Proverbs 1:8-9 When God Says... I Say, AMEN!

When God says...

My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother; For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck. (Proverbs 1:8, 9 NKJV)

He reminds us the two important people in our life whose mission is to provide the best of everything - our mother and father. Their guidance which they painstakingly try to impress on us to heed is to save us from unnecessary troubles. They have our welfare at heart. Accepting their instructions, we gain from their experience and avoid the mistakes they made. They have their best intensions for our life.

The greatest gift and legacy a parent can give to a child is the gift of Godly values. The highest honor a child accords a parent is learning the laws God tasked him to teach his children.

It is written: “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (Deuteronomy 6:6-9 NKJV)

And I say ... AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F A Frias
PFC Ministries

Proverbs 1:7 When God Says... I Say, AMEN!

 When God says...

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:7 NKJV)

Fear of The Lord brings one to the knowledge - God is the giver of life.  No power can take it, other than when He allows it. And, that's because we choose ourselves, to be taken away from Him. He holds everything in His Mighty hand, except our will.

With that knowledge, as we embrace wisdom and we chose to follow Him. Remain in Him by faith in Christ Jesus, He promised - "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. (John 10:28, 29 NKJV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F A Frias
PFC Ministries

Proverbs 1:5-6 When God Says... I Say, AMEN!

When God says...

 A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, to understand a proverb and an enigma, the words of the wise and their riddles. (Proverbs 1:5, 6 NKJV)

He affirms that a wise man is one who is a lifelong learner. He is quick to listen and slow to speak, which is a very good attitude to gain knowledge. A man of understanding is eager for advice by older, wiser mentors. They are easy to be instructed by someone who has already experienced the same thing they are about to face. These wise counsels can save a seeker of wisdom from many mistakes. The wise believer will have the ability to guide or govern his life and others with truth.

Lord Jesus said that apart from the spirit of truth, we look through a dark glass. We cannot understand the secrets of proverbs and parables. We can only understand them to the extent that the Holy Spirit reveals them to us. Even the disciples had Jesus interpret His parables to them.

Now, being saved by the Lord Jesus through faith, the Holy Spirit who is in us working as our teacher, helps us interpret the hidden meanings of God's word. 

Proverbs seeks to sharpen the mind of those who seek knowledge and wisdom for right living. Study of the scriptures is sufficient to provide the wisdom for the perplexities of life. Let's be a learner and be teachable. Invite the Holy Spirit in our life. Lord Jesus said - "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." (John 14:26 NKJV)

And I say ... AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F A Frias
PFC Ministries

Proverbs 1:1-4 When God Says... I Say, AMEN!

When God says ...

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding, To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity; To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion— (Proverbs 1:1-4 NKJV)

He challenges us to learn from the wisest king Israel has ever had, with the steps he experienced to know wisdom: it starts with meditating the words of God regularly day and night....and, as and when needed, even if you feel not, like the air we breathe, water we drink and food we eat. Then, embrace and receive it with gusto, like when you are gasping, hungry and thirsty. He promised-we shall be filled. Then apply it in our daily lives in prudent behavior, just dispensation of judgment and decisions, discretion in our actions and language, and equity in dealing with those around us and those under our control and influence.

So, in Christ Jesus, having Lordship of our lives by faith, the Scripture exhorts us with these words of promise - "Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go. Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea. (Isaiah 48:17, 18 NKJV)

And I say ... AMEN!

Daily reflections by:

F A Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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