      @johnlewis8934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That’s a good strategy to read the Bible everyday, and to also read other books of the Bible along with it.

    • @Silence3157
      @Silence3157 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Me too! "A Proverb a day keeps the devil away" 😂

  • @puddleglummarshwiggle4236
    @puddleglummarshwiggle4236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Anyone who knows the Lord reading this please take a moment and pray for my two youngest children (Hosannah age 5 and Noble age 3) to be brought home to me safely this year and for their abusers to be caught and stopped and prosecuted to the full extent of the law in Jesus Christs holy name. I ask for prayers a lot because I desperately need prayer. Please pray.

    • @iamforhim4904
      @iamforhim4904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🙏💜✝️

    • @michellechalmers8753
      @michellechalmers8753 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Oh my goodness! I am so, so sorry! I know your comment is 11 months old so my apologies for only seeing this now. Have Hosannah and Noble returned? I sincerely hope so. Your family is in my prayers for not only the resolution of such a horrible ordeal but also for healing. God bless you so much!

    • @BabeRuthuk
      @BabeRuthuk ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Praying for you now

    • @nancyjernigan5840
      @nancyjernigan5840 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      10/17/22 how and where are your kids now? I’ve said a prayer 🙏!

    • @jefferybates6193
      @jefferybates6193 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Praying for you stay strong. Reaching out to others as well. Sorry I just ran across this now. God Bless You

  • @misst1928
    @misst1928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    My son’s friends all tell their mothers they love them and the one time my son left me with just a wave after I told him I love him his friends stopped walking to give him time to properly tell me bye.

    • @carpejkdiem
      @carpejkdiem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Awwwe, them are preferred kinds of friends. He and you both are blessed. That's awesome to hear. :-)

    • @homeontheranger7025
      @homeontheranger7025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Miss T That’s awesome! It’s great to hear that other youngsters still keep each other in check. 👍

    • @misst1928
      @misst1928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      He has been lead to a godly bunch of friends and it’s been a huge blessing in many ways.

    • @jeremyzamorano4774
      @jeremyzamorano4774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Good mom.

    • @THEARCHITECT801
      @THEARCHITECT801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Praise GOD!! Amen sister!

  • @luciahedman3120
    @luciahedman3120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Our family reads 1 chapter of Proverbs for the day at breakfast. We use the dates on the calender to choose which chapter. It has been a great experience and the start of many discussions.

    • @lilhammad9214
      @lilhammad9214 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      if you worship a man as god you're deeds are for naught

    • @genli5603
      @genli5603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@lilhammad9214 Who does Allah pray to, sine he prays? To whom does Allah pray for Muhammad? Why does the Quran tell the people of the book to judge according to the Gospel that they had in 610 when the Gospels of 610 are the Gospels of now an tell us that Muhammad was corrupt? Why did Muhammad die the death of a false prophet, according to the Quran? The Quran says that Allah will sever Muhammad's aorta if he is a false prophet. As Muhammad lay dying, he said that he felt his aorta being severed. By Muhammad's own testimony, he was a fraud. Why did the Egyptian authorities sink the Qurans in the Nile after they standardized the Quran in 1924? Why did Umar burn the Qurans? Why doesn't the Sana'a Quran match any modern Quran? You are deceived and corrupt!

    • @genli5603
      @genli5603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This works for morning people. Lol. Half of us are barely focusing in the mornings.

    • @jonathandoe1367
      @jonathandoe1367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@genli5603 Maybe this is an opportunity to take your worst and let Jesus make it into something beautiful. Just food for thought.

    • @sciencescholar3440
      @sciencescholar3440 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@genli5603 wow, beautiful, you made his mouth shut up.

  • @cagedstowgee4991
    @cagedstowgee4991 3 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    “We live in a binge culture”
    As I listen to Mikes whole Mark series while at work 😂

    • @joyswanson7648
      @joyswanson7648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      😂😂😂 basically.

    • @raymondsmale8398
      @raymondsmale8398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Been binge watching the mark series as well 😬

    • @black_horse_lover2655
      @black_horse_lover2655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same haha!

    • @traceybradford9623
      @traceybradford9623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What’s that??

