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#Arrows in a quiver full

#Arrows in a quiver full

However, this proverb is packed full of practical applications for future parents, parents, grandparents, God-parents, and guardians. Therefore, most of us are disconnected from the imagery it invokes. With our modern mindset, a simple comparison such as this one will leave the minds of most as quickly as it entered it because most of us have no dealings with arrows nowadays. In verse 4 king David compares arrows in the hand of a warrior to children of one’s youth. What is a proverb? A proverb is a comparison of one thing to another used to teach a truth about something. King David made use of a proverb, which was rare for him to do as a means to convey truths. The verse above was written by the psalmist, King David. 5Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.Psalm 127:4 (NKJV) - Like arrows are in the hand of a warrior, so are children of one’s youth.

Jeremiah 50:9 - “For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a company of great nations, from the north country and they shall array themselves against her from there she shall be taken.

Galatians 6:17 - “Henceforth let no man trouble me for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.”.

Exodus 21 - master and slave relationship denoted by a slave’s earring.

John 13:35- “By this all men will know that you are my disciples: if you have love for one another.”.

Do people look at you and know that you belong to Jesus Christ?.

The Cresting (25:00) -The marking of an arrow in order to identify to whom the arrow belongs.

Ezekiel 36:26 -“A new heart I will give you…”.

John 16:13 -When the Spirit of truth comes….

John 14:25 -Jesus told us that he would give us someone to help guide us.

We need to be all or nothing for Christ.

The feathers are from one side of the bird or the other for consistency’s sake.

The Fletching (21:45) -The placing of feathers on the side of the arrow that stabilize it in flight by giving it balance.

God’s word leads us to hit the mark, while sin causes us to miss the mark.

The Hebrew word for sin means to “miss the mark”.

Torah comes from the Hebrew word yarah, which is an archer’s term for instruction that leads one to hit the mark.

1 Peter 2:1 - “So put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander.

2 Corinthians 12:20-20 - “For I fear that perhaps I may come and find you not what I wish, and that you may find me not what you wish that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

These are the imperfections that might be hidden in our hearts.

The Sanding (17:11) -The sanding away of the more subtle imperfections that appear small but keep an arrow from hitting its mark.

14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.” 13 Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness. Romans 6:12-14 -“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.John 3:3 - He must increase, I must decrease.1 John 2:3 - “And by this we may be sure that we know him, if we keep his commandments.”.2 Corinthians 3:18 - And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”.Hebrews 12:1 - “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us”.Romans 12:2 -“Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”.Everything on a perfect arrow must be perfectly conformed to the arrow head–Jesus must be the point of our life.The Pruning- Cut away the obvious imperfections of a dead branch (11:00).God wants to use you, but before he does, he needs to prepare you so that you can “hit the mark.” Jeff explains this time of preparation using the steps taken by an archer to create the perfect arrow.