Bible reading + Notes - 5/4
Proverbs - The mouth has the ability to destroy, keep your mouth clean, speak life into others and use your words in a manner to glorify God. Font gossip, keep things people tell you in confidence and honor it as a secret. Be upright in your dealings, seek guidance and wisdom in decisions, avoid putting up money or “security” for anyone else as it’ll end in suffering. Lots of wisdom packed into today’s proverbs snapshot. John 4 - Jesus had his disciples performing baptisms, a display of delegation leadership and also Jesus allowing the disciples to operate and take some ownership and responsibility for a process is also a display of great leadership. Jesus appears to the woman at the well and proclaims that worship will not just take place in Jerusalem but everywhere in the spirt. The first real peek into a kingdom where salvation comes from the Jews, but isnt reserved for the Jews only. thank you Lord Jesus for given me your living water. Judges 1 - Joshua is dead now and the Israelites find themselves in a battle with cannanites, the tribe of Judah is told to fight and they routed the enemy. Judah attacks and overtakes Jerusalem in the process and sets fire to it all. This is the moment that Jerusalem, a location where so many things to come will happen is given to the Jewish people. God fulfilling promises. Israel continues to take land, but are unable to drive out all of the people, so they lived amongst the Israelites. An angel of the lord came to them and said that these people will serve as a stumbling block for Israel, they will distract with their gods and eat of life… what a direct look at life today, we have a culture with many religions and many secular influences too, all having the opportunity to distract us from Jesus and take our attention. We must do whatever we can to cleanse our environments, including our community, our relationships, and our intake of media and music