WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.300 Thanks for watching! 2 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:55.920 And, good morning, or good afternoon, good evening, depending on what time you are listening. 3 00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:57.560 Welcome, welcome. 4 00:00:57.560 --> 00:01:00.920 I am so glad you're here. 5 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:08.680 We are in a series, Harnessing Your Spiritual Power. 6 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:17.360 How would your life be different if you were truly walking in the power that God has for 7 00:01:17.360 --> 00:01:18.360 you? 8 00:01:18.360 --> 00:01:20.600 I've combined two studies. 9 00:01:20.600 --> 00:01:26.520 This is actually a study I did years ago called Supernatural Living. 10 00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:31.360 God puts his super on your natural. 11 00:01:31.360 --> 00:01:37.240 It just went so well with Harnessing Your Spiritual Power. 12 00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:41.920 I actually added a whole study today. 13 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:48.400 We're going to end up with a bonus study on wisdom because God's just been talking to 14 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:54.680 me so much about the need for wisdom. 15 00:01:54.680 --> 00:02:00.360 As a country, as a people, as families, I don't know that I've ever seen a time as much 16 00:02:00.360 --> 00:02:05.520 as right now where wisdom was so needed. 17 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:07.280 Do you feel that? 18 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:12.400 By the way, I can see your comments, so please, I love comments. 19 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:13.400 Reach out. 20 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:20.720 Let me know you're there and love your feedback on any part of the study. 21 00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:21.720 Any questions? 22 00:02:21.720 --> 00:02:22.720 Any comments? 23 00:02:22.720 --> 00:02:23.720 Any ahas? 24 00:02:24.200 --> 00:02:29.320 If you're watching this live, that is one of the benefits. 25 00:02:29.320 --> 00:02:36.720 We have been in a series, we're on number six, and let me pop it up here, Harnessing 26 00:02:36.720 --> 00:02:46.000 Your Spiritual Power, number six, and today we are talking about the power of wisdom. 27 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:48.960 I got to tell you, I was completely surprised. 28 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:55.440 I've studied this subject for years, but I was completely surprised at all of the stuff 29 00:02:55.440 --> 00:03:01.220 that I was, I don't know, either taught again or reminded that I forgot. 30 00:03:01.220 --> 00:03:03.680 Maybe you're like that. 31 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:07.480 One of the segments I'm going to talk about today, we're going to start with prayer, but 32 00:03:07.480 --> 00:03:13.600 one of the segments I'm going to talk about are the benefits of wisdom. 33 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:23.760 I like thinking of a spiritual benefit package, and there was so much that Jesus did for us, 34 00:03:23.760 --> 00:03:27.440 being here on earth, being on the cross. 35 00:03:27.440 --> 00:03:35.360 Many think of it just as a way to make it to heaven or whatever, but it's for life here, 36 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:41.680 to have kingdom living here, to have powerful living here and now. 37 00:03:41.760 --> 00:03:49.440 There was so much that was purchased for us, so many gifts waiting for us to unlock and 38 00:03:49.440 --> 00:03:55.000 to open, and I love that. 39 00:03:55.000 --> 00:04:01.780 Many of us know things like health and abundance and peace and joy. 40 00:04:01.780 --> 00:04:08.440 We know many of these, but how many of you have thought about the wisdom benefit package? 41 00:04:08.440 --> 00:04:12.520 When you work for a company or something, you get a benefit package and you want to 42 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:18.519 know what's included, medical, dental, vacation, pregnancy, whatever, right? 43 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:24.560 This benefit package includes wisdom, and I think you're going to be surprised. 44 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:25.560 Stay till the end. 45 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:32.080 I got lots of juicy stuff to share with you, but first, let's start with prayer and be 46 00:04:32.080 --> 00:04:36.200 sure to leave your comments, say hello as you're here. 47 00:04:36.960 --> 00:04:37.960 All right. 48 00:04:37.960 --> 00:04:40.200 Father, I just thank you for this day. 49 00:04:40.200 --> 00:04:47.800 This is the day that you have made and we rejoice and are glad in it. 50 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:49.520 We celebrate it. 51 00:04:49.520 --> 00:04:57.840 Father, I ask that you bless and just completely pour out your spirit on every single person 52 00:04:57.840 --> 00:04:58.840 listening to this. 53 00:04:58.840 --> 00:04:59.840 Lord, you ... 54 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.620 supply all our needs according to your riches and glory. 55 00:05:04.620 --> 00:05:06.500 What do they need, Lord? 56 00:05:06.500 --> 00:05:11.500 Resources, healing, wisdom, Lord, healing in relationships, 57 00:05:12.540 --> 00:05:16.060 healing in their bodies, healing in their finances. 58 00:05:16.060 --> 00:05:19.980 I ask for special blessings today for everybody 59 00:05:19.980 --> 00:05:24.980 on this call and on the broadcast, wherever they may be. 60 00:05:25.260 --> 00:05:27.820 Lord, I ask that you open our spiritual senses. 61 00:05:27.860 --> 00:05:31.460 You say in Hebrews that we need to train 62 00:05:31.460 --> 00:05:33.940 our spiritual senses to discern. 63 00:05:33.940 --> 00:05:35.540 I've been praying a lot about that. 64 00:05:35.540 --> 00:05:38.700 Father, I ask that you open our spiritual senses, 65 00:05:38.700 --> 00:05:39.820 our spiritual eyes. 66 00:05:39.820 --> 00:05:42.300 Let it never be said about us that we have eyes, 67 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:43.260 but we do not see. 68 00:05:43.260 --> 00:05:45.460 Let it never be said of us that we have ears, 69 00:05:45.460 --> 00:05:46.660 but we do not hear. 70 00:05:46.660 --> 00:05:50.140 Open, like Paul prayed, open the eyes of our heart, 71 00:05:50.140 --> 00:05:52.140 Father God, open the eyes of our heart 72 00:05:52.140 --> 00:05:55.620 that we can truly know and understand and experience 73 00:05:55.620 --> 00:05:59.440 how great is your love for us. 74 00:05:59.440 --> 00:06:03.900 I ask that you just bless this study in Jesus' name. 75 00:06:03.900 --> 00:06:05.260 Amen, amen. 76 00:06:05.260 --> 00:06:07.620 I'm so glad you're here. 77 00:06:07.620 --> 00:06:11.980 So excited to talk about the power of wisdom. 78 00:06:11.980 --> 00:06:14.560 And you know, something interesting, 79 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:19.560 the scriptures say that wisdom is of the highest value 80 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:24.720 of the highest value and of the most importance. 81 00:06:26.960 --> 00:06:28.760 It puts a preeminence, 82 00:06:28.760 --> 00:06:31.640 like it says if you're gonna get anything, 83 00:06:31.640 --> 00:06:33.640 you know, many of us are thinking right now, 84 00:06:33.640 --> 00:06:37.840 maybe some of you are about finances or about gold or, 85 00:06:37.840 --> 00:06:40.760 and it says, you know what, this is above rubies. 86 00:06:40.760 --> 00:06:42.840 This is above gold. 87 00:06:42.840 --> 00:06:44.480 This is above silver. 88 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:48.840 It says with all you're getting, get wisdom. 89 00:06:48.840 --> 00:06:52.000 The Bible puts like highest priority on it. 90 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:56.200 And many of the verses come from King Solomon 91 00:06:56.200 --> 00:06:57.440 in the book of Proverbs. 92 00:06:57.440 --> 00:06:59.560 It is the book of wisdom. 93 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:02.240 I'm gonna pull a lot from this book of wisdom. 94 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:06.400 And if you're hungry, if you're really hungry for wisdom, 95 00:07:06.400 --> 00:07:10.040 here is a little wisdom challenge for you. 96 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:11.500 Maybe I'll run a challenge someday, 97 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:14.000 but here's a little challenge for you. 98 00:07:14.880 --> 00:07:19.120 There are 31 Proverbs and there's usually 30 or 31 days 99 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:19.960 in the month. 100 00:07:19.960 --> 00:07:24.880 Read one chapter of Proverbs a day 101 00:07:24.880 --> 00:07:28.080 and just glean one thing and write it down 102 00:07:28.080 --> 00:07:31.240 and think about it for that day about wisdom. 103 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:34.120 Well, we're gonna dive in and get into some of those 104 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:37.460 that I found that some of them just really refreshed me 105 00:07:37.460 --> 00:07:38.580 and surprised me. 106 00:07:39.440 --> 00:07:41.400 I wanna pause and say, good morning, Sarah. 107 00:07:41.400 --> 00:07:42.320 Good morning, Maggie. 108 00:07:42.320 --> 00:07:43.600 Good morning, Tom. 109 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:45.400 And I see your comments. 110 00:07:45.400 --> 00:07:46.220 I love it. 111 00:07:46.220 --> 00:07:47.680 So glad you are here. 112 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:49.160 Leave your comments. 