If there is one thing that hurts us as parents, it is to see our children fail.
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Sunday School, small groups, Grace Groups, Bible Studies, Men’s Breakfast, Men’s Groupchat, United Methodist Women, etc. These are just some of the activities, in addition to the Sunday services, where we listen to our pastor’s sermons and the inspiring music of the worship team (either Hymns and Choir or Contemporary worship).
Many of us regret having done something we should not have done. We can give many examples, but I will provide a simple one.
In one of the churches where I was a pastor, a spiritual sensitivity began to develop due to an active prayer ministry where there was love, forgiveness, and reconciliation.
What king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Solomon tells us that even before the creation of mountains and valleys, Wisdom was already there.
Wisdom is a virtue that isn’t innate but can only be acquired through experience.
In 1970, a group of families were sent by their church to start a mission in a neighborhood that was just developing.
Solomon, in this part of the proverbs, portrays wisdom as a woman and says that on the one hand, she has a long life and in riches and honor, her ways are pleasant and peaceful, she produces life, and those who hold to her have happiness. And there is so much truth in this. We all have a great woman who has been influential in our life.
In this verse, Solomon describes the one who finds wisdom as “blessed.” The word “blessed” means happy. Psalm 1:1 identifies the “blessed” (happy) person as the one who rejects the lifestyle of the wicked but delights in God’s Word.