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Ephesians 4:29 (NIV) Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.   Matthew 9:4 (NLT) Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts?   My Bible has a huge arrow…

Ephesians 5:15-17 (ESV) Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.  Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.   My last words to you posed a somewhat rhetorical question:  How do we…

Ephesians 5:1 (NLT) Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children.   I am following an online study from Good Morning Girls about being intentionally focused on God.  It just started yesterday, but God has added messages from sermons and videos and conversations to lead me to think about wisdom.  Haven’t we already been observing…

1 Corinthians 1:18-28 (excerpts – NLT) –  I know very well how foolish the message of the cross sounds.  God saw to it that the world would never find him through human wisdom.  This foolish plan of God is far wiser that the wisest of human plans.  God deliberately chose things the world considers foolish…

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.  As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT)   Sometimes Jesus doesn’t make sense.  Not only do His ideas directly contradict worldly…

The kingdom of God that Jesus describes differs significantly from the world’s ways. What do we ask when we pray “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth?”