113 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:53.800 And I just look forward to staying in touch with you. 114 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:57.960 Okay, so it's of the highest value and importance. 115 00:07:57.960 --> 00:08:02.540 Do you know that there are 86 verses about wisdom 116 00:08:02.540 --> 00:08:05.280 just in the book of Proverbs alone? 117 00:08:05.280 --> 00:08:07.020 86 verses. 118 00:08:07.960 --> 00:08:10.840 So, you know, the one who had the most wisdom 119 00:08:10.840 --> 00:08:12.680 wrote a lot about it, 120 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:16.800 mostly trying to instruct his son. 121 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:21.800 So look at Proverbs 4, 5. 122 00:08:21.840 --> 00:08:23.760 Proverbs 4, 5. 123 00:08:23.760 --> 00:08:28.760 It says, so make wisdom your quest. 124 00:08:30.880 --> 00:08:35.500 Search for the revelation of life's meaning. 125 00:08:35.500 --> 00:08:38.919 And so, you know, to think about this, 126 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:42.340 how many of us maybe forget the need for wisdom? 127 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:44.980 We get so busy in day-to-day living 128 00:08:44.980 --> 00:08:48.100 and the hurry and the shuttle and the scuttle 129 00:08:48.100 --> 00:08:49.340 and the blah, blah, blah, right? 130 00:08:49.340 --> 00:08:50.700 Trying to get everything done 131 00:08:50.700 --> 00:08:52.780 or trying to figure out things. 132 00:08:52.780 --> 00:08:55.900 And yet, if we just back up, 133 00:08:55.900 --> 00:08:59.460 how much of that time every day 134 00:08:59.460 --> 00:09:02.620 is invested in growing our wisdom? 135 00:09:03.700 --> 00:09:06.060 Are you getting wiser every day, every week, 136 00:09:06.060 --> 00:09:08.300 every month, every year? 137 00:09:08.300 --> 00:09:10.220 Of course, you know, we get wisdom 138 00:09:10.220 --> 00:09:12.400 from the school of hard knocks, right? 139 00:09:12.400 --> 00:09:14.580 And just age we gain. 140 00:09:14.580 --> 00:09:16.780 But what if we did what the Bible says here 141 00:09:16.780 --> 00:09:21.440 and we actually made wisdom our quest? 142 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:24.300 How might our life be different? 143 00:09:24.300 --> 00:09:27.060 What could we pass on to next generations? 144 00:09:27.060 --> 00:09:29.900 What kind of change could we make in our lives 145 00:09:29.900 --> 00:09:32.580 and the lives of others? 146 00:09:32.580 --> 00:09:35.140 And it says in Proverbs 4, 7, 147 00:09:35.140 --> 00:09:38.300 I broke this up into kind of three segments of it. 148 00:09:38.300 --> 00:09:40.860 In the beginning of Proverbs 4, 7, 149 00:09:40.860 --> 00:09:44.900 it says the beginning of wisdom. 150 00:09:44.900 --> 00:09:47.460 So where does wisdom start? 151 00:09:47.460 --> 00:09:52.100 The beginning of wisdom is, 152 00:09:52.100 --> 00:09:54.580 it just sounds so contrary to me, 153 00:09:54.580 --> 00:09:57.060 but get skillful in godly wisdom. 154 00:09:57.060 --> 00:09:58.380 It's preeminent. 155 00:09:58.380 --> 00:10:00.140 So, you know, kind of time. 156 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:06.640 in with the first verse that I shared, you know, part of wisdom, and you're going to 157 00:10:06.640 --> 00:10:10.120 see this even more when we start saying, well, how do you get wisdom? 158 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:11.120 Because I'm going to cover that. 159 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:15.480 I'm going to cover the benefits of wisdom and how you get wisdom. 160 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:22.160 But part of how you get wisdom, you know, sneak preview, is that you are on a quest 161 00:10:22.160 --> 00:10:24.440 for wisdom. 162 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:25.960 It's important to you. 163 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.880 You have made a choice in your life. 164 00:10:28.880 --> 00:10:31.960 In my life, I desire to have wisdom. 165 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:34.800 I desire to have wisdom in my finances. 166 00:10:34.800 --> 00:10:38.920 I desire to have wisdom in my relationships. 167 00:10:38.920 --> 00:10:42.000 I desire to have wisdom in my spiritual walk. 168 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:45.480 I desire to have wisdom in my parenting skills. 169 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:49.000 I desire to have wisdom in my business. 170 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:51.000 You know, there's two ways to go through life. 171 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:53.000 You know, one is just trial and error. 172 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:56.760 And so you keep hitting your head on a wall, and when it doesn't work, you go to a different 173 00:10:56.760 --> 00:11:03.040 wall, and when that doesn't work, you know, or maybe God has a better way that we walk 174 00:11:03.040 --> 00:11:07.560 in wisdom and we don't have to keep, you know, pounding our head. 175 00:11:07.560 --> 00:11:14.200 And what if we could walk and you're going to see that this wisdom really includes a 176 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:17.840 revelation knowledge from God. 177 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:22.200 So what if we could walk in this wisdom? 178 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:29.520 And so the second part of that verse says, and with all your acquiring, get understanding. 179 00:11:29.520 --> 00:11:34.120 You know, we are an acquisition society, right? 180 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:38.080 You've seen the bumper sticker, he who dies with the most toys wins, right? 181 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:43.360 I mean, we're just like, do I have the newest electronic, you know, the newest iPhone? 182 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:49.240 Do I have the newest, you know, this, the newest that, the best car, the this, you know, 183 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:55.040 we're such about acquiring, our life is about acquiring. 184 00:11:55.040 --> 00:11:59.160 And this is saying, you know what, with all your acquiring, because Solomon understood 185 00:11:59.160 --> 00:12:00.160 acquiring. 186 00:12:00.160 --> 00:12:05.400 I mean, he tried everything and women and houses and wine and music and song. 187 00:12:05.400 --> 00:12:10.280 I mean, Solomon was not saying acquiring was bad. 188 00:12:10.280 --> 00:12:20.200 But he says, with all that acquiring, make sure the thing you acquire is wisdom, wisdom. 189 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:24.960 Are we seeking to acquire wisdom? 190 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:25.960 And good morning, Kim. 191 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:27.840 I see you just joined us. 192 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:28.840 Welcome. 193 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:29.840 All right. 194 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:35.320 And so it says, actively seek. 195 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:37.680 I think this is the first part of this message. 196 00:12:37.680 --> 00:12:42.360 If you're going to have wisdom, it's not a passive thing. 197 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:45.640 It's something that you're actively going after. 198 00:12:45.640 --> 00:12:52.280 God, you're, you're asking for God, I desire to walk in wisdom. 199 00:12:52.280 --> 00:12:53.280 You're searching. 200 00:12:53.280 --> 00:12:57.680 Like I said, you're reading a proverb a day, you're searching through scripture, really 201 00:12:57.680 --> 00:13:03.520 digesting it and meditating on it, asking God to give you revelation knowledge. 202 00:13:03.520 --> 00:13:06.720 You're actively seeking wisdom. 203 00:13:06.760 --> 00:13:11.480 And also it says spiritual discernment. 204 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:20.680 I've been, I've been praying a lot about that to increase my level of discernment and to 205 00:13:20.680 --> 00:13:22.240 learn to listen. 206 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:24.600 So many of us shut that down. 207 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:31.520 We brush off our, our God given intuition and we don't trust ourselves and we rely on 208 00:13:31.520 --> 00:13:34.080 the media or other people. 209 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:37.700 And we think, you know, that we ourselves don't have this. 210 00:13:37.700 --> 00:13:46.360 This is telling you to seek spiritual discernment and be willing to listen to that. 211 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:51.500 You know, some of the most amazing things have happened. 212 00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:57.880 When I listened, it wasn't a bold megaphone, but you knew in your spirit, God was telling 213 00:13:57.880 --> 00:13:59.940 you to do something. 214 00:13:59.940 --> 00:14:05.780 And when you get that, you act on it and you say, God, tell me more. 215 00:14:05.780 --> 00:14:12.700 In fact, one of my favorite parts of seeking wisdom and discernment and understanding is 216 00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:15.980 my prayer time in the morning. 217 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:21.220 I switched several years ago to having a whole different way of praying. 218 00:14:21.220 --> 00:14:27.540 And what I do is I journal and I actually, you know, we pray to God. 219 00:14:27.540 --> 00:14:31.100 Most of us pray to God like, like he's some, you know, genie in the sky. 220 00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:33.980 Oh God, please bless my family and God, I need finances. 