Timing

Timing isn’t important only for punchlines! Today, pray you’ll use the right words at the right time!

Proverbs 25:11 (HCSB): A word spoken at the right time is like gold apples on a silver tray.

Educational Opportunities

Education doesn’t occur only in school; knowledge can be discovered almost anywhere if you’re paying attention. What will you learn today?

Proverbs 21:11 (HCSB):  When a mocker is punished, the inexperienced become wiser;
when one teaches a wise man, he acquires knowledge.

The Gambler

In Kenny Roger’s song “Thr Gambler,” there’s a line that goes, “know when to hold’em, know when to fold’em.” In poker, if you don’t know when to hold or fold your cards, you’ll end up with nothing. In life, if you don’t work at the proper time, you’ll also end up with nothing.

Proverbs 20:4 (HCSB): The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks,  and there is nothing.

No Escape

Unlike an escape room, there is no way out for those under God’s wrath, but for the righteous, there is freedom for everyone! If you’re trapped, call out to Jesus!

Proverbs 11:21 (HCSB): Be assured  that the wicked
will not go unpunished,
but the offspring of the righteous will escape

Filters

While it’s best to not think it, sometimes the best you can do is not say it! Will you filter your words today?

Proverbs 11:12 (HCSB): Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks sense,
but a man with understanding keeps silent.

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Like a self-fulfilling prophecy, those who look to God  for salvation find deliverance, while those who look for trouble find it.

Proverbs 11:8 (HCSB):  The righteous one is rescued from trouble;
in his place, the wicked one goes in.

Unseen Forces

A ship on the ocean, an eagle in the sky, and a  snake moving across rock. Each of these seem to move effortlessly because they are propelled by unseen forces. A young man wooing a woman is also motivared by a powerful but unseen force: Love! What’s your motivation today?

Proverbs 30:18–19 (HCSB):
Three things are beyond me;
four I can’t understand:
the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship at sea,
and the way of a man with a young woman.