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Balanced Living Now

Proverbs 8:1-36

“Life balance”?
–    picture of balancing rocks

What is Balance?
Firstly -the world is bigger than just you
Secondly – takes the environment into account
Thirdly – MUST take the God of the Bible into account

Balanced living is NOT lukewarm and empty of any real convictions.

Balanced living in the bible
Balanced living starts with a right relationship with God
Ecc 12:13, “now all has been heard, here is the conclusion of the matter. Fear god and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of mankind. for god will bring every deed into judgement, including every hidden thing.

What choice is a good, what choice is better and what choice is best … both for the here and now and for all eternity?

Proverbs
Proverbs 12:9 – “Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
Proverbs 15:16 – “Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil.
Proverbs 15:17 – “Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.
Proverbs 16:8 – “Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.
Proverbs 16:19 – “Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.”
Proverbs 16:32 – “Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.
Proverbs 17:1 – “Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.
Proverbs 17:12 – “Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 19:1 – “Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Proverbs 19:22 – “What a man desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.

Wise living is in almost every book of the bible

Great danger
The message of the Bible … who God is and his offer of forgiveness and a restored relationship with him.