221 00:14:33.980 --> 00:14:34.980 Please help me. 222 00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:35.980 God, protect me. 223 00:14:35.980 --> 00:14:36.980 Keep me safe. 224 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:38.900 God, you know, change my children and whatever, right? 225 00:14:38.900 --> 00:14:40.060 Change my spouse. 226 00:14:40.060 --> 00:14:42.580 We like rattle off this list of requests to God. 227 00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:45.660 And yes, the Bible says, let your requests be known to God. 228 00:14:45.660 --> 00:14:46.660 No problem. 229 00:14:46.660 --> 00:14:47.740 Come boldly to the throne. 230 00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:49.300 He loves that. 231 00:14:49.300 --> 00:14:55.500 However, comma, what if we did as much listening? 232 00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:59.580 What if we actively sought hearing his voice? 233 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:07.080 Says my sheep hear my voice and the voice of another they will not follow. Well that requires discernment 234 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:10.240 How do you know the voice of one Shepherd from another? 235 00:15:10.760 --> 00:15:11.840 and 236 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:15.880 so one of the things I started doing years ago in the morning is I 237 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:22.320 Journal, I use two colors of pen and I in pink which is me 238 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:25.560 I journal a question to God and 239 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:27.720 And I pray and 240 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:34.640 I just start writing whatever comes to me. I don't judge it. I don't even hardly look at it 241 00:15:34.640 --> 00:15:38.720 I just let my hand go and sometimes it starts slow 242 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:46.440 it just might say my dearest daughter write whatever comes to you and you just keep writing and you'll come to a pause point and 243 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:50.200 then say is that all God or is there more and 244 00:15:50.880 --> 00:15:52.880 Often more will come I'm 245 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:58.800 Telling you that the most powerful revelation for me and I do that in purple so that later 246 00:15:58.800 --> 00:16:03.560 I go back a few days later a week a month a quarter later 247 00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:10.520 I go back and I read all the purple and I can see how much God was preparing me 248 00:16:11.040 --> 00:16:15.360 For what was coming and I believe this is a lot what this is talking about 249 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:18.240 actively seek 250 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:23.640 Spiritual discernment and mature comprehension and logical 251 00:16:24.760 --> 00:16:30.600 Interpretation, you know, it's so easy to pull one verse out of the Bible and make a case. That's not 252 00:16:31.520 --> 00:16:33.080 logical 253 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:35.080 interpretation 254 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:41.800 Proverbs 3 15 says wisdom is more precious than 255 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:45.000 rubies 256 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:47.600 You know, I've always said 257 00:16:47.920 --> 00:16:53.440 When and if I get married again, I don't want a diamond. I want a ruby. I just think they're so beautiful and 258 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:57.800 This says, you know more than a ruby 259 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.960 Wisdom wisdom is more 260 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:03.840 precious than rubies and 261 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:07.119 Nothing you desire 262 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:09.880 Can compare with wisdom? 263 00:17:10.760 --> 00:17:12.760 well, let's 264 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:17.359 Talk about that. You might want to put that in the notes, you know, write that right now, right? 265 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:22.520 Write what you've got out of that. Let that dig in write down wisdom is more precious than rubies 266 00:17:23.800 --> 00:17:26.520 Nothing you desire can compare with wisdom 267 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:31.720 Write that down. Nothing I desire compares with wisdom 268 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:36.280 all right, let's talk about the benefits of 269 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:40.200 Wisdom the benefit package your 270 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:45.520 Spiritual benefit package. Let's talk about that. What are some of the benefits? 271 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:51.240 Did you know that one of the benefits of wisdom is protection 272 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:58.680 You know, we often ask God, you know, please protect me be with me guide me whatever right? 273 00:17:59.040 --> 00:18:05.000 But did you know that built into your benefit package built into? 274 00:18:06.520 --> 00:18:11.520 Acquiring wisdom that there's protection that comes with wisdom 275 00:18:12.520 --> 00:18:20.840 There's protection and I believe there is physical protection. Mm-hmm. I believe there's spiritual protection. I 276 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:27.100 Believe there's financial protection 277 00:18:29.280 --> 00:18:31.280 Of having this 278 00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:33.240 wisdom and this 279 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:34.600 spiritual 280 00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:41.300 Discernment, you know this weekend. I went up to Bridal Veil Falls up off of Highway 50 281 00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:43.600 above Placerville and 282 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:48.000 We were gonna take a nice hike there's picnic tables 283 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:53.080 we were gonna go down this trail and go for a hike like we often do on the weekends and 284 00:18:53.840 --> 00:18:56.200 I got to the top of the trail 285 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:01.600 Have you ever had this feeling where every part of your being is saying something's not right? 286 00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:04.080 Something's not right. Something's not right and 287 00:19:04.840 --> 00:19:08.280 You know to be honest. I tried to brush it off. I was excited to go hiking 288 00:19:08.280 --> 00:19:10.280 I was excited to be in this beautiful place 289 00:19:10.280 --> 00:19:15.200 And so I tried to kind of brush it off and I I kept walking a little further 290 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:21.480 It got stronger and stronger and stronger. It's like you are not safe here 291 00:19:22.080 --> 00:19:24.160 This is not a safe place. I 292 00:19:26.040 --> 00:19:31.240 Really like rarely almost never walk in fear so this is super unusual for me and 293 00:19:32.280 --> 00:19:37.160 I knew I had to listen and I turned and I got out of there really fast and 294 00:19:38.080 --> 00:19:41.160 I believe this is part of wisdom that you know 295 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:47.400 The Bible says that the Holy Spirit is here to lead us to guide us to protect us to guide us into all truth 296 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:49.400 to show us things to come and 297 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:52.760 I believe that part of this 298 00:19:53.800 --> 00:19:59.840 Protection found in wisdom is to be willing to walk in active 299 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:05.600 Revelation and I don't know what I was protected from but I've learned enough to listen 300 00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:12.800 I've also learned to listen when he's he's telling me something good to do like a few months ago when he told me to shot 301 00:20:12.800 --> 00:20:14.800 Is to start prosper TV? 302 00:20:15.820 --> 00:20:17.820 Prosper TV. I mean the 303 00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:21.820 blessings that have come already out of being obedient and 304 00:20:23.060 --> 00:20:26.560 starting prosper TV the healing that the 305 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:33.120 Internal healing of women that has come about has been so supernatural 306 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:36.480 So, you know, it can be absolute 307 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:42.240 Protection blessing. So look at this. Look at this verse in Proverbs 4 6 308 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:44.720 it says 309 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:47.580 Don't turn your back on wisdom 310 00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:50.680 She will protect you. I 311 00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:57.160 Love you know in a in a male culture when this was written in a male 312 00:20:57.840 --> 00:21:04.400 Dominated culture. I find it fascinating that wisdom is always referred to as a she that's fascinating to me 313 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:06.840 So don't turn your back on her 314 00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:11.200 she will protect you love her and 315 00:21:12.760 --> 00:21:17.080 She will guard you. So the first benefit of 316 00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:22.080 