{"id":10812,"date":"2016-08-17T00:58:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T05:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/opinionstand\/"},"modified":"2016-08-17T00:58:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T05:58:05","slug":"opinionstand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/opinionstand\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION\/STAND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>Fools have no interest in   understanding; they only want to air their own opinions.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>Proverbs 18:2<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>The Lord demands fairness in every   business deal; he sets the standard.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>Proverbs 16:11<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>The Lord despises double standards of   every kind. He is not pleased by dishonest scales.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>Proverbs   20:10, 23<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>S<\/b>ome people fall for everything and stand for nothing.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>T<\/b>he foolish and the dead never change their opinions.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>James Russell Lowell<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>S<\/b>tand on your own two feet and you will grow in stature.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>T<\/b>he trouble with letting people know where you stand is that you become a stationary target.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>Marlys Huffman<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>M<\/b>ost of us like a person who comes right out and says what he thinks\u2014especially when he thinks what we think.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>O<\/b>pinionated people: little rotund islands of complacency anchored in a sea of prejudices.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>T<\/b>he fellow who has a good opinion of himself is likely a poor judge of human nature.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>A<\/b> ninety-pound weakling took a medical examination. At the end, he asked, \u201cWell, doctor, how do I stand?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d replied the doctor. \u201cIt\u2019s a miracle!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>O<\/b>ur strength is shown in the things we stand for; our weakness is shown in the things we fall for.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'><b>S<\/b>tand firm for what you know is right<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>It\u2019s wise, as I have found.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>The mighty oak was once a nut<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>That simply held its ground.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>Agnes W. Thomas<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>I<\/b>t is human to stand with the crowd; it is divine to stand alone.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>I<\/b>f your dog thinks you\u2019re the greatest person in the world, don\u2019t seek a second opinion.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>D<\/b>octor to concerned patient: \u201cI don\u2019t know why you wanted a second opinion. Your doctor\u2019s guess is as good as mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>E<\/b>veryone is entitled to my opinion.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>D<\/b>on\u2019t just stand there\u2014<i>undo<\/i> something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fools have no interest in understanding; they only want to air their own opinions. Proverbs 18:2 The Lord demands fairness in every business deal; he sets the standard. Proverbs 16:11 The Lord despises double standards of every kind. He is not pleased by dishonest scales. 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