‘Give Gifts Kindly And Discreetly.’
Proverbs 25:14.
a) Look at the clouds.
b) Listen to the wind when there is no rain.
c) Jude 1:12. These cloud and winds promise rain but there is none.
d) Proverbs 20:6. The same is a person who boasts of giving a gift but never gives it.
(This QT strongly reminds me to Give Gifts Kindly And Discreetly)
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‘Consider Carefully Before We Decide.’
Jeremiah 12:5.
a) If we race with other people on foot and they weary us.
b) How can we compete with horses.
c) Maybe we can trust other people in a safe land.
d) Can we trust them when we are in the thicket of the Jordan?
e) Jeremiah 49:19; 50:44. The thicket of Jordan is a dwelling place of lions.
f) Joshua 3:15. The thicket of Jordan may be an unsafe place because of floods.
(This Second one exhorts me to Consider Carefully Before I Decide)
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Chris.
We are strongly reminded to give Gifts kindly and discreetly. Giving to others in different ways is a Gift of the Holy Spirit. We are to be good stewards of the Gifts that God gives to us. Some people are kind but they are not discreet and this can cause a lot of embarrassment and sometimes the giver and the recipient get hurt. Let us be sure to give Gifts kindly and discreetly