Wisdom is protection and the more wisdom you have I believe the greater 317 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:29.520 You know protection the second benefit. Did you know that wisdom leads to honor and 318 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:32.480 favor I 319 00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:35.600 Found that fascinating 320 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:41.220 Wisdom leads to honor and favor, you know, we all 321 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:44.840 desire to walk in God's favor and 322 00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:47.460 That's a natural 323 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:49.880 benefit of wisdom 324 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:53.560 Look at this in Proverbs 4 8 325 00:21:54.800 --> 00:21:59.920 Wisdom will exalt you when you exalt her truth 326 00:22:01.280 --> 00:22:04.280 she will lead you to honor and 327 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:07.360 favor 328 00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:11.240 When you live your life by her insights 329 00:22:11.800 --> 00:22:13.800 So notice 330 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:20.200 You know, there's a there's a saying I use as a coach, right 331 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:26.040 You know the energy flows where the attention goes or whatever you focus on 332 00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:28.280 expands 333 00:22:28.280 --> 00:22:34.920 Well, well, this is really that concept. This is saying if you actively seek wisdom and you 334 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:39.880 Exalt it in other words you make wisdom a priority in your life 335 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:43.340 You may getting wisdom a priority in your life 336 00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:49.200 You lift it up you give it your focus your attention it in turn 337 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:55.760 Not only protects you but lifts you up. It leads you to honor. It leads you to favor 338 00:22:56.880 --> 00:23:00.480 If you live your life by her insights 339 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:05.600 So in other words not only learn what wisdom is but apply it so 340 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:08.800 benefits of wisdom protection 341 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:13.200 Honor and favor and then look at this 342 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:21.880 Did you know can you believe this? I mean how many of you you know desire to have longevity and 343 00:23:22.520 --> 00:23:23.640 especially 344 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:29.240 Healthy longevity like, you know for me, that's a big goal. I you know, I'm a salsa dancer 345 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:33.040 I want to be dancing at 120. I want to be hiking at 120 346 00:23:33.040 --> 00:23:40.000 I want to be playing with my grandkids 120 and and I believe that the Bible says that that is doable for us 347 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:42.160 right and 348 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:45.040 Did you know that part of longevity is? 349 00:23:46.520 --> 00:23:48.520 wisdom 350 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:52.320 Wisdom one of the benefits is longevity 351 00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:56.160 So look at this Proverbs 352 00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:59.520 9 11 Proverbs 9 11 353 00:24:00.600 --> 00:24:06.080 Wisdom will extend your life. There it is. Highlight that that's a promise 354 00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:11.600 I don't know what you what color you do promises in your Bible, but man color that one 355 00:24:12.520 --> 00:24:14.520 wisdom will extend your 356 00:24:15.040 --> 00:24:17.040 life and 357 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:23.400 It's not just a matter of living longer, but it's like the quality of the life in every year 358 00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:27.520 so look at the promise here wisdom will extend your life and 359 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:31.000 Every year will be more 360 00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.960 fruitful 361 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:37.480 Than the one before, you know biblically that's the law of increase 362 00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:39.960 We're called 363 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:44.200 Jesus has called us to be fruitful and to increase 364 00:24:45.520 --> 00:24:47.160 Nowhere in the Bible 365 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:52.200 Doesn't say we're supposed to continuously get you know sicker and sicker older and older broker and broker 366 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:54.040 No 367 00:24:54.040 --> 00:24:59.920 That's not what we're called to when you really understand scripture. And so 368 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:05.000 This is saying that not only will wisdom give you longevity, 369 00:25:05.560 --> 00:25:10.560 but wisdom will make that time fruitful, 370 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:17.200 rich, every year better than the year before. 371 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.480 You know, often on Facebook, 372 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:21.160 when I send a happy birthday message, 373 00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:24.600 I'll often say, may this be the best year of your life. 374 00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:27.360 I always put it in the word so far, 375 00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:29.040 because we don't want that year to be the best 376 00:25:29.040 --> 00:25:30.000 and that's the end. 377 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:32.720 Bible says we go from glory to glory to glory. 378 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:37.000 Let this be, right, your best year so far. 379 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.880 So longevity, right? 380 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:40.560 Protection is a benefit. 381 00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:42.320 Honor and favor is a benefit. 382 00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:45.060 Longevity is a benefit. 383 00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:46.740 Prosperity. 384 00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:53.080 Prosperity comes with wisdom, with wisdom. 385 00:25:54.520 --> 00:25:55.840 We need so much wisdom. 386 00:25:55.880 --> 00:26:00.880 Understanding finances, understanding our purpose 387 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:03.200 and why we're here. 388 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:05.440 Look at Proverbs 19, eight. 389 00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:07.720 Do yourself a favor. 390 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:10.400 You're loving yourself by doing this stuff. 391 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:12.960 You know, this is pouring into you. 392 00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:17.840 Do yourself and your children and your children's children 393 00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:20.000 and your community and your world. 394 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:24.760 Do yourself a favor and love wisdom. 395 00:26:24.760 --> 00:26:28.040 Learn all that you can. 396 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:34.120 You know, one of the habits I have seen from great leaders 397 00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:38.760 and great people is they dedicate one hour a day, 398 00:26:38.760 --> 00:26:41.520 or some people do five hours a week, 399 00:26:41.520 --> 00:26:46.520 but dedicate one hour a day to learning something new, 400 00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:48.560 to studying. 401 00:26:48.560 --> 00:26:50.400 Pick something. 402 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:53.720 Whatever area that is super important to you right now. 403 00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:56.480 Learn about finances, learn about business. 404 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:58.960 Maybe learn something in your business. 405 00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:02.800 You know, as a coach, because I'm a coach to coaches, 406 00:27:02.800 --> 00:27:06.440 you know, I have to stay on top of everything changing 407 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:09.000 in technology and so, you know, 408 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:12.720 I'm always studying, always learning. 409 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:15.320 Learn about relationships. 410 00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:16.280 Doing something new. 411 00:27:16.280 --> 00:27:18.000 Learn about gardening. 412 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.480 Learn about fitness. 413 00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.600 Learn about diet. 414 00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.640 Learn about eating. 415 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.960 Learn about whatever. 416 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:28.000 Continuously advance yourself by dedicating one hour a day 417 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.560 to studying something. 