Avoid the Door

Hello and welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. I'm sure in Boise about total today's reading avoid the door. The dual mouse's nose twitched something tasty was nearby. Sure enough, the sense led to a birdfeeder full of delicious seed, the dual mouse climbed down the chain to the Freda slip through the door and a tonight will not only in the morning. Did he realize the trouble he was in birds now picked him through the fetus door but having gorged on the seed. He was now twice his size and unable to escape. Doors can lead us to wonderful places or dangerous ones. Dual features prominently in Solomon's advice in Proverbs 5 on avoiding sexual temptation while sexual sin may be enticing. He says trouble awaits of its pursuit best to stay far from it, for if you walk through that door, you will be trapped, lost your wealth picked away by strangers. Solomon counsels us to enjoy the intimacy of our and spouse. Instead, his advice can apply to sin more broadly to whether it's a temptation to overeat overspend or something else. God can help us to avoid the door that leads to entrapment. The dual mouse must've been happy when the homeowner found him in her garden birdfeeder and freedom. Thankfully, goaltenders also ready to free us when we attract booklets: his strength to avoid the door of entrapment the first place.

Today's Scripture reading is from Proverbs 5 verses 1 to 14 my son, pay attention to my wisdom turn your ear to my words of insight that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge for the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as goal shop is a double edge sword. Her feet go down to death. Steps lead straight to the grave. She gives no thought to the way of life paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it now then, my sons listen to me. Do not turn aside from what I say keep to a path far from her. Do not go near the door of her house, lest you lose your honor to others, and your dignity to one who is cruel, lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil and reach the house of another at the end of your life you will grow iron when your flesh and body you spent.

You will say, how I hated discipline.

How my heart spooned correction I would not obey my teachers will turn my year to my instructors and I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God's people. Let's pray together. Almighty God, we confess to you that we are prone to stray from your good designs for our lives, whether it's overreaching overspending sexual sins or some of the sin we are prone to wanting what is not ours to have having more than we actually need Holy Spirit, would you help us to stay far away from the temptation that calls to us today with your strength.

We will avoid the door that leads to entrapment. We pray this in Jesus name, amen. Today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread ministries