Name the 5 to 8 opinion leaders in your life-people in church, school, work, the media, etc.-whose ideas you regularly pay attention to. If they have passed, then thank God for them, and find some way to commemorate their effect on your life.Įvaluation: Do this with a kind, humble heart. If the person is still living, thank them by telling them what they have taught you. Honor: Do something to honor a person whose wisdom you have been blessed by. Study: Do a computer (or concordance) word search through the Bible for “wisdom” and/or “wise.” Pick ten verses from different books (not all from Proverbs!) and study them. Or at least create some mnemonic way to remember the eight qualities that Jesus describes there. Memorization: Learn the Beatitudes from Matthew 5:3–10. As Francis Chan suggested in the video, “Say, ‘God, I’ve been pursuing success, I’ve been pursuing riches, I’ve been pursuing knowledge but I see in Scripture now wisdom is what you value and it should be what I value…Give me the wisdom I need to navigate through this life in a way that honors you.’” Prayer: James 1:5 invites us to ask God for wisdom. The book of James emphasizes the active side of our faith, so let’s consider several ways we might put its teaching into practice.
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