418 00:27:30.560 --> 00:27:33.160 So it says learn all you can 419 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:38.160 and then watch your life flourish and prosper. 420 00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:44.400 When we love wisdom, our life flourishes. 421 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:47.680 We prosper. 422 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.520 Okay, and I saw that so many places. 423 00:27:49.520 --> 00:27:52.720 I'm just giving you little samples of it. 424 00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:56.160 So the question then is how do we get this wisdom? 425 00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.960 How do we get wisdom? 426 00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:04.040 Well, one of my favorite verses, I love this verse. 427 00:28:04.040 --> 00:28:06.200 It's a powerful verse 428 00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:10.560 and it's found in James chapter one, verse five 429 00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:15.520 and it says, if any of you lack wisdom 430 00:28:15.520 --> 00:28:17.840 and I like the amplified translation. 431 00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:20.840 If you lack wisdom to guide you through a decision, 432 00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:23.160 are you trying to make decisions right now 433 00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:25.080 through this pandemic? 434 00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:27.840 I mean, I had so many decisions 435 00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:32.160 because my heart was to help women completely pivot 436 00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:36.000 and to come out through this challenging time, 437 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:39.080 to come out healthier, stronger, more prosperous, 438 00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:43.880 making a difference, advancing the kingdom of God. 439 00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:48.880 And so it was so important for me to seek wisdom. 440 00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:53.960 How can I best serve? 441 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:56.600 And there were so many big decisions. 442 00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:59.080 I mean, during this pandemic, I have a new website. 443 00:28:59.080 --> 00:29:00.520 I have a new membership site. 444 00:29:00.520 --> 00:29:02.720 I have a new TV show. 445 00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:04.560 You know, I have a co-certification. 446 00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:09.560 There was so much so that I would be able to help women 447 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:14.720 be able to pivot and find and do something that they love, 448 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:17.320 that they were put on this planet to do 449 00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:20.840 and to totally prosper and totally make a difference. 450 00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:23.040 So while others are crying 451 00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:24.840 that this is the worst time in the history, 452 00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:28.640 my prayer is that they would shine and they would rise. 453 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:30.840 And that's what has happened. 454 00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:33.600 And so it says, if any of you lack wisdom 455 00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:35.440 to guide them through a decision 456 00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:38.320 or guide them through a circumstance, 457 00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:41.160 you are not defined by your circumstances. 458 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:43.960 You shape your circumstances. 459 00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:46.280 That mountain doesn't move you. 460 00:29:46.280 --> 00:29:49.360 You are called to move the mountain. 461 00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:51.160 And so it says, if that's true for you, 462 00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:55.160 if you lack wisdom, if you desire wisdom, 463 00:29:55.160 --> 00:30:00.160 ask of our benevolent, our generous, our merciful. 464 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:11.240 loving Father God who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame and it will be 465 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.240 given. 466 00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:17.080 In other words, our God isn't some, some, you know, Santa Claus checking the list and 467 00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:18.080 checking it twice. 468 00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:19.080 Hmm. 469 00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:20.080 Shall I give this person wisdom? 470 00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:22.560 Well, no, they were a little selfish over here. 471 00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:23.560 Now, maybe. 472 00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:25.480 No, no, no, no, no. 473 00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:29.080 Scripture says God loves to give. 474 00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:33.320 He loves a cheerful giver because that's in his nature and he loves to give. 475 00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:35.000 He gave so much. 476 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:36.920 He gave his only son. 477 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.920 What else? 478 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:39.240 Scripture says, will he withhold? 479 00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:43.200 Of course, if you ask wisdom, he's going to give you wisdom. 480 00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:45.080 He loves it. 481 00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:51.680 And not only does he give it to you, it says, but lavishly, generously. 482 00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:58.960 And so the first step, how do we get wisdom is to ask, ask for wisdom. 483 00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:06.760 And it says here, this is a first Corinthians two seven in the amplified translation, the 484 00:31:06.760 --> 00:31:15.200 beginning of it, it says, we speak God's wisdom in a mystery. 485 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:27.160 The wisdom once hidden from man, but now, now revealed to us by God. 486 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:36.600 I have been fascinated to find a lot of scriptures that say that God is actually hiding things, 487 00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:41.360 not from us, but for us. 488 00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:47.200 Like did you ever do Easter egg hunts with your kids? 489 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:50.040 And you know, depending on their age, right? 490 00:31:50.040 --> 00:31:55.240 If they were pretty young and not so great, you know, you put the little egg in the, you 491 00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:59.000 know, little crevice of the couch or something, you know, pretty easy. 492 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:05.040 But as they grew older, you thrilled to find ways to hide it, that they had to really work 493 00:32:05.040 --> 00:32:06.880 to find it. 494 00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:12.560 Do you know there is a lot of scriptures in the Bible that God does that for us? 495 00:32:12.560 --> 00:32:15.680 It's his joy for us to dig. 496 00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:18.720 It's his joy for us to seek. 497 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:25.940 And in that there is this revelation knowledge that he loves to give us. 498 00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:36.600 And so that verse continues and says that wisdom, which God predestined before the ages 499 00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:44.160 to our glory, to lift us into the glory of his presence. 500 00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:52.200 And so this revelation knowledge literally lifts our awareness, it lifts our consciousness. 501 00:32:52.200 --> 00:33:00.840 Do you know the Bible says that we are seated with high places with Christ? 502 00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:04.160 We're seated at the right hand of God. 503 00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:08.280 We're seated in high places. 504 00:33:08.280 --> 00:33:16.760 And scripture goes on and actually says, you, I have the mind of Christ. 505 00:33:16.760 --> 00:33:18.000 So think about this. 506 00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:25.080 If you are the temple of God, which the Bible says you are, and you are the container of 507 00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:29.780 God, the temple of the Holy Spirit, you contain the Holy Spirit. 508 00:33:29.780 --> 00:33:35.240 And scripture says this is the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead. 509 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:39.520 And it says you have access to all wisdom, to all revelation, to all knowledge. 510 00:33:39.520 --> 00:33:48.960 You actually are seated in high places with God, that you actually have the mind of Christ. 