Wisdom when the world's on fire
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Move 1- Does wisdom do any good?
Move 2- Correction, generosity, and love for others help us heal.
Move 3- Healing is hard and feels like it will kill us.
Move 4- We don’t have to do this alone. We can find community in the family of faith.
What does it risk if they fail to hear from me?
What does it risk if they fail to hear from me?
1. There is not a house in america that isn’t divided. Wisdom offers balm. Doesn’t say life won’t fly off the rails but promises a constant healing that you won’t run dry.
2. We don’t have to waste this moment through fear or anger. We don’t have to join in a start a fight club in the church parking lot. We can experience healing and walk forward in love.
16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!
18 She is a tree of life for those who seize her; those who take hold of her are considered happy.
30 The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, and he who captures souls is wise.
12 Hope that is deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
4 Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it causes a break in spirit.
What am I asking them to do?
What am I asking them to do?
Learn to value correction
Jet- bike Boaz- cement mixer
Correction sounds like shame
Correction is how we are transformed, community is where we are transformed.
I might be wrong.
3:3 write them on your heart internalized.
God loves us so much he is wiling to disrupt our comfort.
God doesn’t give guidance, he removes obstacles.
Idealization
Dissolution
Break
Acceptance
Be Generous with money
Nothing is more anxiety inducing than talking about money. We all feel so much shame around $$$.
God is not an investment plan
Good management meets personal care
What could this look like.
Giving to your church
Going through the hard work of getting your finances under control so you can give
Love when times get hard B.L.E.S.S.
The commitment to following Jesus doesn’t go away in the privacy of your own home.
Why won’t they do it?
Why won’t they do it?
I can follow Jesus better on my own.
People slow me down.
we are numb to everything right now
What are the next steps?
What are the next steps?
Community Groups
Perspectives Sunday January 24th at 4.
Dead Dog Story- you can get used to just about anything. Jay Van Bevel
Dead Dog Story- you can get used to just about anything. Jay Van Bevel
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