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12/19/2025

Trying to live without the Bible is the easiest way to make a total mess of your life. It's like driving a car without a steering wheel. You'll get somewhere, but not without a wreck.

Show your soul some love by feeding it daily from the Word. You can read a chapter of Proverbs in less time than it takes to finish a mug of good coffee. And if you're drinking bad coffee, why?

Stay on topic, Francie.

Daily Bible reading is how we get wisdom. Want to handle that next crazy issue wisely? Baby step into the Bible with a daily chapter of Proverbs.

It's habit-forming.

"He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good." (Proverbs 19:8)
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12/18/2025

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12/16/2025

Do you get frustrated when things don't go according to your plan? Maybe there's too much YOU in that planning process.

Learning how to commit our plans to God is a major trust exercise. The more we work these trust muscles, the stronger we get. When we trust God with our plans, He guides our thoughts and leads us to outcomes that may look different than what we had in mind because His way is perfect.

Cancel the frustration over failed plans. Take those plans and turn them into prayer requests instead. 💜🙏🏾

"Commit thy works unto the LORD, And thy thoughts shall be established." (Proverbs 16:3)

"As for God, his way is perfect: The word of the LORD is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in him." (Psalm 18:30)
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12/12/2025

"Hypocrite" also means "stage actor." And it's not limited to a person pretending to be someone or something they are not.

It also applies to those who pick out the faults of others while possessing the same flaws. Are you rude to rude people? Are you unkind to the unkind? Are you trying to hurt people who hurt you?

We all need to do a self-check. It's very easy to be a hypocrite.

"An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: But through knowledge shall the just be delivered." (Proverbs 11:9)

"Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." (Matthew 7:5)

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12/06/2025

We know how to pray, but we're experts at worrying so we often combine the two, but this habit doesn't make sense. Why are we worrying when we're praying to the same God Who told the wind and the waves, "Peace, be still"?

We worry because we're human. And because we struggle with trust issues. What if God doesn't answer the way we've prayed it? Or what if His answer is "no" when we want a "yes"? Or what if God takes a really long time to answer?

Worry is a sign that our faith needs building. Circumstances that we don't like are the building supplies.

"And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?" (Mark 4:39-40)
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11/17/2025

One of the biggest delusions is to imagine that we can "handle temptation." No, we cannot. It handles us.

That's why temptation includes images. Food commercials with pictures, lingerie ads with models in their underwear, movies with love scenes... all designed to stimulate desire.

It works this way with any temptation. Remember Eve? She "saw" before she sinned (Gen. 3:6). Temptation entered her eye-gates and her ear-gates. Both gates were left unguarded. The destruction that followed still exists today.

Are you exposing yourself to temptation in any area of your life? Be honest with yourself and with God, and make some immediate changes. What is the point of praying, "lead us not into temptation" if you are playing with it like a toy?

"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen." (Matthew 6:13)

"Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." (Matthew 26:41)

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10/27/2025

You don't need 10,000 followers to be an influencer. You just need people in your life who interact with you. You are an influencer to them, and they are to you.

The way you talk about others to your friends is influential.

The way you handle stress is influential.

Your opinions about the issues of life are very influential.

Would you want someone like you for a close friend? Are your friends better or worse spiritually after spending time with you? Sharpen your friendship skills.

You are influential. 💜

"Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." (Proverbs 27:17)

Audio Proverbs chapter 27 read by Francie HERE: https://keeptheheart.podbean.com/e/build-your-bible-habit-proverbs-chapter-27/

10/22/2025

Sometimes we discover that what we chose to do wasn't such a good idea after all, but we didn't know this at first. Those are the innocent mistakes that scream, "Don't do THAT again!"

At other times, we know the plan is shaky, but we go forward and hope that it won't be so bad. And then it is. And there we are.

When God cautions us from His Word and we disregard it, we can't blame God. This means we can't ask, "Why would God allow this to happen to me?" Bad plans have poor outcomes. We can do better next time. Painful lessons are powerful teachers.

"A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished." (Proverbs 22:3)

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Audio Proverbs Chapter 22 Here:
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10/13/2025

Arrogance sounds like this:
➡️I don't have a problem. THEY have issues.

➡️I know that I'm right. They just can't admit that THEY are wrong.

➡️ I didn't do anything to them, but THEY did me wrong.

➡️ If THEY would stop talking and listen, I could finish my sentence (says the person who must have the last word).

➡️ THEY are the problem.

Pride is arrogance packaged in the ugly wrapping paper of a disrespectful attitude. Lots of arguments included in the package as free bonus gifts.

"Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom." (Proverbs 13:10)
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10/03/2025

Bible Commentator Matthew Henry said this: "...to be fond of the song of fools is a sign that the mind is vain and is the way to make it more so."

Who needs to be more selfish and vain? Not a soul.

"The song of fools" is a sugar pill. The "rebuke of the wise" is the shot in the arm needed to help us maintain spiritual health.

Want wisdom? Correction comes with the package.

"The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise." (Proverbs 15:31)
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09/26/2025

Bible Application Moment (BAM):
When we tell others about our personal disagreements, we're coloring their minds. They will now have private information that they were never meant to know. They can't unhear it.

This classic case of oversharing splashes their minds with the images we've painted, and now they're left trying to figure out who is the guilty party in the quarrel. This is especially hard if they love you and the person you're badmouthing.

When we share private quarrels, we're allowing our unfiltered carnal emotions to flow out of our mouths. This often leads to trying to make ourselves look good while painting the other person as bad.

Resolve the conflict with the person involved, or confide in a trusted godly counselor for ways to handle the matter wisely. Be biblical.

Don't splash paint on people.🫟

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; And discover not a secret to another..." (Proverbs 25:9)

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09/03/2025

Prickly and thorny. That's fine for a cactus, but not for people.

We are prickly when we snap at people and leave them wounded without apology.

We are thorny when we say whatever comes to mind without considering how it will land on the soul of the listener.

God makes it possible for us to be genuinely caring and peaceable. As He transforms us, a kind and gentle soul becomes our new operating system.

Prickly is a choice. Thorny is a choice. Kind and gentle are better choices.

Bible pause. Take 5 minutes to read Proverbs chapter 3. Oh, and did you chew on someone? Apologize, don't rationalize.

"Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm." (Proverbs 3:30)
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