Wisdom’s for the week of August 30, 2010 It’s not our circumstances that steal our joy; it’s our attitude during our circumstances. It is easy to think “If I could just get a new car, a bigger house, a better job, or more money, then I’ll be happy.” We tend to view happiness as a commodity attainable
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Wisdom’s for the week of August 23, 2010 Listen to your prayers, because they locate your level of spiritual maturity. What are you praying for? Are you asking God to give you more stuff–a bigger house, a new car, a bigger salary? What you pray for indicates what is important to you. It is a great lesson
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Wisdom’s for the week of August 16, 2010 Love unexpressed is not love at all. In John 13:34-35, Jesus instructed us—His followers—to love others: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you
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Wisdom’s for the week of August 9, 2010 If you’re too busy to spend time with God, then you’re simply too busy. In the world we live in today, it is very easy to get so incredibly caught up in all of the demands that culture places on us that we don’t have any time to spend
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Wisdom’s for the week of August 2, 2010 Private obedience leads to public blessings. The Bible promises that if we obey God, then He will bless us. In Deuteronomy 28:1-2, Moses told the Israelites, “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will
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Wisdom’s for the week of July 26, 2010 Does the fear of God or the fear of man rule your life? Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe (Proverbs 29:25). A person who is ruled by the fear of man is one whose decisions are dictated
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Wisdom’s for the week of July 19, 2010 Getting into Heaven is not about what you’ve done; it’s about what God’s done. You have probably encountered a few people who hoped that they would get into Heaven because they have lived a good life. Indeed, there are many people in the world who think that all the
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Wisdom’s for the week of July 12, 2010 True peace only comes from the Prince of Peace. Peace does not mean that everything around you is calm and tranquil; true peace means that you are able to remain peaceful during the storms of life. But this peace, which the Bible promises is available to believers, can only
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Wisdom’s for the week of July 5, 2010 Sacrifice is the true measure of love. The degree of one’s love for someone is measured by the degree of his or her sacrifice for that person. When you deeply love someone, you’ll do a lot of difficult, challenging, or painful things for him or her that you would
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Wisdom’s for the week of June 28, 2010 Filling a church with people means nothing if lives are not transformed. In most businesses, success is measured in numbers: amount of profit, number of customers, volume of sales, percent increase in revenue, etc. In the church, it can be easy to slip into the mindset of measuring success
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