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Respond gently when you are confronted and you’ll defuse the rage of another.

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We will be commended for the truth we have spoken, especially for communicating the truth of the Gospel.

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It is often the hardest thing for us to bite our tongue and stop words of criticism flowing out. At the end of the day, who benefits from that criticism?

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What we listen to matters, if it is righteous, if it is spoken by those that are just, ethically and morally right we will thrive and cause others to thrive.

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How often has our own wisdom led us astray, how often have we been too busy to stop and listen to Godly wisdom?

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A slight deviation in to the psalms this morning. The psalms also form part of what is known as the wisdom literature.

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The wisdom of man should always be measured up against a known value, because it can drift off.

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Our protection is in binding Gods wisdom to our hearts so that wherever we go it is there.

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It is not a bad thing to know that all your ways are known to God because that knowledge can stop our foot from slipping in to great folly.

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Temptation might seem sweet but when we put our own knowledge and wisdom before Gods, we are on the path that leads to darkness.

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Don’t take your eyes off the Lord and his word because when you do, all of a sudden you find yourself up the creek without a paddle.

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The understanding of Gods word should be the frame work on which we hang the way we do things.

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Letting Gods wisdom direct us, is like asking for directions from someone that knows the way.

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Proverbs, the book of wisdom obviously attaches a high value to wisdom. When we value God, when we listen to his word as a priority, where we accept and apply his teaching and let it reside in our hearts, then we will succeed.

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Wisdom starts by trusting in God with all of our hearts. That means surrendering to him, and using his word as our understanding.

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There are open doors and closed doors when it comes to sharing our faith.

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The Christian life should be a balanced life but the default position should be a life of humility.

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It is all about grace, when our lives are lived in a way that pleases God then he will take the tension out of any situation and cause grace to rise up in those that are opposed to us.