    • @bstring3967
      @bstring3967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is a worthy binge 😏 rather than binging on telletubies or whatever mindless shows kids binge on these days

  • @ellabella8465
    @ellabella8465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    WOW, 1 year ago I wouldn’t understand half of what I just watched. After i am blinded by his grace EVERY little word spoke to me so deeply! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @servantofmessiah1071
    @servantofmessiah1071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Mike, please do ***all*** the Proverbs. Hugely enriched by this. Thank you!

  • @lindafish2789
    @lindafish2789 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    We always say "Lord willing" when we talk about our plans. It is a constant reminder.

  • @banditnip0345
    @banditnip0345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Why did I take so long finding this guy? I will be back. He helped me already.

    • @AllThingsNew1723
      @AllThingsNew1723 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have learned so much from his videos!

  • @jessicap2967
    @jessicap2967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Please do a study on all the Proverbs! I really enjoyed this video!

  • @NicoleBrown147
    @NicoleBrown147 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It changed my life, as well. I saw myself as a princess, the King's daughter, and quit getting drunk, smoking, sleeping with boyfriends, getting high. (One at a time though). If my dad is the King, am I acting like a princess? Love that book!

  • @47amos
    @47amos ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Rock bottom is whenever you stop going down" This hit me

  • @chriswilletts3621
    @chriswilletts3621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    As the Lord wills. I've found myself saying this a lot more. Like hold up, let's lay those righteous foundations first.

  • @iitzfairy9394
    @iitzfairy9394 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was feeling sad today because I cant seem to keep any relationship family or friends because of how mean and cold I am now. And i cried and asked god to help me with it and i asked him “what do I do? all i hear is “read your bible” and i cried more and asked god “but where do I start?” And he said to me “proverbs” … and i cant tell you how much i am crying.. because this is exactly what I needed and was looking for.

  • @blueberrymuffinsmix
    @blueberrymuffinsmix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    About the "everything bitter is sweet" thing, I went through a very tumultuous season of life back in 2018. Now that it's over, I am even grateful for the struggles of this time in my life because of the terrible season that's behind me. That's just what comes to mind when I hear that verse. Like, people around me are just unaware and ungrateful of how beautiful their lives are, and I, having struggled so much and come through (by the goodness of Jesus, of course), am just so overwhelmed by thankfulness that even my trials are washed over with thankfulness.

    • @KM-zn3lx
      @KM-zn3lx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @musical.....yes same here! My horrible terrible very bad year was 2016!

    • @dawnmacdonald4028
      @dawnmacdonald4028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I totally agree 2018 also a bad year for me, but in hindsight I'm now so grateful for the struggle. God is sooo Good

    • @JolieMay07
      @JolieMay07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This has been my hard year, but it’s always so encouraging to see those on the other side of struggle. This too shall pass!

    • @jonathandoe1367
      @jonathandoe1367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KM-zn3lx Mine was 2020. I was saved in 2021. Coincidence? XD

  • @eragonzaroc
    @eragonzaroc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The first book of the bible I read was proverbs. From there , I found love.

    • @lilhammad9214
      @lilhammad9214 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jeremiah 8 8 ' scribes have falsified the Bible ' oops

    • @Gigachild
      @Gigachild 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lilhammad9214 this isn’t stating that the Scriptures themselves, as a whole, are corrupted. Of course we find corrupted manuscripts here and there, some heavily edited by Gnostics or some heavily edited by means of misinterpretation/compromise. However, these manuscripts go through a tedious study, and are discarded if not seen fit to be in the Bible.
      This passage is a reminder to Jeremiah that not all who hold the pen and paper (supposed authority in the Scriptures) were interpreting or upholding the Scripture rightly. A commentary that talks about this is an online, free commentary on Jeremiah 8 known as the Enduring Word commentary by David Guzik.
      I encourage you towards a level-headed approach to studying who Isa al-Masih is my friend. I encourage you to douse yourself in information about him from the Injeel. He very well may clear up some, if not all, of your questions.

    • @Calatriste54
      @Calatriste54 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      and correct correction is Love..

    • @caroleimani9754
      @caroleimani9754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When I was first born again I tried reading Matthew, but ran into all the "begats." I was about to give up, but my Christian roommate told me to read the Gospel of John. That was a better choice for me.....

