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If Your Eye is Healthy, Then..
If we look up the word “eye” in a dictionary or thesaurus, we should learn that the word means more than just the physical eyes on our physical faces. The first word to come up on my thesaurus, in fact, is the word “judgment.” Words that followed that were “discernment” and “sense” (like in...- Sue J Love
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Bright Lights
Bright lights, flashing lights Through the darkness Beam their brightness Do tell, what they say Who will gamble Playing scramble? False faith anyone? Play with fire Clowns for hire True faith not in darkness Obey Savior Know His favor An Original Work / September 10, 2023- Sue J Love
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With No Doubting
So many people are quoting verse five out of context and they are leaving out the rest of what this says. And so they are giving their listeners the impression that they can ask God for wisdom and it will just be given to them, unconditionally. But that is not what this says. It says we have to...- Sue J Love
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In the Meekness of Wisdom
Our conduct is not only critical to our relationships with God/Christ, and with other humans, but it is critical to our salvation from sin and to eternal life with God. So many people are teaching that our conduct does not matter, and that works are not required of us, but that is a lie. So many...- Sue J Love
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Learning Wisdom
Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter days. Proverbs 19:20 NKJV Guys often think that older men—the ones with the most gray hairs and lines on their faces—possess a measure of wisdom that younger men don’t have. That’s not a bad assumption, because older...- Christ4Ever
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STORYTELLING THE BOOKS OF PROVERBS
CHAPTER ONE "It's easy money, a truckload of top-quality loot," he said and winked at me. The other guys nodded in agreement. They had been drinking long before I got to the bar. I was still on my first bottle. "What do we have to do?" I asked. "We will do the hard part of ambushing them on... -
Wisdom Seeker
Jehoshaphat said, Is there not another prophet of the Lord here whom we may ask? 1 Kings 22:7 AMPC King Jehoshaphat followed God. He worked to eliminate idol worship in Judah. Israel’s king, Ahab, wasn’t interested in following God. Ahab asked Jehoshaphat to help him reclaim land from a foreign...- Christ4Ever
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Wisdom from Agriculture
Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For [it is] time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you. Hosea 10:12 In Old Testament times, many of the Jewish people were either farmers or familiar with the practices in agriculture. In...- Christ4Ever
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The Wise, the Foolish, the Trusted
Wisdom is enshrined in an understanding heart; wisdom is not found among fools. Proverbs 14:33 NLT Proverbs is a great collection of wise sayings. Many powerful truths are found in its short thoughts. In this book of wisdom, we learn that fools can't be trusted. We also learn that God's wisdom...- Christ4Ever
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Knowing God, True Wisdom
The wise men are ashamed, They are dismayed and taken. Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; So what wisdom do they have? Jeremiah 8:9 Sometimes when intelligent people realize how much smarter they are than the average person, they get to trusting their own intelligence so much that...- Christ4Ever
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A Change of Heart
Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. Proverbs 1:23 Wisdom cries out from the streets, in markets, in noisy intersections, and in the entrance of the gates (where people gathered, met, and discussed important matters), according to...- Christ4Ever
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For Gaining Wisdom
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: 2 To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding, Proverbs 1:1-2 Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt (1 Kings 4:30). He spoke some...- Christ4Ever
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The Pleasures of Folly
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly As light excels darkness. Ecclesiastes 2:13 In Ecclesiastes 2, Solomon chronicled his many attempts to find meaning in pleasure. He tried wine; built houses; planted vineyards, gardens, orchards, and fruit trees; bought servants; possessed many herds and...- Christ4Ever
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video Overcoming Confusion With Wisdom
The armor of the believer will help you overcome Satan’s attacks. But what about overcoming death itself? Dr. David Jeremiah takes a closer look at the reasons why you can trust Jesus for the power to overcome even death; after all, His resurrection proves He defeated it once and for all.- Chad
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Ask
Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words. Ecclesiastes 10:12 Wisdom recognizes the importance of every decision. Wisdom understands time should be used well. It seeks advice, makes a house a home, and softens the hardest disposition. Wisdom knows...- Christ4Ever
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Grace and Salt
In our communications with other people, are we being led of the flesh or of the Spirit, or is it sometimes one and sometimes the other? Or, can we be speaking in the power of the Spirit, and then can we switch gears, and speak out of our flesh? How do we know if it is one or the other? What are...- Sue J Love
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Dangers of Compassion
Is it a good thing to try to help a brother or a sister in Christ out of the pit of sinful addiction? Yes! Are there any potential dangers we should be aware of when we do this? Yes! Is it possible that we could be putting ourselves in danger? Yes! Could we risk being pulled down into sin with...- Sue J Love
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Whoever is Simple
Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 1:13 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Have Thine Own Way, Lord.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Proverbs 9 (Quoting select vv. ESV). Wisdom Calls (vv. 1-6) Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars. She has slaughtered her...- Sue J Love
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Flimsy Excuses
Thursday, October 12, 2017, 12:00 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Living Sacrifices.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Proverbs 1 (Select vv. NASB). Beginning of Knowledge 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction. If we...- Sue J Love
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Good Conduct
Saturday, September 16, 2017, 6:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Oh, To Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read James 3 (ESV). We Who Teach (vv. 1-5a) Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be...- Sue J Love
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