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Category: Mishlei Musings

 

The Appetite of the Wise

Tags:  Mishlei Musings, character, controlling desires

In the last episode of Mishlei Musings we learned the value of speaking in love. We saw that it is often difficult to control the tone of our voices in times of emotion. In addition to speaking in love, controlling our appetites and desires is also essential to our spiritual growth in life. Those appetites as well as our personal character traits are God-given and His desire is for us...
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Speaking In Love

Tags:  anger, love, speech

Controlling our tempers is difficult. At times anger burns inside us, and it is tough to resist unleashing it on whomever is around. For some, anger is shown by withdrawal and remaining silent. For others, it is expressed by slamming of doors and banging things around. Most of us express anger in our words. Yet, as James tells us, no one can claim to be religious if he cannot control...
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Slow to Anger

Tags:  anger, discipline, mishlei musings

As we saw in the last episode of Mishlei Musings, discipline is a difficult but necessary component to our spiritual walks. The discipline that we receive from both our parents and from HaShem benefits us. It makes us better people and helps refine our characters. Where there is a lack of discipline there is a lack of Godly instruction and growth. Yet in addition to receiving and accepting discipline, we...
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A Father's Discipline

Tags:  discipline, Mishlei Musings, proverbs

In the last episode of Mishlei Musings we learned about the characteristics of honesty and truth. These high moral traits are not acquired overnight but require a lifelong pursuit. In our ongoing quest for a closer relationship with God, sooner or later we will end up off track. We will get lost in the day-to-day grind of life and lose sight of the greater picture of eternity. In these times...
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Honesty & Truth

Tags:  falsehood, honesty, lying, mishlei musings, proverbs, truth

As we have discovered, there are many blessings to be found in living a life of Torah through Messiah. The Father promises to take care of those who call on His name and are obedient to His ways. We will learn in this episode of Mishlei Musings that one of the ways of Hashem is truth. The Messiah always spoke the truth and the Scriptures are clear that this is...
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The Protection of the Righteous

Tags:  Mishlei Musings, protection, proverbs, righteousness

In the last episode we spoke about the blessings of Torah that come upon the righteous. We saw that many of these blessings were not always material in nature or something that you can buy; rather they were things that are worth much more than that like wisdom, gladness and a long life. Sometimes these blessings don't arrive in the way we think they should, but His wisdom is greater...
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Blessing of the Righteous

Tags:  blessing, Mishlei Musings, proverbs, rightouesness

"A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother." - Proverbs 10:1 The book of Proverbs is primarily dedicated to instructing us in the wisdom and knowledge of a Torah lifestyle. It is from the perspective of a father who is instructing his son and imploring him to walk in righteousness. But not only does the writer of Proverbs tell us what...
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Teaching Torah

Tags:  Mishlei Musings, proverbs, shema, teaching, Torah

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" - Proverbs 9:16 As we have examined the concept of wisdom in the book of Proverbs, we have seen that it is intimately connected with the Torah. True wisdom comes from the deep wells of the commandments. We also discussed the need to study the Torah and make it a fixed practice in our daily lives. If we just did that,...
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The Fruit of Humility

Tags:  humility, Mishlei Musings, pride, proverbs

"The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate." - Proverbs 8:13 Pride is one of the biggest hurdles we must overcome in learning to love our neighbor as ourselves. It can also prevent us from heeding the advice of others because we think we know best. let's examine what the writer of Provers tells his child...
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Torah On Our Heart

Tags:  Mishlei Musings, phylacteries, proverbs, tefillin, Torah, tzitzit

"My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart." - Proverbs 7:1-3 It is a daily struggle to maintain our walk in Torah; this is why the Father wants his commandments to be written on our hearts. With the Torah...
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Guarding Our Eyes

Tags:  guarding eyes, Mishlei Musings, proverbs, sin, tzitzit

Proverbs 5:8: "Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless..." In this episode of Mishlei Musings, Toby Janicki teaches about the importance of guarding our eyes. Sin is attractive and lures us through our eyes. Learn how the Torah and the Master Yeshua teaches us to guard our lives...
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Guarding Wisdom

Tags:  guarding wisdom, Mishlei Musings, proverbs, Shamar

Proverbs 4:4 instructs us to "...keep my commandments, and live..." In this episode of Mishlei Musings we'll take a look at the Hebrew text behind this verse and explore the life lessons we can learn by guarding wisdom - by guarding the commandments....
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Love of Money

Tags:  love of money, Mishlei Musings, proverbs

Proverbs 3:9 exhorts us to honor God with our wealth but our natural inclination pulls us towards materialism. Learn how God's Torah is designed to help curb this inclination and draw us towards a love for God that even includes our material resources....
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Balancing Love and Fear

Tags:  fear of God, fear of heaven, Mishlei Musings, proverbs

In Mishlei Musings, Toby Janicki highlights various thought provoking themes of character and godliness found in the chapters of Proverbs. The focus of this lesson is found in Proverbs 2:6-7: "So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words, who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God..." Find out how "forgetting the covenant" reveals a lack of...
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Fear of God

Tags:  fear of God, fear of heaven, Mishlei Musings, proverbs

In Mishlei Musings, Toby Janicki highlights various thought provoking themes of character and godliness found in the chapters of Proverbs. This first lesson focuses on Proverbs 1:7: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."...
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