Lesson: A Burning Heart
Reading: The heart of a father
Reference: Prov. 4:1-13
Proverbs 4:1: Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 4:2: For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
Proverbs 4:3: For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs 4:4: He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4:5: Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6: Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Proverbs 4:7: Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 4:8: Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Proverbs 4:9: She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
Proverbs 4:10: Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
Proverbs 4:11: I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
Proverbs 4:12: When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Proverbs 4:13: Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
(KJV)