Tag: wisdom
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Wisdom’s Source
1 Kings 3:26-27 “Then the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because her heart yearned for her son, ‘Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death.’ But the other said, ‘He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him.’ Then the king answered and…
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If You Could Have Anything
1 Kings 3:9-14 “’Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?’ It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. And God said to him, ‘Because you have asked this, and have not asked…
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In Over Your Head?
1 Kings 3:7-9 “And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in. And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be…
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A Great Ask
1 Kings 3:5 “At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, ‘Ask what I shall give you.’” Can you imagine being asked by God the question that He asked Solomon in the verse above? Because it was God Who was asking the question, I suppose nothing was outside the realm of possibility…
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To the Victor belongs the Spoil!
Psalm 119:162 “I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.” As with a number of Bible passages I’ve studied of late, I have to thank the late F.W. Boreham for his wonderful insights on the verse above. Boreham points out that one of the keys to understanding this verse is the idea…
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The Cure for Pride
Deuteronomy 17:18-20 “And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God by keeping all the words…
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To the Suffering
James 5:13 “Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.” When you read the Bible, do you realize that it is actually the God of the universe that is speaking to you in a very personal way? Do you realize that it’s a message coming from the One Who made you and He’s saying things…
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Wise Counsel
2 Samuel 16:20-23 “Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, ‘Give your counsel. What shall we do?’ . . . Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.” The Bible is clear that…
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The Wise Use of Money
Luke 12:21 “Fool! . . . So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.” Often the Bible uses very strong language that is meant to rattle our chain and wake us up. In the verse above Jesus says that some people are absolute fools. Do you realize…
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Plans
James 4:13-14 “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” So,…
To Encourage You 