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Apr 18 2012

God Knows Your Heart

According to the Proverbs related to God’s Wisdom & Sovereignty, God is sovereign over everything.

Stop – ruminate on that for a moment, because that idea has HUGE implications, and it’s all too easy to read over without digesting.

God is sovereign over e v e r y t h i n g!

Ultimately, there is nothing outside the influence of God’s power and control. This does not mean there are not certain things He cannot do, rather, it means there are many things He cannot do. For instance, God cannot make a mistake. God cannot speak untruth (by virtue of His saying something, it is true). God cannot be imperfect in any way.
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Apr 07 2012

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Proverbs Project: God’s Wisdom & Sovereignty

Proverbs related to God’s Wisdom & Sovereignty:

Proverbs 2:6-8
6      For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7      He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8      for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

Proverbs 3:5-6
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
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Apr 05 2012

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Cultivating Wisdom according to Proverbs

I’ve never heard someone say, “I wish I had less wisdom”, and I’m quite sure I never will.

Wisdom is one of the few things all of us should always aspire to have more of – never less – but unfortunately, true wisdom is something many will never have. Why? Because they refuse to trust this formula:

An Individual + The Fear of the LORD = A Wise Person

I believe this formula is true 100% of the time, and I did not come up with it on my own – this is what is taught at the beginning of the book of Proverbs:
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God Knows Your Heart

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