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10:8-20 Living wisely is something that All Followers of Jesus should strive to do. Why? B/c Living a wise life is emulating Jesus’ life. He walked in wisdom b/c he is the creator of wisdom. So as we follow after him we should also be walking in wisdom. Growing in the understanding of how life works…

Matthew 2:1-12

What are we to make of today’s parable taught by our Lord. As I shared two weeks ago: Jesus, as God in the flesh, entered into a specific time and place in history to convey eternal truths – and to do so, he needed to communicate in a way that would be easily remembered and transmissible. Many of Jesus’…

When you bow the final knee to Jesus, will it be in fear or in rejoicing?

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

God-given wisdom spills out of those who use it to make their words matter.

10 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. 12 She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. 13 She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. 14 She is like the ships of the…

HANNAH: A WISE INVESTOR 1 Samuel 1:1–28 Intro : There has been a lot of focus recently on the stock market. If you watch the news, it doesn’t take the commentators long to tell you either how well or how poor the market is doing. In fact, there are trillions of dollars, much more than we can comprehend,…

Wise Living (Part 2) This morning we are going to wrap up our study on Ecc 10 . Solomon has been showing us what it means to live wisely, by demonstrating how foolish the fool lives. Two weeks ago we looked at how the fool is known by his actions. and his actions are dictated by his heart stance. And…

Make a Choice Life is full of Choices What you do and say What you listen to What you eat and drink What you look at What Habits and or addictions you allow 19 “Now then send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, together with 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s…

Peter, John & James together served as the elders of authority in the Jerusalem church. James challenges those who claim to possess wisdom, yet they show little to no evidence. Jealousy and selfish ambition were evidence of false wisdom. The Greek eritheia (selfish ambition, NRSV) – a self-seeking pursuit…

8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? 9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the…

Good morning church It is good to be together today, gathered as the body of Christ. This Friday we will gather to celebrate the birth of our King! This morning, we are going to take a look at the story of his birth, and a group of people that it affected greatly and see what lessons there might be for…

We’re continuing through our series of Casket Empty. We’ve been through Creation, Abraham, Sinai, and we’re in Kings. And I’m only touching on the kings we encounter as leaders of Israel. We started with Israel walking away from their relationship with God in many ways, and choosing instead to be like…

Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The central concept for today’s message is time — kairos. As one examines time in today text as well as in other portions of Scripture, one quickly realizes that time is a gift. As with all other gifts, God calls…

Welcome Good morning again everyone, today we are continuing on in Ecclesiastes, but we are getting very close to being done with it. Today we are going to be reading from Ecclesiastes 11 and next week we will finish our study of the book by looking at chapter 12. Now, we are starting to hit the point…

God's Wisdom fills His people wiht song and wonder.

James is a skilled counselor. In chapter 3 he warned us about the dangers of the tongue in terrifiying and poetic terms that we could feel and understand. Then he unpacked over the last few weeks why the tongue is so dangerous and what motivates us to use it to sow such destruction. Bringing us in the…

Who Is In Charge? This is the reality of our social nature. Whenever more than 2 of us are in the room, we are curious who is in charge. If it’s just you and me, we know one of us will take hold of the moment. But if there is a gathering, we will make our greetings, but will not take charge of the moment…

Intro Is greatness a title that is earned or given? Mohammad Ali claimed the title, and for a time proved it. But that couldn’t last. Our economy can be great if all the indicators are pointing in the right direction. But it’s impact is felt on each one of us individually. What is the worlds greatest…

We’ve been working our way through the book of Ecclesiastes, a book of 12 short chapters that sits in the midst of the books of wisdom within our Bibles. Ecclesiastes is one of the books we don’t know specifically who wrote it. We do know the author intended to sound like Solomon to whom much of Proverbs…

Submitting to direction from a wise & caring Shepherd enables us to positively traverse unknown circumstances.

Love Thy Neighbor 21 My son, do not lose sight of these— keep sound wisdom and discretion, 22 and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck. 23 Then you will walk on your way securely, and your foot will not stumble. 24 If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your…

The Christian is wise to build his private life godly even amid adversity.

Intro: Dr. S. Lewis Johnson, a noted New Testament scholar, tells of his visit in Britain, where he observed that British people love dogs as their pets. During his stay he noticed three kinds of dogs which he relates to people in reference to freedom. The first are those dogs who have law but no freedom.…