Avoiding the potholes of neglect is an inspirational text about life's way to deepen the spirituality

9. Avoiding the Pothole of
Neglect

10. Guiding
Verses:
Proverbs 8:33
“Heed instruction and be wise, And do
not neglect it.
Matthew 23:23 NLT
“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and
you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe
even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you
ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice,
mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes,
but do not neglect the more important things.

11. Neglect (verb)
to pay no attention
or too little attention to;
disregard or slight:
to be remiss in the
care or treatment of:
to omit, through indifference or carelessness:
to fail to carry out or perform (orders, duties, etc.)

14. 2. Neglect of personal care and development
1. Neglect of little things but daily essentials
3. Neglect of inside repair and recovery

15. 4. Neglect of basic and sacred relationship
The famous South African surgeon. He
performed the world's first human heart
transplant operation in 1967.
Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001)

16. 5. Neglect of spirituality and moral integrity

17. 6. Neglect of intentional building of excellent legacy

18. • 310 became professional vagrants
• 440 physically wrecked their lives by a
debauched lifestyle
• 130 were sent to the pen for an
average of 13 years each, 7 for murder
• 100 became alcoholics
• 60 became habitual thieves
• 190 became public prostitutes
• It cost the state $ 1,500,000 and they
made no contribution whatever to
society.
• Over 100 became college professors
• Over 100 became attorneys, 30 of them
judges
• 60 became physicians
• Over 60 became authors of good
classics, good books
• 300 became clergymen, missionaries,
and theological professors
• 14 became presidents of universities
• There were numerous giants in
American industry that emerged from
this family
• 3 became US senators
• 1 became the vice president of the
united states.
Max Jukes Jonathan Edwards

19. I. Watch out for the
Red Flags

20. II. Pay attention
to the

22. Deterioration is never sudden. No garden suddenly
overgrows with thorns. No building suddenly
crumbles. No marriage suddenly breaks down. No
nation suddenly becomes a mediocre power. No
person suddenly becomes base. Slowly almost
imperceptibly, certain things are accepted that once
were rejected. Things once considered hurtful are now
secretly tolerated. At the outset it appears harmless,
perhaps even exciting, but the wedge it brings leaves a
gap that grows wider as a moral erosion joins hands
with spiritual decay.
Dr. Chuck Swindoll
Growing Strong in the Seasons of
Life

23. III.
Avoid life’s
extremes

25. Whoever fears God will
avoid all extremes.”
Ecclesiastes 7:18b

26. IV. Keep in touch with