Category: Walking in Wisdom

Building a House That Stands…

Today I flipped back to the first page of my 2017 journal – the page where I poured out my honest, wrecked heart as I began my journey with the Lord this year. I had been frustrated. Frustrated with too much noise and not enough stillness. Frustrated with too much

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Building A Life: Long Perspective of Wisdom

Looking back over my life, I realize I hadn’t ever really thought much about being a mom.  I wanted to marry, but never really brought children into the picture in my imagination!  You might say … my view of the future lacked some perspective.  Perspective is a word with a

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The Fruit Of Wisdom

Welcome to our last week of our Walking In Wisdom study. We hope that you have had a good time studying, thinking, and praying through various Proverbs on wisdom. During our last week together we are going to be looking at the fruit, or result, of wisdom. We have learned

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Withholding Good

“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.” – Proverbs 3:27 Some of the hardest teachings in the Bible for me are those that abruptly confront my selfish flesh. Love your enemies. Count it as joy when you encounter trials. Forgive

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Adultery Destroys

I feel Proverbs 6:27-35 gives us a little glimpse into the ancient lives of King David, Bathsheba and their son Solomon. King David and Bathsheba knew first-hand the danger of adultery and how the effects of their choice stayed with them the rest of their lives, hurting them and those

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Standing Strong in a Tempting World

My feet usually hit the floor each morning at 5:00am. Ask me a few minutes after that if I’m easily tempted by the world and I’ll give you a big, fat, “No way, baby.”  Armed with some decent sleep, a fresh cup of coffee, and the fact that I’ve not

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The Value Of A Good Name

If we were to ask people on the street to list the three most important things in their lives we might hear things like, family, God, career, wealth, and a myriad of other commonly shared values. What I do not think we would hear many claim to be of vital

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Wisdom in Wealth, and How to Invest in Eternity…

God wants your heart. He’s looking for disciples so filled with a vision for eternity that their deepest desire is to invest their money, time, and prayers where they will matter most. “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated

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Choosing to Cultivate

No one wants to be called a sluggard or thought of as lazy. We read today’s verses and might think, “This doesn’t apply to me. I’m a hard worker.” But as I was preparing and praying over what God would have me share today, my mind kept going back to

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A Call to Love our Enemies

In Proverbs 25:21, Solomon, who is known as “the wisest man who ever lived,” gives us a front row seat on insight to loving people well and what it truly looks like when we put it to work in our lives. He issues a challenge to believers by saying we

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