  • @mimishella4915
    @mimishella4915 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Mike. I thank God for you. Recently, I've discovered that many of the ministers I've enjoyed lately had heretical ideas, bad doctrine, promoting heretics like prosperity teachers or sinful. God must be helping me weed through the tarres. But once it's all said and done I am so grateful to Him for his guidance. I just wanted the teaching as an adjunct to the Word I already study. I have found your exegesis to be spot on, and your attitude very Christ-like. Keep on, brother. God be with you.

  • @lifegoesonandonandonandona7192
    @lifegoesonandonandonandona7192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    52:00 Proverbs 27:20
    Today the Lord has used you and his word to set me free. Truly I was led here for that very reason. God bless you brother!

  • @karen94558
    @karen94558 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The book of proverbs, blows my mind and wisdom grows every time I dive into it. I feel like the Chinese wise cat. 🤓
    Wisdom is more valuable than Rubies 😍💕

  • @InternetDisciple
    @InternetDisciple 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    If you are one of those people who know that you don't have much wisdom, then you are actually ahead of most people.
    (And if you ask the Lord God for wisdom, then you are WAAAAY ahead of most people.)

    • @gabriellameattray9778
      @gabriellameattray9778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm such a fool and I want to get more out of proverbs! But I'm not sure how to go about doing this

  • @Over-9k
    @Over-9k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    27:30 I did this just this past year in December 2023, I left my wife and kids for another woman because my wife and I had an argument told me to leave and I did. And I ended up on an ankle monitor and on probation and I knew all of these verses and teachings and I still did it. My wife and I acted in pride and he humbled us real quick. These feelings of happiness are fleeting. But the joy in the love of Jesus is forever. And we came to God and he is still protecting us and sustaining us. He took us back just like the prodigal son. And he is safeguarding us and creating a path where there is none. God wants to create us into a person that the enemy is afraid of. That’s ok take that lickin and keep on tickin because The lord will use you to spread the Gospel when he needs to. And this only made our faith stronger. And I hope whatever anyone else goes through let’s their hardships make their relationship with Christ stronger Amen HalleluYAH! 🙏🙌

  • @chriscillamercadel7847
    @chriscillamercadel7847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I feel sad sometimes because of the daily war against my sinful flesh but at the same time I am grateful for it because it humbles me. I hate that I do certain things that I do not want to do... I hate that I do things that are unpleasing to God but at the same time it is humbling and constantly reminds me that I am not perfect. It proves time and time again that only God is perfect, it also makes me feel grateful for what He has done for us because of our imperfection. I put my trust in Him that as the days go by He continues the good work in me that He has began along with me putting my effort in and willing to be disciplined in the end I am nothing with out Him.
    God bless

  • @helenem4586
    @helenem4586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Should be called the Book of Pearls. Anyhoo.... love to all the family of God from Western Australia.

  • @stephenkorosi9561
    @stephenkorosi9561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I have laughed more in this sermon genuinely, than most of the comedy specials ive seen in an age. Amen the truth is funny.

  • @LaurenceLok
    @LaurenceLok 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Who downvotes a video full of wisdom??

  • @slash903
    @slash903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love Proverbs. It's great that there are 31 chapters, so you can read roughly a chapter a day. Over a year, you'll have read Proverbs 12 times. I did it last year and am doing it again this year. I've learned so much.

  • @TheGafamily
    @TheGafamily 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Same here. Whew😁 was abandoned as a child by my alcoholic mother so no structure, discipline, guidance, wisdom. The first book in Bible was proverbs the Lord took me through. This was golden for me.

  • @claudias6492
    @claudias6492 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The way you explain things is rather poetic. God definitely gifted you, Thank you for sharing your insights. Super helpful.

  • @iamforhim4904
    @iamforhim4904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your words about your life being impacted by reading Proverbs really "smacked" my "attention". As a young adult who had strayed ,and then painfully but thankfully
    " arrested by deep conviction " , began my Renewed commitment to Christ and His Way by reading Proverbs aloud. Slowly, repeating, meditating on parallelistic couplet by couplet. I was amazed as I literally "felt" my mind, mindset, thinking was literally becoming RE- balanced. Now I know I wasn't THE ONLY ONE ! 🙌😍

  • @mobpsychology135
    @mobpsychology135 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I’m reading proverbs rt now and it’s amazing how much knowledge I gained from it. ❤ God bless you

  • @nicholasfornshell7362
    @nicholasfornshell7362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    "Yolo isn't around anymore probably because everyone who tried it died". I laughed at that way too hard. It should be a proverb.

