11 Mar, 2011
Advice
When I hear the word advice I immediately think of the advice I receive from my close friends, mentors, and teachers.
It is all to familiar to hear that friends parents homes, or even your own home is being "Foreclosed on" many people have to move out of the homes they grew up in. Some for negligence and others for "Bad Advice".
Some losing their homes after getting bad advice
Cody and Davi Livingston thought it was odd when a representative of the bank that held the mortgage on their South Jordan home told them to deliberately stop making house payments.
The bank, the Livingstons say, advised them to become delinquent on their mortgage so they could qualify for a government-backed loan modification program that would lower their monthly payments.
"We did everything they asked us to do," Cody Livingston said, "and now we don't have a house."
The Livingstons were hit with a foreclosure notice this fall, and now live in a rental unit, within walking distance from the home they built.
It is all to familiar to hear that friends parents homes, or even your own home is being "Foreclosed on" many people have to move out of the homes they grew up in. Some for negligence and others for "Bad Advice".
Some losing their homes after getting bad advice
Cody and Davi Livingston thought it was odd when a representative of the bank that held the mortgage on their South Jordan home told them to deliberately stop making house payments.
The bank, the Livingstons say, advised them to become delinquent on their mortgage so they could qualify for a government-backed loan modification program that would lower their monthly payments.
"We did everything they asked us to do," Cody Livingston said, "and now we don't have a house."
The Livingstons were hit with a foreclosure notice this fall, and now live in a rental unit, within walking distance from the home they built.
Proverbs 11:14
"Where there is no guidance, a people falls,
but in an abundance of counselors there is safety."
In Proverbs we are advised we will fail without guidance. When there is an abundance of counselors there is safety. God built us for community and one another. Thus his desire to have good counselors in our lives today.
Who are wise counselors in your life? Wise counselors could be, youth pastors, small group leaders, your parents, your friends, and generally anybody that loves Jesus. Take time to find who is a wise counselor in your life. Write out a list of people you could ask questions to and get counsel from. If on your list there is only your friends and parents then spend time praying and searching for potential counselors in your life. Because in Proverbs it says counselors in abundance there is safety.
When a situation arises and you need to make a decision you need to ask multiple wise counselors. If you have a group of wise counselors that believe in and love Jesus you will probably consistently get the same answer because it is God that is give you advise through your group of people.
When a situation arises and you need to make a decision you need to ask multiple wise counselors. If you have a group of wise counselors that believe in and love Jesus you will probably consistently get the same answer because it is God that is give you advise through your group of people.
Are you a friend that gives Good Sound advice? Sometimes when our friends ask for advice we might believe that they want an answer that we cannot give, and thus we often stay silent. We must not be overpowering or belittling in our friends life but we can take time ask God what advice he might give, and be bold enough to give it. When we remain silent, people do fail. Be brave enough to share good advice. Ask your friends who else they go to for advice, and if they have ever thought of going to more people than just their friends, share examples of who you have received advice from and how it worked for the better.
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