511 00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:55.640 And yet, can you imagine having all of that and staying down in the weeds, looking at 512 00:33:55.640 --> 00:34:01.240 your problems, studying your problems, thinking about your problems, meditating on your problems, 513 00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:09.800 talking about your problems, and not looking at it from a heavenly perspective. 514 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:14.719 You know, that is like giving someone a million dollars because they're in hard times and 515 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:16.600 they say, Oh, I'm okay. 516 00:34:16.600 --> 00:34:17.600 I'll figure it out. 517 00:34:17.600 --> 00:34:18.600 Thank you. 518 00:34:18.600 --> 00:34:20.360 I'll figure it out. 519 00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:23.639 We got this. 520 00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:25.159 This is what God has promised. 521 00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:29.920 This is, this is our benefit package. 522 00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:32.639 Look at Proverbs 24, 13. 523 00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:39.320 It says revelation knowledge is a delicacy. 524 00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:43.600 You ever had a, just a wonderful delicacy of food, right? 525 00:34:43.600 --> 00:34:46.520 Revelation knowledge is a delicacy. 526 00:34:46.520 --> 00:34:50.199 It's sweet like honey that melts in your mouth. 527 00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:56.080 And it says, eat as much of it as you can, my friend. 528 00:34:56.080 --> 00:34:59.680 How much revelation knowledge are you walking in? 529 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:06.160 How much have you asked God about what you're going through not the dear God 530 00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:11.120 please help me preach protect me please bless me not the grocery list prayer 531 00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:22.040 God I desire to know your heart in this matter tell me about this person what do 532 00:35:22.040 --> 00:35:27.720 you want me to pray for this person how can I serve tell me about this problem 533 00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:37.040 what is a heavenly solution tell me about this situation how do you see it 534 00:35:37.040 --> 00:35:44.680 God in fact you can go so far as to say tell me about me have you ever done this 535 00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:50.080 this will rock your world I did this on a retreat probably 30 years ago we were 536 00:35:50.080 --> 00:35:54.200 told to go by ourselves just sit I was in a beautiful kind of wilderness I sat 537 00:35:54.200 --> 00:36:06.120 up on a rock ask God to show you you as he sees you ask God to show you the way 538 00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:11.880 that he sees you because we're so good at cutting ourselves down I got too many 539 00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:19.200 wrinkles I'm too fat I'm too skinny I'm too old I'm too dumb I'm Tom man but how 540 00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:25.760 does God see you and how would your life be different if you saw yourself 541 00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:32.040 through God's eyes if you saw yourself the way that he saw you and and what 542 00:36:32.040 --> 00:36:36.120 about that person that he's put in your life that maybe is causing you to grow 543 00:36:36.120 --> 00:36:42.080 maybe he's a challenge she's a challenge maybe it's friction what would happen if 544 00:36:42.640 --> 00:36:49.640 you saw that person the way that God saw and what about that circumstance that 545 00:36:49.640 --> 00:36:54.280 seems to have you so stuck that you can't get a breakthrough what would 546 00:36:54.280 --> 00:37:02.520 happen if you saw that mountain that circumstance that challenge through God's 547 00:37:02.520 --> 00:37:13.680 eyes what would happen and so scripture says part of getting wisdom is when you 548 00:37:13.680 --> 00:37:18.400 start prizing it when you start cherishing it you know there's a saying 549 00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:24.000 what you appreciate appreciates and wisdom is no different if you appreciate 550 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:30.720 wisdom if you seek after it if you value it if you exalt it if it's important to 551 00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:36.920 you if it's a priority to grow in wisdom if it's more of a priority than 552 00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:41.200 watching the next whatever or reading the next whatever or doing the next 553 00:37:41.200 --> 00:37:49.120 whatever if wisdom is more valuable to you than rubies then surely scriptures 554 00:37:49.120 --> 00:37:55.600 already promised she'll protect you she'll lead you into honor and favor and 555 00:37:55.600 --> 00:38:05.760 if you prize and cherish it then it says prize wisdom and exalt her and she 556 00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:14.440 will exalt you she will honor you if you embrace her isn't it interesting that we 557 00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:20.120 strive and strive to be you know first or best or you know noticed or whatever 558 00:38:20.120 --> 00:38:26.880 it is that we're striving for recognized or you know whatever right but what 559 00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:35.360 would happen if instead we change the focus on God I desire wisdom I exalt 560 00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:41.800 wisdom book of Proverbs says that wisdom is crying out from the streets God has 561 00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:51.520 created that there's wisdom everywhere but if we're not tuned in we're missing 562 00:38:51.520 --> 00:38:58.760 it and this is saying if you'll exalt it she'll exalt to you and so this requires 563 00:38:58.760 --> 00:39:05.840 that we're open and we're receptive and we're we're actively seeking we're 564 00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:13.560 actively open where we say to God I'm open I'm receptive I desire wisdom right 565 00:39:13.560 --> 00:39:21.040 look at Proverbs 2 to it says so that your ear is attentive to skillful and 566 00:39:21.040 --> 00:39:28.600 godly wisdom and apply your heart to understanding seeking it consciously and 567 00:39:28.600 --> 00:39:34.040 striving for it eagerly so there's a lot here it starts with attentiveness you 568 00:39:34.040 --> 00:39:42.520 know we have something in the brain right that um that filters right our 569 00:39:42.520 --> 00:39:48.720 amygdala filters out what we see because we've got you know I don't know how many 570 00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:54.480 million bytes of information coming at us every second the brain is taking it 571 00:39:54.480 --> 00:40:02.120 all in but what makes it through believe it or not is up to you 572 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:07.360 choice what makes it through of all the things all around you what makes it 573 00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:15.440 through is what you choose what you decide is important and all of you 574 00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:20.780 probably experiences you probably had a car that you really desired to buy uh you 575 00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:27.800 know for me I had wanted a Tesla right and so it's amazing I'll see every Tesla 576 00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:31.960 everywhere every color never miss it other people probably never even notice 577 00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:41.200 it because I'm tuned to that so are we attuned is our ear attentive to wisdom 578 00:40:41.200 --> 00:40:46.200 are you are you seeking wisdom so that when you find it you even know that you 579 00:40:46.200 --> 00:40:55.000 found it skillful and godly wisdom and then once we're attentive now apply your 580 00:40:55.000 --> 00:41:03.640 heart to understanding it so you you strive for it eagerly here it is in the 581 00:41:03.640 --> 00:41:09.160 new living translation it says turn your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to 582 00:41:09.160 --> 00:41:13.960 understanding well of course one of the biggest places where we can find wisdom 583 00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:21.760 is in the word right the Bible Proverbs 19 7 says the law of the Lord is perfect 584 00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:28.720 it's flawless and look what the word does the word restores you the word 585 00:41:28.720 --> 00:41:35.240 refreshes your soul remember biblically your soul is your mind will and emotions 586 00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:40.120 your mind your will and your emotions and you know what I don't know about you 587 00:41:40.120 --> 00:41:48.080 does your mind get tired does your will get tired does your emotions get jacked 588 00:41:48.080 --> 00:41:53.000 up are you carried away you know if you're an empath or you're intuitive are 589 00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:59.080 you are you picking up on other people's emotions well guess what the word 590 00:41:59.080 --> 00:42:04.440 restores your soul your mind will and emotions right Psalm says the same thing 591 00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:11.400 I have it hanging on my wall Psalms 23 3 says he restores my soul think about 592 00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:15.720 restoration like a car if you restore you restore jewelry or you restore 593 00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:22.480 furniture