    • @AndrewJohnH
      @AndrewJohnH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Cool Water LOL! (Oh no, I used it up, I can never laugh again!) :O

    • @lukeshirtliff7861
      @lukeshirtliff7861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There was a death core and called suicide silence, they released an album with a hit song on it called “you only live once” that album made the band huge in the sence, not long after the singer died driving into a lightpole on his Harley intoxicated

    • @nicholasfornshell7362
      @nicholasfornshell7362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lukeshirtliff7861 I remember that when it happened. What is tragic is the vocalist had a daughter who was still a baby. He could have avoided that if he did not drive his motorcycle while intoxicated.

    • @caroleimani9754
      @caroleimani9754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who or what is "Yolo?"

    • @AndrewJohnH
      @AndrewJohnH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@caroleimani9754 "You Only Live Once"... which used to mean 'make the most of your life', and now seems to mean 'might as well do the stupid thing'.

  • @Loves2HugItOut
    @Loves2HugItOut 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Thank you for teaching the Bible in a way that lets Jesus shine for all to hear. Truly thankful for your ministry. Keep shining for Jesus and walking in the power of the Holy Spirit. 💗🙏🏻✨
    Matthew 5:14-16
    You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick and it gives light to all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
    Grace and peace to you in Jesus, the light of the world ❤️

    • @biotorex8999
      @biotorex8999 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why do you believe in the Holy Fable?

    • @kimtv5774
      @kimtv5774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your beautiful for that verse

  • @andreahintz5094
    @andreahintz5094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m sooo grateful for your ministry Pastor Mike. It is so hard to find good, solid, biblical teaching these days. I’ve learned so much from listening to your videos over this past year.

  • @4runner4GOD
    @4runner4GOD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So good! I didn't grow up with wisdom in my home either. Its been a hard road, but just recently my prayer has been " LORD , PLEASE MAKE ME THE WISE WOMAN OF GOD I NEVER HAD AND PLEASE REDEEM MY PAST AND USE IT FOR YOUR GLORY!!"

  • @duffgordon9005
    @duffgordon9005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now I have wisdom, because "I did yet another intensive study on myself " and sure enough- I AM WISE!! Lucky for my subs!!

  • @oprophetisfake9482
    @oprophetisfake9482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Proverbs 27:8 "Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home." This reminds me how many virtual divorces there are in our society. How many men are unhappy at home and spend all their lives outside the home: at work, fishing, camping, even near home but all the time in the garden or the garden shed or they have a separate man cave or den and they never actually live with their wife.

    • @Nkp757railfan
      @Nkp757railfan ปีที่แล้ว

      What I don't get is why they don't use these things they enjoy to connect with their spouse. Take them on that camping or fishing trip get advice for work invite them into your man cave.

  • @seltaeb101
    @seltaeb101 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This man is so wise. He takes scripture and truly illuminates it without twisting it. A true man of God who the Holy Spirit is truly working though.

  • @SeeCSeesCC
    @SeeCSeesCC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    ❤️❤️ Proverbs worked the same way for me! It was my first in-depth scripture experience and it made so much sense, I was saved out of the blue, it was a shock for anybody who knew me. The book of Proverbs raised me up to be a mature Jesus seeking adult from a child of the world

  • @ShalomDove
    @ShalomDove ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had a serious temptation I was dealing with a few years ago. When my Christian friends found out about it they shut me out. I have always felt that if they had really loved me, they would have set me straight and helped me get back on track, instead.

  • @Jesusistruth3
    @Jesusistruth3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I’ve not commented here before, but I really appreciating your videos. Praise God! Thanks for all you do for the kingdom Mike 🙏

  • @Nyyre
    @Nyyre ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The wisdom books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job) brought me back to God after my faith had grown stale.
    I found so many answers in these books, on topics I never even knew the Bible addressed. It gave me peace of mind that my struggles were not particularly new or unique, and that there were real answers to be found in the Word. (For example Ecclesiastes blew my mind once I realized it directly addressed nihilism… something I had assumed Christians were too scared or naive to talk about!)
    And Proverbs gave me a place to start focusing on fixing up my life, one decision at a time. One nugget of wisdom at a time. It helped me understand the hurtful behavior of people around me. It helped me empathize, and not resent. It helped me start to notice my own hurtful or selfish behavior, and gave me confidence and guidance on how to correct myself.
    And then as my sense of peace and understanding grew, I couldn’t deny that there was definitely Something More in these words, working underneath.
    Once you realize that wisdom is the key to a fruitful, fulfilled life… and that the Bible is a gift that teaches you wisdom… and the Spirit is a gift that helps you act on it… absolutely everything changes!

