Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
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… And so I'm favor and high esteem in the sight of God. Amen. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him, and he shall correct your paths. Father, we pray today that you would be our strength both in giving the word of God out in this gathering and receiving it as students. We pray, Father, that we would leave this building today. When the actual church leaves this physical building today, we thank you that this building is not the church. We are the church. and when you turn us loose today may we be a people that go out and affect and influence the world for Christ in such a way Lord God that it is worthy of these last days worthy of your gospel worthy of your near return worthy Father in the sense also that we've got the greatest message that this nation could ever hear within our hearts and Lord may we no longer be shy about it. …
… and write them on the tablet of your heart And so I am favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man. And here we go. Two of the most beloved verses in the Bible coming up. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your path. Heavenly Father, we make this our prayer this morning. Lord, in any area of our lives where this might be lacking, we pray that you would change that. We know that that's your will. We come this morning with eager hearts to worship you in the word. And so, Father, we anticipate your Holy Spirit to bring us in line to walk in your will. and if we do that we will not only be influencers to our wives our husbands our kids our neighbors but Lord we will be influencers for righteousness for all with whom we come in contact with so Lord we pray for your anointing we pray for your ability to make us good students and more than that after we've learned it that we would do it we pray now in Jesus name and all God's people said Amen. You may be seated, church. And as we get into this, by way of introduction, some recap, some intro into this section, there's an observation that I want to make, and that is that the Bible desires your life and my life to be a blessing. God wants your life and my life to …
… And again, it's in your notes if you scan that QR code. Proverbs 3, verses 1 through 6. Note this, everybody. This is a style of teaching that is known as couplets or twins. You'll see it. It'll be obvious, and I put a little help in there. Verse 1 begins with the instruction. What is it? My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands. Look at verse 3, the instruction. Let not mercy and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. Look at verse 5. Instruction again. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Look at verse 6. The instruction. In all your ways acknowledge him. Very powerful. Those are the instructions. Watch the couplet. Next slide. The blessing. So there's the instruction. and if you obey the instruction, then there's the blessing. Listen, everybody, as followers of Jesus, we want the blessing, but we're not too keen on following the instructions. You can't have one without the other. Impossible. It's not going to happen. You've often heard it said in this church, God blesses obedience. And obedience with God is not a heavy deal. It's not a burden. …