{"id":6323,"date":"2021-01-03T17:56:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T21:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=6323"},"modified":"2021-02-21T16:31:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T20:31:18","slug":"prosper-with-a-proverb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=6323","title":{"rendered":"PROSPER WITH A PROVERB"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sermon By Rev. Richard Jones<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rec-1-3-21.mp3\">rec 1-3-21<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Jacob&#8217;s Journey Series:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>PROSPER WITH A PROVERB<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Proverbs 3: 1-12<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>STAY IN GOD&#8217;S TRUTH\u00a0 \u00a0 Proverbs 3: 1-4<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2\u00a0<\/strong>for\u00a0length of days and years of life and\u00a0peace they will add to you. <strong>3\u00a0<\/strong>Let not\u00a0steadfast love and\u00a0faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. <strong>4\u00a0<\/strong>So you will\u00a0find favor and\u00a0good success in the sight of God and man.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SEEK GOD&#8217;S GUIDANCE\u00a0 \u00a0 Proverbs 3: 5-8 <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Trust in the\u00a0Lord\u00a0with all your heart, and\u00a0do not lean on your own understanding. <strong>6\u00a0<\/strong>In all your ways\u00a0acknowledge him, and he\u00a0will make straight your paths. <strong>7\u00a0<\/strong>Be not wise in your own eyes;<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>fear the\u00a0Lord, and turn away from evil. <strong>8\u00a0<\/strong>It will be\u00a0healing to your flesh and\u00a0refreshment to your bones.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Romans 8: 22-23<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For we know that\u00a0the whole creation\u00a0has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.\u00a0<strong>23\u00a0<\/strong>And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have\u00a0the firstfruits of the Spirit,\u00a0groan inwardly as\u00a0we wait eagerly for adoption as sons,\u00a0the redemption of our bodies.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SHARE GOD&#8217;S BLESSINGS\u00a0 \u00a0 Proverbs 3: 9-10<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Honor the\u00a0Lord\u00a0with your wealth and with\u00a0the firstfruits of all your produce; <strong>10\u00a0<\/strong>then your\u00a0barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Psalm 37: 25<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children\u00a0begging for bread.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Luke 6: 38<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put\u00a0into your lap. For\u00a0with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SUBMIT TO GOD&#8217;S DISCIPLINE\u00a0 \u00a0 Proverbs 3: 11-12<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My son, do not despise the\u00a0Lord&#8217;s discipline or be weary of his reproof, <strong>12\u00a0<\/strong>for the\u00a0Lord\u00a0reproves him whom he loves, as\u00a0a father the son in whom he delights.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hebrews 12: 7-10<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is for discipline that you have to endure.\u00a0God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?\u00a0<strong>8\u00a0<\/strong>If you are left without discipline,\u00a0in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.\u00a0<strong>9\u00a0<\/strong>Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to\u00a0the Father of spirits\u00a0and live?\u00a0<strong>10\u00a0<\/strong>For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good,\u00a0that we may share his holiness.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 Corinthians 7: 10<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For\u00a0godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas\u00a0worldly grief produces death.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 Timothy 3: 16-17<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,\u00a0<strong>17\u00a0<\/strong>that\u00a0the man of God may be complete,\u00a0equipped\u00a0for every good work.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sermon By Rev. Richard Jones rec 1-3-21 Jacob&#8217;s Journey Series: PROSPER WITH A PROVERB Proverbs 3: 1-12 &nbsp; STAY IN GOD&#8217;S TRUTH\u00a0 \u00a0 Proverbs 3: 1-4 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=6323\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-messages","category-sermons-by-rev-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6323"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6424,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323\/revisions\/6424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}