  • @droe2570
    @droe2570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The same is true with me. The first book I began to study for myself on my own was Proverbs. The second was Ecclesiastes. These two books really spoke to me in many ways.

  • @hyperfocus1963
    @hyperfocus1963 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    59:16 "He's saying don't agonize over things you don't know." - This is so good. Something that recently helped my anxiety over the future was realizing that my anxiety was coming from my brain trying to solve the problems of the future without actually being there yet. Once I realized that I don't even have the means to start figuring out detailed specifics of the future, I was able to let it go and trust God to still be with me when I get there.

  • @TheRustyAlpaca
    @TheRustyAlpaca 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I need a whole series on Proverbs taught by you! I struggle with understanding the wisdom of Proverbs.

  • @lolaparra9389
    @lolaparra9389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Love the book, love wisdom, eventhough sometimes tastes bitter. Regardless, it is so great to birth the wisdom of God out of us, instead of our foolishness that brings folly.

  • @AromaMomBibleStudy
    @AromaMomBibleStudy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God showed me Proverbs when I first got saved. Proverbs 3:5-6 is my life verse. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @nikkimnmd507
    @nikkimnmd507 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “All help is not help, all kindness isn’t kindness, do a survey of where a person is at before you be a blessing to them. A lack of empathy can be where my kindness can fail and it can actually be annoying.”

  • @JonClash
    @JonClash ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This has blessed me.

  • @HowdySunshine
    @HowdySunshine หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is my fifth time listening to the sermon. I am truly amazed about how applicable each segment of your sermon is. I have been sober for three years and I have to say I will never stop reading Proverbs now for the rest of my life. This will be the key to a healthy and sober life. This is the key for me to learn how to love the people around me and everyone else God brings in my life. Thank you. The book of proverbs is amazing!

  • @sambailie4773
    @sambailie4773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Brother, God led me to this message, the exact message I needed. He is amazing. Praise God for his love and care to each of us.

  • @michellem8379
    @michellem8379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This video is excellent I watched this tonight, and I felt the genuine heart of Jesus, a true heart❤

  • @zoeyclarks7609
    @zoeyclarks7609 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Proverbs as always confused me. So I am so glad for this teaching as I will be rewatching this over and over again to be able to retain the lessons of Proverbs. Thank you, Mike! And thank you God for your wisdom.

  • @EllenSmyth
    @EllenSmyth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Every bitter thing being sweet": By waiting until we are truly hungry, though not starving, to eat, we keep our bodies in the catabolic *healing* phase the longest and, as a bonus, even the most bitter cruciferous (for Christ!) vegetables (real thing: look them up) will be sweet. So it is with the Word: the Law and the Prophets may be bitter bills to swallow especially when we are fat on sin, but when we hunger for righteousness, even these bitter pills are sweetness to our lips!

  • @renesamkoshy7364
    @renesamkoshy7364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It is our love that helps us preach about sin, not hatred!
    God bless you, Mike!
    That is such a profound statement and a gentle reminder that it should be out of love as is supposed to be :)

  • @scottheath8302
    @scottheath8302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When people or my self or anyone makes a statement like “ I am not sure what to do”!!! A book such as proverbs psalms the Gospels give so much guidance for our lives, to the point that the question we started with Is basically untrue ... We do know what to do, But do we do it ? And if not why? Gods glorious blueprint is there as the Psalmist states.
    Psalm 119: 105 says Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

  • @katrinamartin9010
    @katrinamartin9010 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I come back to this video every year for the past 4 years.
    Thank you for this wisdom! It changed my life . Knowledge

  • @checkelder
    @checkelder 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would like to thank God for leading me to this video. I kept searching for videos that could help me better explain the book Proverbs. I couldn't find a good video until i found this one. Oh man , i learned a lot watching this one.
    Thank you, Mike !
    You made this very clear and learnable. May God keep blessing you with wisdom.
    Thanks again & thank you, God.

