Wisdom - Week Fourteen

Essential Seven

 THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT: READ CHAPTER THIRTEEN IN YOUR BOOK, STUDY IT, & SHARE YOUR GLEANINGS!)

 

 

"That they may teach the young women... to love be discreet." Titus 2:4

Discreet: curbing one's desires and impulses, self-controlled, temperate

"Wisdom keeps her eye on her heart, on her homefront, and on heaven.
 Wisdom gives diligent attention to being who God wants her to be in her heart,
 to doing what God wants her to do on her homefront, and to doing the things that count for eternity in heaven. This is what wisdom is all about."

 

Hello again dear friends. We're onto essential seven already! Did you enjoy last week's study on loving our family? I, for one, certainly did! I loved looking at the list of ten practical ways to carry it out in my life. Like I said last week, I've been looking at this last study in light of loving my siblings and discovered many things I can apply to this area of my life. For one I want to spend time praying WITH them. Praying for someone is excellent, but coming together with that someone and praying TOGETHER is sure to encourage & strengthen both. :)

 

The same day I was doing this study, I was also reading in Psalms 35. A verse that stood out to me was verse eighteen - I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. I realized we should be giving thanks & praise to God in front of people. Others should be witnessing our adoration & love for our Lord. If we truly love Him, how could we not help but speak of Him continually? Our children (or siblings etc.) should be hearing us praising the Lord, thanking Him, and hearing of the blessings which He daily bestows. (Psalm 68:19)

As we begin our study on wisdom this week, here are a few inspiring quotes to start us off. I really liked the last one by R.C. Sproul. :)

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever." Psalm 111:10

"Wisdom is the power to see and the inclination to choose the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it." ~J.I. Packer

    

"Not until we have become humble & teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness & sovereignty. acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours." ~ J.I. Packer

    

"As we trust God to give us wisdom for today's decisions, He will lead us a step at a time into what He wants us to be doing in the future." ~ Theodore Epp

    

"People only have true wisdom when they look at everything from God's perspective. Authentic wisdom begins when we understand that God is to be the object of our devotion, our adoration, and our reverence (Psalm 111:6)." ~ R.C. Sproul

    

Loving Your Family - Week Thirteen

Essential Six

 

THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT: READ CHAPTER TWELVE IN YOUR BOOK, STUDY IT, & SHARE YOUR GLEANINGS!)

"That they may teach the young women... to love their children." Titus 2:4

 

Hello everyone! I hope you all are doing well & enjoying these beautiful, colorful, fall days. This past Sunday our family took our annual fall drive through beautiful Pennsylvania hills, enjoying the breath-taking views. Though this season never lasts long enough it sure is lovely while it lasts. :)

 

Life has been quite busy here lately (thus the LONG delay in my writing - SO sorry!). Hopefully I didn't lose anyone with this unseen deferment. Now that life is slowly down (a little :) hopefully I will faithfully continue this study with you all! It's exciting to see that we are already over halfway, with only 4 essentials left to go. :) I really am enjoying this study and have little notes in my notebook of things to do and apply to my life. :)

 

This week we will be finishing our study on "Loving Our Family". Since I'm not a wife or mother, I've been trying to look at this sixth essential in light of loving my siblings. Thought I'm certainly not their mother I can encourage them, spend meaningful time with them, and point them to the things of the Lord. Most of us are in different seasons of life & whether you are a grandmother, mother, sister, daughter, aunt, etc... we should all strive to encourage, uplift, and serve those closest to us.

 

"So encourage each other and help each other grow stronger

in faith, just as you are already doing." 1 Thess. 5:11 ERV

 

May your study be rejuvenating this week!

 

Love, Nicole