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1 Corinthians 9:27 reads, “I fear that…I myself might be disqualified.”   Paul writes: “Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run the win! All athletes are disciplined in their training....
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Take the Right Approach

Proverbs 17:27 reads, “A man of knowledge uses words with restraint.”   It’s not enough to have the right answers; you need the right approach. Good ideas and sound advice are wasted when you use a ram-it-down-your-throat approach. Wisdom means...
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Don’t Be a Sluggard (Pt. IV)

Proverbs 24:30 reads, “I went by the field of a lazy man.”   It is better to be short-handed than to hire a sluggard; better to have nobody than a lazy body. Evidently Solomon had suffered through a few sluggards on his payroll: “As vinegar to the...
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Don’t Be a Sluggard (Pt. III)

Proverbs 20:4 reads, “The lazy man will not plow because of winter.”   The sluggard sees an obstacle in every opportunity. Though he can’t hold down a job, there’s always a good excuse. The hours are too long, the pay is too little, the work is...
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Don’t Be a Sluggard (Pt. II)

Proverbs 6:9 reads, “How long will you slumber, O sluggard?”   The sluggard never does today what he can put off until tomorrow, and he never does tomorrow what he can put off forever. His favorite work day is – tomorrow. That’s why God asks,...