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Dilgence Defined
Diligence
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You will gain sure advantage In any task, would you rather pursue it with a sure and unshakable advantage or lasting handicap? Proverbs 21:55 The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.
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You will be in control of the situation, rather than have the situation control you.
Solomon says Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor Proverbs 12:24.
A sluggards appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. Proverbs 13:4
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Solomon says that people who are diligent in their business shall stand before kings (Proverbs 22:29).
In Proverbs 28:19 Solomon writes, He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread, but he that follows vain persons is void of understanding
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wealth
gotten by vanity will always diminished but he that gathers by labor shall increase(Proverbs 13:11),
HOW CAN YOU BRING TRUE DILIGENCE IN EVERY PART OF YOUR LIFE
Solomon
gives four steps to use and make diligence a lifestyle; these steps are threatened by our desire to take the path of least resistance, our innate laziness. THE ROOT CAUSES OF
RECOGNIZING
LAZINESS
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Self-Centeredness
A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart (Proverbs 21:2).
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Conceit (Arrogance)
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes, than seven people who answer discreetly (Proverbs 26:16)
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I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense; thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins (Proverbs 24:30-31)
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How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man. (Proverbs 6:911)
Solomon wrote that in Proverbs 28:19, Without a vision, the people perish.
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Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed (Proverbs 15:22)
How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver! (Proverbs 16:16)
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Knowledge to Wisdom
Question:
Are you diligent in your job? Your marriage? Your parenting? Your Career? Lets explore the diligence checklist to determine your level of diligence.
Diligence Checklist
DO
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YOU:
Have a clear and precise vision for
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Diligence Checklist.
5. 6. 7. 8.
Rightly perform? Work expeditiously (with target dates)? Work efficiently? Work effectively (achieving effective Produce a result that reflects a quality Attain true excellence?
results)?
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outcome?
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The End
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Diligence Defined:
Diligence is a learnable skill that combines creative persistence, a smart -working effort rightly planned and rightly performed in a timely, efficient and effective manner to attain a result that is pure and of the highest quality of excellence
2. You will be in control of the situation, rather than have the situation control you.
Would you rather to have a boss or other people control your life, or would you rather control your own life? Solomon says Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor Proverbs 12:24. The diligent will control their own life and enhance the lives around them.
A sluggards appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. Proverbs 13:4
Imagine being so content and fulfilled in your inner most being, that you carve nothing, this is promised to the diligent.
shall stand before kings( Proverbs 22:29). Their achievement will be a magnetic force that draws attention to them.
Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow (Proverbs 13:11). Solomon contrasts persons who gain wealth trough diligence and those who gain wealth through vain pursuit which will ultimately disappear.
HOW CAN YOU BRING TRUE DILIGENCE IN EVERY PART OF YOUR LIFE
Solomon gives four steps to use and make diligence a lifestyle; these steps are threatened by our desire to take the path of least resistance, our innate laziness. There is seed of laziness in all of us whether we like to admit it or not. Often we combat the seed of laziness in certain parts of our lives such as our career and leave them unattended in other areas such as our marriage or relationships with or children.
2. Conceit (Arrogance)
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes, than seven people who answer discreetly (Proverbs 26:16) Because we naturally think we are smarter than those around us, we act without seeking the counsel of others. So we act first and ask later. We simply need to accept that they are person just as smart and even smarter than us.
Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing (Proverbs 20:4) Laziness can be all consuming the more we give in to our natural inclination towards instant gratification the stronger the inclination will become.
The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway (Proverbs 15:19)
SOLOMONS STEPS TO BRING DILIGENCE INTO YOUR LIFE Step #1- Wake Up to Reality
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How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man. (Proverbs 6:9-11)
We always think we have more time than we really do to achieve our personal and professional goals. So we procrastinate doing what we should be doing. We need to wake up and bring diligence into our lives now. The opportunities will be multiplied! Take responsibility for your life, your attitudes, your values, and how you spend your life.
Knowledge to Wisdom
Question: Are you diligent in your job? Your marriage? Your parenting? Your Career? Let s explore the diligence checklist to determine your level of diligence.
Diligence Checklist
DO YOU: 1. Have a clear and precise vision for what you want to achieve? 2. Creatively persist through disappointment and failures? 3. Work Smart? 4. Rightly plan? 5. Rightly perform? 6. Work expeditiously (with target dates)? 7. Work efficiently? 8. Work effectively (achieving effective results)? 9. Produce a result that reflects a quality outcome? 10. Attain true excellence?