In January I met with our ASG group. We met to talk about some potential ways to spiritually encourage our church and those within our spheres of influence. I think often that we stray from the basic core values that should guide our faith: scripture reading, prayer, worship, fellowship, ministry/mission, and evangelism. So we looked at Proverbs 3:1-7 to see what God’s Word might have to say to us.

1. Keep His commandments in our hearts -
We can do this through daily scripture reading, meditating on what God is saying to us, and even taking time to memorize special verses we may keep close to our hearts like 1 Peter 5:7.

2. Let love and faithfulness never leave us -
We do this by daily presenting our lives to God for His service by offering simple and humble prayer. Arlene Burroughs would tell us to “Stand on the Promises of God”, a great old hymn. Try singing some hymns or praise songs to the Lord; to bind love and faithfulness around our necks.

3. Trust in the Lord with all our heart and not lean on our own understanding -
That trust is a lifelong lesson we learn by praying our trust and confidence daily is in an always faithful God. What happens when we allow our wisdom to be placed ahead of trusting God? A disappointment and a character flaw that needs to be corrected immediately. How? Immediate prayer of confession admitting we need Him first in our hearts and we must shun the attempts of Satan to deceive us.

Just a few thoughts we can all practice!

Fred