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Friday... Our home is such an important place.


Proverbs 24:3-4 (NLT), "A house is built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense. Through knowledge its rooms are filled with all sorts of precious riches and valuables."

Friday... Our home is such an important place.

It really is. Proverbs 24:3-4 (NLT) says, "A house is built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense. Through knowledge its rooms are filled with all sorts of precious riches and valuables."


Now the Amplified Bible amplifies it. It says, "Through [skillful and godly] wisdom a house [a life, a home, a family] is built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation], and by knowledge its rooms are filled with precious and pleasant riches."

Yes, good families, lives and homes do not just happen. They are built by skillful and godly wisdom, by understanding and they are established on a sound and good foundation and by knowledge. Yes, they do not just happen.

Now verse 1 gives us some problems that destroy good families, good lives and good homes. It says, "Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them; For their minds plot violence, and their lips talk of trouble [for the innocent]." And it is so easy to be trapped and envious and to plot violence. Yes, we need to be wise in our battles and our friends and who we follow on the internet and for sure the same with our mate and our kids.

Again, "Through [skillful and godly] wisdom a house [a life, a home, a family] is built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation], and by knowledge its rooms are precious and pleasant riches." Yes, be wise in who you envy and the battles that you could be drawn into."

Verse 4 in the New Living Translation says, "Through knowledge its rooms are filled with all sorts of precious riches and valuables." Your family, your spouse, your kids and you are precious riches and are so valuable. Make sure the fights you are fighting on the internet are worth the discord in your family and that they come from God through His Holy Spirit who fills us with love.

We fight too many battles and talk of trouble for the innocent when we should be spreading God's love that will definitely make a difference in lives and in our world.

Now verse 5 does say, "The wise are mightier than the strong, and those with knowledge grow stronger. So don't go to war without guidance; victory depends on having many advisors." Choose your battles.

Yes, our home and life is filled with precious and pleasant riches and is built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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