Proverbs 3:5 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding…”
This verse makes two main challenges to us:

1) to make a choice to have our faith dominate our mindset and decisions – this commands us to “trust”; and

2) to make a choice to place our faith in GOD and not to place our faith in ourselves and our own mental abilities.

This means we must make our decisions based on God’s direct revelation rather than human reasoning or rationalizations.

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Proverbs 22:6 – “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

This issue must be a top priority for the church.    continue

“Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.” Proverbs 26:2

We begin this lesson with an acknowledgment that the following teachings may contradict what some Charismatic and Pentecostal churches teach on this subject, particularly the subject of curses. We should proceed through this topic prayerfully, seeking the Lord’s guidance about what is right and true. continue

“Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom.”  (Proverbs 4:7)

“How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!” (Proverbs 16:16)

The Bible teaches that wisdom is “supreme” (NIV) and “the principle thing” (KJV).  This presents a question: over what is wisdom supreme?  When God says it is the principle thing, to what is he comparing it?  The answer: over human opinions and emotions (which are fallible and prone to foolishness).  It is also supreme over the other means by which we discern God’s will. Wisdom is supreme over prophecy, over dreams, over visions, and over asking God to speak through the Word. 

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