TWELVE TIPS TO CONQUER THE NEW YEAR
Proverbs 1:1-5
THE TWELVE TIPS
1. BE A PERSON WITH FIRM DETERMINATIONS (Proverbs 1:10)
2. ASK FOR INTELLIGENCE (Proverbs 2:3-5)
3. DEPEND COMPLETELY ON GOD (Proverbs 3:5)
4. BE GENEROUS WITH GOD (Proverbs 3:9-10)
5. GUARD YOUR MIND (Proverbs 4:23)
6. PROTECT YOUR MARRIAGE (Proverbs 5:18-19)
7. GUARD YOUR WORDS (Proverbs 6:2)
8. MEMORIZE THE WORD (Proverbs 7:2-3)
9. TRAIN YOURSELF IN THE WORD (Proverbs 8:10)
10. CAST OUT THAT WHICH DOES NOT EDIFY (Proverbs 9:6)
11. REPRODUCE LIFE (Proverbs 10:16)
12. ENJOY GOD'S BLESSING (Proverbs 10:22)
APPLICATION
1. Pray the Lord will give you new and creative ideas as well as the grace to put them into action.
2. Come up with a plan that will cause you to completely depend on God.
3. Purpose in your heart to be generous in your giving to God.
4. Discipline yourself in daily reading of the Word with the purpose of keeping your mind pure, protecting every area of your life, and memorizing scripture.
5. Write up a list of all of the unedifying things you do daily and work towards eradicating them from your life.
Be a person with firm determinations
Ask for intelligence
Depend completely on God
Be generous with God
Guard your mind
Protect your marriage
Guard your words
Memorize the Word
Train yourself in the Word
Cast out that which does not edify
Reproduce life
Enjoy God's blessing
Every scripture referenced in this sermon, in the order they appear.
Proverbs 1:1-5, 10
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction... My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
Proverbs 2:3-5
Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures; Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 4:23
Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Proverbs 5:18-19
Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth. As a loving deer and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love.
Proverbs 6:2
You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.
Proverbs 7:2-3
Keep my commands and live, And my law as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 8:10
Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
Proverbs 9:6
Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 10:16
The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.