Being
Successful
Warnings
to the Sluggard Part II
It
is true if you snooze you lose
Sluggards
love to sleep
They
do not realize the value of today so it cost them tomorrow
Bible
cure for the slugger
Warnings
to the Sluggard Part II
Sluggards
love to sleep
As a door turns on its hinges, so a
sluggard turns on his bed.
How long will you lie there, you
sluggard?
When will you get up from your
sleep?
Sleep is a
vital part of life.
Sleep
should revive you, but when we
get too
much sleep, we feel sluggish.
Beware of
things that make you want to stay in bed,
depression
and fear, get up and face them.
When you
start to wake say this is the day the
Lord has made I will be glad and
rejoice in it.
Tell
yourself God has something
special in
mind for you TODAY!!!
Sluggards are so lazy they need
others to feed them
A sluggard buries his hand in the
dish;
he is too lazy to bring it back to
his mouth.
Sluggards have all the answers and
talk out of turn
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven people who answer discreetly.
Sluggards
are proud and defensive.
They
also are quick to criticize others and become gossipers.
After
all, when you have nothing to do,
your mind goes places it should not go.
You cannot trust a sluggard to do anything for you
As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so are sluggards to those who send them.
Proverbs
10:26
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I have
tried to help lazy people by giving them a job and every
time they
cost me and in some cases almost lost my business.
As a
pastor, I worked as a counselor and love
to help
people but as a business man I have to
be very
careful of trying to help lazy people.
Sluggards are always complaining
about what they do not have
A sluggard’s appetite is never
filled,
but the desires of the diligent are
fully satisfied.
Dreaming
is a very important part of life
and the
difference between empty
and
fulfilled dreams is “Diligence”.
Diligence
–
the effort to do one's part,
while keeping faith and reliance in God
God does
not forget your work and labor of love.
“We
want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what
you
hope for may be fully realized. We do not want you to become lazy, but to
imitate
those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Hebrews
6:11-12
A sluggard’s life is plagued with
problems that
the righteous don’t have to deal
with
The way of the sluggard is blocked
with thorns,
but the path of the upright is a
highway.
Problems are a way of life.
Jesus said… “in this world you will have trouble.”
“The
rain falls on the just and the unjust”
The upright deal with life’s trouble on a daily
bases, they don’t put it off till tomorrow.
There is enough trouble in one day so
don’t let the days of trouble accumulate.
Like mowing the grass, keep up with it
and even the troubles will look good.
Poverty is the future of the sluggard
I am writing
this while vacationing in the Florida Keys.
The lifestyle of laying in the sun and
enjoying the emerald sea is wonderful.
It is easy to see many have come here
to live a life of no work and all play;
But have found the cost of living here is
greater than most of the United States.
It is as they say, “a great place to visit
but I would not want to live here.”
Living the dream in the Keys will cost you
everything
you have much quicker than the States to the north.
The point being lazy costs.
There should be a part of your life where you get
refreshed…
But don’t forget it costs diligent work.
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
Proverbs
24:33,34
Scripture
Reading
Proverbs 6:6-11
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
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