This should be one of our most prayed prayers. If we pray for wisdom I guarantee God will answer it. Then we must live wisdom out.
We need the Holy Spirit!
Jesus says in John 14 about the role of the Holy Spirit in our life. We must daily allow the Spirit to have control. Just because the Spirit has been given to us does not mean we automatically allow Him to control.
Big Principle: Jesus raises the standards!
This makes life following Jesus very difficult. I believe this starts to get at the overall connection these different, somewhat truncated, not very flowing statements all have in common.
We do not get to ask, “can I…”?
This is part of the issue with life in general. We all want to know what is the minimally acceptable requirement. We want to know what we can do and Jesus I think is started to force his disciples to ask, “how can I honor Jesus?”
We need to have the values of Jesus.
Grace and truth. Forgiveness for all who come to Him.
We need to be transformed by Jesus.
This is a process, if you ask me. This is what we have historically called discipleship, sanctification, holiness, etc. It is not something we obtain overnight.