501. Leaning in the Wrong Direction<\/p>\n
\u201cLean Not to Thine Own Understanding\u201d Pro_3:5<\/p>\n
In a Southern prayer meeting, a coloured brother prayed, \u201cO Lord, support us! Yes, support us, Lord, on every leanin\u2019 side!\u201d Should we have any \u201cleanin\u2019 side?\u201d If we have any leaning toward anything, we are sure to fall to the thing toward which we lean.<\/p>\n
1. Abraham leaned toward Egypt in unbelief and soon found himself crippled by it\u2014Gen_12:10-20.<\/p>\n
2. Lot leaned toward Sodom in compromise, and lost all he had gained\u2014Gen_13:10; Gen_19:17.<\/p>\n
3. David leaned toward unholy desire in laziness, and his name has been smirched ever since\u20142Sa_11:2-4.<\/p>\n
4. Jehoshaphat leaned toward worldly association with Ahab, and nearly lost his life\u20141Ki_22:29-32.<\/p>\n
5. King Saul leaned toward his own inclination in sparing the Amalekites, and lost his kingdom in consequence\u20141Sa_15:10-23.<\/p>\n
6. Hezekiah leaned toward pride when he displayed his riches to the representatives of Babylon, and brought distress to his posterity\u2014Isaiah 39.<\/p>\n
7. Peter leaned toward self-sufficiency in his boasted allegiance to Christ, and lost his courage at the taunt of a servant-maid\u2014Luk_22:33, Luk_22:56, Luk_22:57.<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
501. Leaning in the Wrong Direction \u201cLean Not to Thine Own Understanding\u201d Pro_3:5 In a Southern prayer meeting, a coloured brother prayed, \u201cO Lord, support us! Yes, support us, Lord, on every leanin\u2019 side!\u201d Should we have any \u201cleanin\u2019 side?\u201d If we have any leaning toward anything, we are sure to fall to the thing … Continue reading “0512. 501. Leaning in the Wrong Direction”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}