right that's what he does to our soul he restores it he refreshes 594 00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:28.520 rivers of living water come out of our belly so one of the ways we get wisdom 595 00:42:28.520 --> 00:42:32.800 is from the word and that's why I recommended at the beginning read one 596 00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:38.000 proverb a day make that part of your spiritual practice that's a powerful way 597 00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:42.760 to get wisdom you know interestingly enough the Bible says wisdom cries out 598 00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:48.080 from the street so we get wisdom also if we just start being open and receptive 599 00:42:48.080 --> 00:42:53.960 to everything happening around us if we just tune in and you know it's so 600 00:42:53.960 --> 00:43:01.600 fascinating that King Solomon even tuned in to the ant and learning from nature 601 00:43:01.600 --> 00:43:09.720 and so King Solomon wrote in Proverbs 6 6 he says when you're feeling lazy come 602 00:43:09.720 --> 00:43:18.600 and learn a lesson from this tale of the tiny ant yes all of you lazy bones 603 00:43:18.600 --> 00:43:23.960 this is from the passion translation so it's modern language come learn from the 604 00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:32.760 example of the ant and enter into wisdom I wonder how much wisdom we would get if 605 00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:37.680 we just slowed down and looked around us and we watched the ant and the bee I know 606 00:43:37.680 --> 00:43:42.280 Eckhart Tolle had such an experience just sitting and looking at a rose and 607 00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:48.440 studying the rose but how much wisdom is there just around nature and so it says 608 00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:53.920 look at the example of the ant it says the ants and this is fascinating for 609 00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:58.760 those of you that are entrepreneurs this is fascinating right because the ants 610 00:43:58.760 --> 00:44:05.760 have no chief no boss no manager you know one of the things as a coach that I 611 00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:11.240 have to do that I get to do is help entrepreneurs learn to be entrepreneurs 612 00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:16.200 because many of them came from jobs and in a job you were told what to do and 613 00:44:16.200 --> 00:44:19.600 you were told when to work and you were told when to show up and you were told 614 00:44:19.600 --> 00:44:24.040 when you were vacation and now all of a sudden you're an entrepreneur or this 615 00:44:24.040 --> 00:44:27.960 pandemic is doing this for a lot of people now all of a sudden you got all 616 00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:33.440 the time in the world and and how do you organize your life to get maximum 617 00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:37.880 effectiveness you see the ant understands that the ant doesn't have a 618 00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:43.000 chief or a boss or a management no one has to tell them what to do and yet 619 00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:48.600 you'll see them working and toiling and they understand the law of the seasons 620 00:44:48.600 --> 00:44:55.520 they're toiling all summer long stockpiling their food in preparation 621 00:44:55.520 --> 00:45:02.120 for winter you know when I when I look at this 622 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:06.800 I think of the wisdom that God gave Joseph, you see, when it came to circumstances, 623 00:45:07.600 --> 00:45:14.480 Joseph circumstances sucked. I mean, I mean, he went through a life none of us probably want to 624 00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:23.040 go through, right? But he walked in wisdom and revelation, knowledge. And so here, Joseph is 625 00:45:23.040 --> 00:45:28.480 betrayed by his brothers and sold into slavery. And yet when he starts working for Potiphar, 626 00:45:29.120 --> 00:45:37.120 he has incredible wisdom. And yet, a woman tries to set him up and seduce him. And because he 627 00:45:37.120 --> 00:45:43.840 walks in integrity, he ends up in jail, she falsely accuses him. Now he's in jail. And you 628 00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:49.440 think how did it go? Why did he get punished? Why did God one question people often have is why did 629 00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:56.400 God allow this? Joseph was walking in integrity, he walked away from temptation. Why, quote unquote, 630 00:45:56.400 --> 00:46:02.720 would God allow him then to be punished and put in prison? This is a question that Christians have 631 00:46:02.720 --> 00:46:08.960 or non believers have, right? And so but he continued to walk in this revelation, knowledge 632 00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:15.040 in prison, and he continued to faithfully steward his gifts, and he interpreted dreams, you see, 633 00:46:15.040 --> 00:46:21.120 he grew, he practiced the art of discernment and interpreting dreams and spiritual gifts. 634 00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:26.880 And he told people when they got out, when it all happened, he said, Remember me and they didn't. 635 00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:33.360 And you say, Why would God allow this? Why would God let him stay in jail all of this time, 636 00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:39.440 and not reward his faithful serving until one day, in the fullness of time, 637 00:46:40.560 --> 00:46:46.480 the Pharaoh, the highest in the land, had a dream that could not be interpreted. And now, 638 00:46:47.120 --> 00:46:51.120 Joseph had been refined through Potiphar's house through the prison. 639 00:46:51.120 --> 00:46:56.480 Now, when he showed up, he had so much wisdom and revelation knowledge. And like this aunt, 640 00:46:57.440 --> 00:47:05.040 Joseph told him a famine is coming in seven years, let's do this. It raised him. Remember, 641 00:47:05.040 --> 00:47:11.440 we read at the beginning, wisdom will exalt you. If you exalt wisdom, it exalt you. If you honor 642 00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:18.000 wisdom, it'll raise you to honor. Look at Joseph raised to the second highest in the land, because 643 00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:28.720 he had revelation knowledge. He had wisdom, he knew what to do. And this is the end. It says they 644 00:47:28.720 --> 00:47:36.560 they store in the summer because they understand that winter is coming. Powerful, powerful. We also 645 00:47:36.560 --> 00:47:44.800 get wisdom from our associations. Look at this. He who walks as a companion with wise men will be 646 00:47:44.800 --> 00:47:50.880 wise. But the companions of fools, those that are conceited or dull-witted, 647 00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:59.200 they're fools themselves, and they'll experience harm. So are the people you're associating with 648 00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:10.400 bringing wisdom to you? Or are you holding with fools? Also, having the right perspective. 649 00:48:11.520 --> 00:48:16.160 This is one of my favorite verses and prayers in scripture. Psalms 90 verse 12 says, 650 00:48:16.800 --> 00:48:25.040 teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. I think this is probably the 651 00:48:25.040 --> 00:48:31.200 biggest part of wisdom. That you don't assume that you have tomorrow. That you learn to stay 652 00:48:31.200 --> 00:48:38.240 in the present and know you only have right now. And that you actively seek God for what do you 653 00:48:38.240 --> 00:48:43.760 have for me today, right here, right now. I don't know about tomorrow and the Bible tells me not to 654 00:48:43.760 --> 00:48:50.880 worry about tomorrow. The Bible tells me not to fret about tomorrow. I have today. What wisdom 655 00:48:50.880 --> 00:48:59.120 can I walk in today? What love can I walk in today? And so this perspective of asking God to 656 00:48:59.120 --> 00:49:05.600 number our days to having a proper perspective actually gives us a heart of wisdom. Well, 657 00:49:05.600 --> 00:49:13.600 finally, the source of wisdom, as I opened with, is found in Christ. Colossians 2, 3 says, 658 00:49:13.600 --> 00:49:20.640 our spiritual wealth, this is your wealth. This is your inheritance. This is your inheritance 659 00:49:20.640 --> 00:49:30.080 spiritual stimulus package, if you will. Our spiritual wealth is in him. And remember, 660 00:49:30.080 --> 00:49:37.120 I talked about the treasure. Remember, I talked about the treasure. And by the way, hello, 661 00:49:38.720 --> 00:49:42.880 I want to know how to pronounce your name. Mekiketh? I hope I'm doing that right. I'm so 662 00:49:42.880 --> 00:49:47.440 glad you're here. Welcome from Baltimore. Welcome, Jenny. Thanks for all of your comments. 663 00:49:47.440 --> 00:49:52.160 Welcome, Teresa. I'm so glad you're here. I've got to pop over there to Facebook for a second. 664 00:49:52.160 --> 00:49:58.000 All right, let's wrap it up. Let's look at this quote as we begin to wrap it out. 665 00:49:58.000 --> 00:49:59.920 Our spiritual wealth is in him. 666 00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:09.900 Him. You know, Scripture says that we're actually engrafted in Christ. If you've 667 00:50:09.900 --> 00:50:17.440 studied engrafting and grafting in trees, the way that one is engrafted into the 668 00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:21.600 other so that it becomes one tree and you really can't tell the difference 669 00:50:21.600 --> 00:50:26.680 from the stock to what was added. Scripture says this is how we are to be 670 00:50:26.680 --> 00:50:31.360 with Christ. And I mentioned earlier, we have the mind of Christ. We're one with 671 00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:36.600 Christ. We're seated in high places with Christ. How we forget that. How we act 672 00:50:36.600 --> 00:50:43.160 like we're separate. Like God is so far away from us. But look at this verse. 