
My Fellowship Journal
July 6th, 2010
Today's Passage: Proverbs 7
7:1 My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; 2 keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; 3 bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend, 5 to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words. 6 For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice, 7 and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense, 8 passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house 9 in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness. 10 And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart. 11 She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home; 12 now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait. 13 She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him, 14 “I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows; 15 so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you. 16 I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen; 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love. 19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey; 20 he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home.” 21 With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. 22 All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast 23 till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life. 24 And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths, 26 for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
(Proverbs 7 )
Proverbs 7
Brandon joined our staff in June 2009. He has been planting Fellowship Bible Church in Knoxville, TN over the past 7 years and has moved back to be closer to family. He is married with seven children and is a sweet tea connoisseur who delights in eating at “hole-in-the-wall” restaurants.
Brandon joined our staff in June 2009. He has been planting Fellowship Bible Church in Knoxville, TN over the past 7 years and has moved back to be closer to family. He is married with seven children and is a sweet tea connoisseur who delights in eating at “hole-in-the-wall” restaurants.
Proverbs 7
I am starting to believe that I am as hard headed as the audience. Lord, why else would you start every chapter out with something like, “…Hey, Knuckleheads, Listen Up…” With all of the advancement of technology and culture, we humans haven’t changed. We still struggle with fulfilling the lusts of our flesh.

Yes, the struggle is at times intense. Sometimes it is so incredibly overpowering that I feel that I can't make it any more. Even though I so often find myself laying aside or frustrating the grace of God (Gal 2:21), it is only through living and abiding in God's grace that I can find the strength of Christ (not my strength) to live in obedience. There is no redemption to be found in my flesh, but nevertheless, through faith, and even that not of myself (Eph. 2:8-9), I am crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ Who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me (Gal 2:20). Talking to other brothers in Christ (Celebrate Recovery) is often a good avenue for lightening the struggles.(James 5:16)