  • @lou-annatkinson4211
    @lou-annatkinson4211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love The Bible Thinker community. Such a nice place to be, to visit, in a sometimes crazy world. I'm not one for online community chat places, don't understand most of the comments, probably cause I'm a bit old. But I have no trouble here at Bible Thinker. Blessings to all from Australia 😄🙏✝️💟

    • @eurekasquared9853
      @eurekasquared9853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Greetings from Florida. May the Lord bless and keep you.

  • @debypoole7079
    @debypoole7079 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Theirs sermons I come back to often. This is one of them ❤️

  • @nonavad
    @nonavad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    another interpretation for Proverbs 27:7 is if your soul is filled with the spirit, you'll be knowledgeable of the bitterness of sin, and even if you don't, you won't be in need to seek out other sources of sweetness

  • @brandon5928
    @brandon5928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tricksy hobbit maneuver 😂. Pastor Mike, I have recently reconnected with my faith and my fiancé is as well. We are realizing how ignorant in scripture we both were. Your teachings have helped us tremendously and I just wanted to thank you for it. You have been a blessing in our lives. God bless you brother.

  • @nitrosense8827
    @nitrosense8827 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I grew up without anyone to gain wisdom from, i have no visible parents around, the household i was in doesn't talk much about spirituality, and i basically wasn't raised in a very friendly and healthy environment. All around me was noise. All around me was the certain and exact point of life that I don't want to experience ever again in my entire life, and the people around me are the same ones I won't take as role models. I love them, but still, they didn't bring me any good while I was growing up. My mental health was literally on another level of destruction.
    Now that I'm old enough to learn and unlearn so many things, and that I've already forgiven them, I am also allowing the Wisdom of God to change the hardened version of me, to be teachable, and to be delivered from the darkness that housed me. Through God's grace, I am saved. ❤

  • @CJ-lr4uq
    @CJ-lr4uq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Just found Mike. You hit the nail on the head with this one, man. Looking forward to more of your sermons.

    • @islandonlinenews
      @islandonlinenews 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sodium Lights me too, just found him.

  • @rubysanchez132
    @rubysanchez132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for your ministry Pastor Mike. Have learned so much from your videos.

  • @flunder50
    @flunder50 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It would be great if your next study would be through this entire book. Man this was so enlightening.

  • @dennyhinds2514
    @dennyhinds2514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Trixie hobbit maneuver"?! That's awesome!! Speak-It Brother, Amen!
    Great job. I've been following you for a while and your podcast are the best. Many times I have share the link of those to others. Keep it up! I pray Blessings on you & your ministries!

  • @atl3630
    @atl3630 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is like the 48 Laws of Power, but Biblical. Mike, thanks for this sermon, it's a real blessing.

  • @lindafogarty3924
    @lindafogarty3924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mike thank-you thank-you thank-you for using your God given ability to understand and teach the most important book in the world!

  • @ThomasG-og4yb
    @ThomasG-og4yb ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much, this sermon and discussion is an answer to my prayer, bringing closer to the Lord!

  • @malindadenlinger882
    @malindadenlinger882 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I so enjoyed going through this chapter! Thank you 😊
    Lord willing you’ll expound on another soon.

  • @suzannemiller6028
    @suzannemiller6028 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you! I love Proverbs and have read it for many many years, but I never stop learning from it. I appreciate the clarity you gave on verse 22. My adult child is making choices that we have taught her are not right. But if she is committed to her folly then there is nothing we can do beyond praying for her and sharing the truth with her.

  • @Melki
    @Melki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The book of Proverbs enabled me to maneuver my life in ways I wouldn't have imagined to be possible before reading it seriously. You couldn't prioritize it enough, it is so good indeed.

  • @fernandopineda4483
    @fernandopineda4483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was amazing! Thank you Mike, been looking for a teaching regarding Proverbs and you hit it out the park! should do some on King Solomon since we are learning about wisdom.

  • @susiehill8876
    @susiehill8876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for this insight into Proverbs. God bless you!

  • @Variety_Pack
    @Variety_Pack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm in the process of bringing my invention to production and in just two minutes Mike hits me with exactly what I needed to hear. 😳

  • @Plexy347
    @Plexy347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    He was making the Mark series even back then? Mark is gonna be best friends with Mike in heaven, I’m telling you 😂

    • @visitur4914
      @visitur4914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think Peter was behind the gospel of Mark. I think it's the most "dramatic" gospel, full of moving little details. It gives you people's facial expressions, tones of voice, body postures, and motivating thoughts. It's very human. I knew a godly man who was saved by reading Mark in the hospital when he was a teenager. There's nothing like Jesus. No one is so beautiful and perfect.