673 00:50:43.160 --> 00:50:48.680 Remember I talked about the Easter egg and the hiding, how God hides for us? 674 00:50:48.680 --> 00:50:58.320 Your spiritual wealth is in Him. Look at this. Like a hidden treasure waiting to 675 00:50:58.320 --> 00:51:04.120 be discovered. You see, you have all of this inheritance. You have this 676 00:51:04.120 --> 00:51:12.760 spiritual stimulus package. But it's not just thrown at you like trash. It's 677 00:51:12.760 --> 00:51:18.400 hidden. It's all there. And God is like the parent at the Easter egg hunt. You 678 00:51:18.400 --> 00:51:23.040 want your kids to find every egg. You're not trying to set them up for failure. 679 00:51:23.040 --> 00:51:28.320 God's not trying to set you up for failure. He wants you to have access to 680 00:51:28.320 --> 00:51:32.980 all of the kingdom. You know, the Bible says it's the Father's good pleasure to 681 00:51:32.980 --> 00:51:37.320 give you the kingdom. You know, it says that the Father delights in your 682 00:51:37.320 --> 00:51:41.360 prosperity. God wants you to be prosperous physically, spiritually, 683 00:51:41.360 --> 00:51:48.000 emotionally, relationally. God desires you to have every good and perfect gift. 684 00:51:48.000 --> 00:51:56.880 He gave all for that. But it's not just thrown at you. It's hidden, not from you. 685 00:51:56.880 --> 00:52:03.520 He's not hiding things from you. He's not keeping things from you. He's hidden them 686 00:52:03.520 --> 00:52:10.800 for you. Because the joy that comes from digging it up and finding it for 687 00:52:10.800 --> 00:52:15.600 yourself, it's so powerful. And it'll really be yours. And it'll really be 688 00:52:15.600 --> 00:52:21.240 real. If I just tell you how to do something, you know, when I'm coaching, 689 00:52:21.240 --> 00:52:25.960 maybe I'm teaching some type of technology or social media or something 690 00:52:25.960 --> 00:52:31.840 new, right? I can just do it. Boopity boopity boop. Easy. And chances are you 691 00:52:31.840 --> 00:52:37.000 won't even remember what I said. Or I can share screens and have you do it. And I 692 00:52:37.080 --> 00:52:43.360 watch you and I walk you through it. And as you discover it, and it becomes yours, 693 00:52:43.360 --> 00:52:51.520 it's so powerful. This is what the Father has for us. Our spiritual wealth is in Him 694 00:52:51.520 --> 00:52:59.960 and like a hidden treasure, waiting to be discovered. Your spiritual stimulus package 695 00:52:59.960 --> 00:53:08.360 is waiting to be discovered. Heaven's wisdom. Did you catch that? Heaven's 696 00:53:08.360 --> 00:53:14.680 wisdom. And endless riches of revelation. Did you catch that? There's no limit to 697 00:53:14.680 --> 00:53:21.800 the revelation you can get. There's no limit to the blessings. That revelation 698 00:53:21.800 --> 00:53:27.960 knowledge, that knowing that comes, that revealed knowledge that God gives us, 699 00:53:27.960 --> 00:53:39.000 is endless. Endless. It says, for who has known the mind and purposes of the Lord 700 00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:45.800 so that you can instruct them? So, it's a kind of rhetorical question. You know, 701 00:53:45.800 --> 00:53:50.440 can you instruct God? How can you even know God's mind? Like, what do we know? 702 00:53:50.440 --> 00:53:56.960 What do we know about God? I like to say, the older I get, the less I know. Why? 703 00:53:56.960 --> 00:54:04.640 This is a big but. This is one of the big buts you want to circle. We have the mind 704 00:54:04.640 --> 00:54:09.760 of Christ. Are you aware of that? Are you conscious of that? Are you tapping into 705 00:54:09.760 --> 00:54:18.720 that? We have the mind of Christ to be guided by His thoughts, His purposes. 706 00:54:18.960 --> 00:54:29.040 I mean, imagine that. How phenomenal to think that we have access to that. So, 707 00:54:29.040 --> 00:54:36.160 I'm going to close in prayer. I am so excited that you're here. I want to share something 708 00:54:36.160 --> 00:54:45.440 with you real quick. And I think that you really will enjoy this. And so, if you have 709 00:54:45.440 --> 00:54:50.960 not yet checked out Prosper in All Things. Let me see. I got to shut off the banner first. 710 00:54:52.320 --> 00:54:59.840 If you have not yet checked out prosperinallthings.com, I 711 00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:02.640 So encourage you to go there. 712 00:55:02.640 --> 00:55:06.340 The Prosper TV is up and running. 713 00:55:06.340 --> 00:55:08.500 Go and watch the shows. 714 00:55:08.500 --> 00:55:10.960 There are all kinds of courses. 715 00:55:10.960 --> 00:55:14.240 If you want to grow in wisdom, 716 00:55:15.680 --> 00:55:17.560 there is Bible studies, 717 00:55:17.560 --> 00:55:19.040 there are business studies, 718 00:55:19.040 --> 00:55:20.840 there are challenges. 719 00:55:20.840 --> 00:55:22.680 My most popular studies, 720 00:55:22.680 --> 00:55:23.520 many of them, 721 00:55:23.520 --> 00:55:26.640 some of them cost like $497 by themselves, 722 00:55:26.640 --> 00:55:29.100 197, some of them 97, 723 00:55:29.100 --> 00:55:30.660 some of them 47. 724 00:55:30.660 --> 00:55:34.180 You can get an entire year of all of it. 725 00:55:34.180 --> 00:55:36.700 Right now, there's a short time sale right now 726 00:55:36.700 --> 00:55:41.500 as it's brand new and I'm launching the platform, $99. 727 00:55:41.500 --> 00:55:43.540 All you have to do is use this code, 728 00:55:43.540 --> 00:55:46.740 MemberSave, capital M, capital S, 729 00:55:46.740 --> 00:55:49.400 and you get a whole year for $99. 730 00:55:49.400 --> 00:55:52.080 Go to prosperinallthings.com, check it out. 731 00:55:52.080 --> 00:55:54.260 Go to brendabuyers.com membership, 732 00:55:54.260 --> 00:55:57.220 read all about it. 733 00:55:57.220 --> 00:55:59.220 All right, that being said, 734 00:55:59.220 --> 00:56:01.140 let's close in prayer. 735 00:56:01.140 --> 00:56:02.520 Let's wrap this up. 736 00:56:02.520 --> 00:56:04.820 Have you been blessed? 737 00:56:04.820 --> 00:56:07.020 I pray that this really opened your eyes 738 00:56:07.020 --> 00:56:08.000 to all the benefits, 739 00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:10.620 all that God wants to give you. 740 00:56:10.620 --> 00:56:13.380 So Father, we thank you for the gift of wisdom. 741 00:56:13.380 --> 00:56:15.540 We thank you for the mind of Christ. 742 00:56:15.540 --> 00:56:19.060 We thank you for the spirit of God that lives in us. 743 00:56:19.060 --> 00:56:22.220 And Holy Spirit, we just ask that you open our ears, 744 00:56:22.220 --> 00:56:25.700 you attune us, that we give attention to this wisdom. 745 00:56:25.700 --> 00:56:28.700 We ask that you equip us and empower us 746 00:56:28.700 --> 00:56:32.140 to actively seek this wisdom, Lord God, 747 00:56:32.140 --> 00:56:34.660 that we may walk in this wisdom. 748 00:56:34.660 --> 00:56:37.100 Lord, we just thank you for this study. 749 00:56:37.100 --> 00:56:40.820 Let it go in deep, seal it, Lord God. 750 00:56:40.820 --> 00:56:43.220 Let it cause transformation. 751 00:56:43.220 --> 00:56:45.020 Let it bring healing. 752 00:56:45.020 --> 00:56:48.940 Let us walk in greater revelation knowledge. 753 00:56:48.940 --> 00:56:51.260 Let us walk in greater love. 754 00:56:51.260 --> 00:56:54.100 I pray that you prosper every person listening, 755 00:56:54.100 --> 00:56:55.940 prosper them physically, emotionally, 756 00:56:55.940 --> 00:56:58.100 spiritually, relationally, Lord God. 757 00:56:58.100 --> 00:57:01.220 You've said that in Ephesians, 758 00:57:01.220 --> 00:57:03.180 that there is a good life, 759 00:57:03.180 --> 00:57:05.800 a path to a good life that you prepared 760 00:57:05.800 --> 00:57:08.280 before the foundation of the earth. 761 00:57:08.280 --> 00:57:11.140 You said that you delight in our prosperity. 762 00:57:11.140 --> 00:57:14.040 God, I pray that every woman will know 763 00:57:14.040 --> 00:57:16.320 that she's worthy of that, 764 00:57:16.320 --> 00:57:18.940 that she can have that, 765 00:57:18.940 --> 00:57:22.040 that she lacks nothing. 766 00:57:22.040 --> 00:57:25.560 Lord, I pray you heal whatever wounds. 767 00:57:25.560 --> 00:57:29.600 I pray you cancel any assignment against her. 768 00:57:29.600 --> 00:57:31.760 I pray you cancel every negative word 769 00:57:31.760 --> 00:57:34.920 that's ever been spoken over her or him, 770 00:57:34.920 --> 00:57:37.800 whoever's listening, Lord God. 771 00:57:37.800 --> 00:57:41.280 I pray this all in Jesus' name. 772 00:57:41.280 --> 00:57:43.220 Amen, amen. 773 00:57:43.220 --> 00:57:46.420 Thank you so much for joining, for being here, 774 00:57:46.420 --> 00:57:49.400 looking over at your comments right here. 775 00:57:49.400 --> 00:57:50.920 Welcome, Priscilla. 776 00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:52.120 I'm so glad you came. 777 00:57:52.120 --> 00:57:53.760 Welcome, Robin. 778 00:57:53.760 --> 00:57:55.680 So glad you stopped by. 779 00:57:56.640 --> 00:57:57.760 I so enjoy being here. 780 00:57:57.760 --> 00:58:02.240 I'm here every Tuesday, 7.30 a.m. live. 781 00:58:02.240 --> 00:58:05.480 And then of course you can catch all the back studies 782 00:58:05.480 --> 00:58:09.760 on the membership site at prosperinallthings.com. 783 00:58:09.760 --> 00:58:13.700 And you can read about the membership at brendabyers.com. 784 00:58:13.700 --> 00:58:14.740 Thanks for joining. 785 00:58:14.740 --> 00:58:15.580 I love you. 786 00:58:15.580 --> 00:58:17.900 I'll see you next week, same time, same place. 787 00:58:17.900 --> 00:58:18.800 God bless you. 788 00:58:19.400 --> 00:58:20.240 Bye-bye.