Aug 7, 2024… Seeking Godly Wisdom …
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK . …to hear Keith and Kristyn Getty. with music and lyrics, singing The Perfect Wisdom of Our God calling on all Christians to recognize and pursue God’s perfect wisdom.
Highlight Passage: … Proverbs 2:11 [NLT] … 11 Wise choices will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe.
… Wisdom will lead to wise choices.
Highlight Passage (in context) … Proverbs 2:1-6, 9-15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
…Solomon reveals God’s desire, as our Heavenly Father, for His chosen to seek after Godly wisdom and understanding.
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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 1:7, 4:7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, calls on Hie people to fear The Lord and seek after God’s wisdom and the understanding of His will in order to follow His ways.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 13:12 [NLT] …
12 To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them. .
… Jesus revealed to His disciples that He used parables to test those who heard Him, … testing whether they were truly understanding what was He was teaching.
Reference Passage: … Romans 11:33 [NLT] …
33 Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand His decisions and His ways!
… The Apostle Paull teaches fellow Christians that we who seek after God’s wisdom will never be able to fathom His ways completely.
Reference Passage: … Colossians 2:8, 3:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul also teaches fellow Christians to beware of false teaching from the world as we seek to follow and live by Godly wisdom..
Reference Passage: … James 1:5-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle James teaches on pursuing Godly wisdom, with faith in Christ, … avoiding the false teaching of the world. .
My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Monica La Rose - AT THIS LINK - wrote about New York Times columnist, Kevin Roose, being given the opportunity to interact and test his interaction with a new AI (“Artificial Intelligence”) search engine, … and discovering that the AI chatbot would attempt to win the allegiance of Roose to rebel against the creator of of the AI software. Scary stuff; wouldn’t you agree?.
But dealing with false, worldly intelligence. which is trying to lead us away from God, is not a new challenge, is it? No,… ever since Adam and Eve dealt with Satanic false teachings, mankind, in our search for understand, has had to deal with Satanic influences and falsified intelligence attempting to take our attention away from God’s wisdom and His true teachings.
Okay! … Where are we going … TODAY … to pursue true wisdom and Godly understanding?. Personally, as I am here with ODB and God’s word … daily, … and I’m doing my best to seek and use God’s word as my RI (“Real Intelligence”), knowing that my faithful search for Godly wisdom thru God’s word will ALWAYS lead me in God’s way to fulfill His will. Are you with me?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your intelligence, thru Your word, to lead me to real understanding of where I am to follow You today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here will do all we can to understand Your ways, Lord, by gleaning Your ways thru Your word, and following Your wisdom thru life, … today and always. … Amen
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1 comment:
Amen!%
Kjetil
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