Proverbs 6:6-19; Joshua 1:1-8; Psalms 1:1-3; Daniel 6:1-3; James 2:14-26. “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise.” – Proverbs 6:6 Wisdom and sluggard are two words that don’t go together. If we want to succeed, we must trust God completely and work hard as though our success depends on our hard work. Prayer is key. Vision is…

2 Samuel 20:14-22; Ruth 1:1-22; 2 Kings 2: 9-15; Luke 16:8-12. “I am one of the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city which is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?” – 2 Samuel 20:19 Faithfulness is the key to the Double portion, or the full measure of God’s blessing.…

1 Peter 3:8-15; Psalms 39:1-5; James 3:1-13; James 1:19, 20; Proverbs 15:23; Isaiah 51:16. “The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.” – Isaiah 50:4 Wisdom is the knowledge…

Jeremiah 18:1-6; 1 Kings 12:1-16; James 3:13; Exodus 18:13-22. “O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? Saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in my hand…” Jeremiah 18:6 One of our neighbors recently shared with my wife and me a principle that her hundred-year-old mother often claims is one…

Genesis 39:1-9; Job 28:20-28; Psalms 111:1-10; Isaiah 33:6; Hebrews 13:1-8. “And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God.” – Genesis 42:18 A passionate commitment to pleasing God in everything we do in our lives, is the foundation of all godly wisdom. Walking in the fear of the Lord will keep the presence of God…

James 1:2-8; Romans 5:1-5; Romans 8:28-35; Psalms 66:10-12; Daniel 3:14-25. ” For no trial has overtaken you that is not common to man. But God is faithful…He will also provide the way out…that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently.” – 1 Corinthians 10:13 AMP If you are dealing with adversity or going through a…

Ecclesiastes 10:1-15; Romans 8:12-17; Proverbs 16:1-9. “The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.” – Ecclesiastes 10:15 Do you know where you are going and how to get there? Our theme scripture today tells us that when we don’t know where we are going or how to get there, our…

Haggai 1:1-11; 2 Peter 2:6-10; Romans 12:1-3; Genesis 13:1-18. “And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.” – Genesis 24:1 Several years ago, the Lord spoke to me from the Book of Haggai 1 and asked me a very important question. I want to ask you that same question today: ‘How do…

1 Corinthians 2:1-16; Genesis 45:1-28. “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory.” – 1 Corinthians 2:7 Many times, in our lives, the wisdom of God is hidden and not immediately apparent in the situations we confront. Even our adversary Satan is oftentimes confused by the unfolding…

John 1:1-14; Hebrews 4:1-12; Deuteronomy 8:1-8; Job 22:22-30. “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD of hosts.” –Jeremiah 15:16 The Word of God is very powerful, and it contains the wisdom of God. There is nothing in the…