    • @caroleimani9754
      @caroleimani9754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@visitur4914 I heard that Mark got a lot of info. from Peter. I didn't believe it until now. Then Mark gave information to Matthew. At least that's what I heard.......

    • @jonathandoe1367
      @jonathandoe1367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@caroleimani9754 To be perfectly fair, most books of the Bible are like this. Multiple scribes were involved in the editing process, and we don't even know how many people might have been involved in collecting testimonies and recounting histories. It just shows you how carefully these books were written, and how much more there is to learn.

  • @suzielizeth1380
    @suzielizeth1380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you thank you so much for this video 🙏💕

  • @sheilanewcombe2331
    @sheilanewcombe2331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So glad this caught my attention...great job at sorting through the scripture....it is profound and great for dealing with life's challenges!

  • @maxrice6990
    @maxrice6990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Mike I love your stuff, I've been listening on the podcast app almost every day for several months now and to your youtube channel and scripture has never made more sense. Thank you!

  • @jordana2267
    @jordana2267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I really enjoyed this and found this enlightening, please do more like this 🙏🏻

  • @barbarahawkins7864
    @barbarahawkins7864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is an awesome study! I hate to admit it, but I’ve gotten a lot more out of it than I have gotten when I studied on my own!

  • @jake.hawken
    @jake.hawken 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a word I needed right now. Thank you

  • @Readthewordeveryday
    @Readthewordeveryday 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I LOVE THIS . I have been in Proverbs for a couple weeks it has always been one of my favourite books in the Bible 💙

  • @ElficGuy
    @ElficGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is the first time Mike made me think to myself "hmm he really IS a Bible thinker, not just a peacher".

    • @jellyfish0311
      @jellyfish0311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know it's a typo but it made me laugh

    • @ElficGuy
      @ElficGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jellyfish0311 Didn't even notice 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Suits him somehow

  • @aisleenmoir2979
    @aisleenmoir2979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi Pastor Mike! I don't usually comment but I wanted to encourage you in letting you know that I love when you post verse by verse videos. It has blessed me much, thank you!

  • @WarandFlame
    @WarandFlame 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey Mike! Your an amazing Pastor. Thank you

  • @r.e.2101
    @r.e.2101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You're great! God continues to use your videos to guide me. The timing is Devine.

  • @JontheBerean
    @JontheBerean 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you , Mike Winger .
    God has given you a great teaching gift. I got a lot from this .
    God bless your ministry

  • @Thehappybirder
    @Thehappybirder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this. Listening to this was time well spent. At this time in my life this speaks to me. Keep focusing on Christ and let the chips fall where they may.

  • @johnlewis8934
    @johnlewis8934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Rock bottom is wherever you decide to stop going down.” Wow yeah that’s a great wisdom in that saying. We all must continually be living in repentance.

  • @lukasmakarios4998
    @lukasmakarios4998 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you hunger and thirst for righteousness, even the bitter rebukes of love will be sweet for you, and the Lord will fill you with abundance. Then the temptations that might seem sweet won't really draw you in. Long for the Lord with dedication, and He will grant you such consolations that even in troubles you won't be looking for distractions.

  • @b.maxwell5037
    @b.maxwell5037 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent Teaching! Truly needed & enjoyed the relevance! Thank & Bless You!

  • @stacyzeisloft4173
    @stacyzeisloft4173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Proverbs is my favorite. Thank you for this Mike.

  • @waynehatia7925
    @waynehatia7925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You're on another level! I thank God for opening your eyes to this wisdom so you could impart it to us.

  • @gen2917
    @gen2917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another AWESOME message! My family and I are so grateful for your faithfulness to Gods word!

  • @anthonywilliams3822
    @anthonywilliams3822 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thoroughly enjoyed this. I'm going to listen to it again!

  • @titicoqui
    @titicoqui 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    so so well done for years I took this awesome book for granted and paid so dearly for it

  • @ua6440
    @ua6440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My sis shared this msg with me. Love it.
    At time when I am going through Proverbs on my own.
    Awesome