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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your daily prayer, where we

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Speaker 2: help you find the words you need to connect to

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Speaker 2: your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening in your

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Speaker 2: life today, you can trust that God wants to hear

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Speaker 2: from you. Right after this short word from our sponsors,

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Speaker 2: we'll pray through today's prayer to grow in Godly wisdom.

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Speaker 2: A Prayer to Grow in Godly Wisdom written by Sophia Bricker.

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Speaker 2: Read Beeleia Gerard. Where then does.

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Speaker 1: Wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?

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Speaker 2: And He said to the human race, the fear of

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Speaker 2: the Lord that is wisdom, and to shun evil is

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Speaker 2: understanding joke twenty eight twenty and twenty eight. Don't judge

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Speaker 2: a book by its cover is generally true. There are

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Speaker 2: plenty of delightful stories hidden within old, raggedy books and

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Speaker 2: beneath odd cover art. On the other hand, there are

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Speaker 2: many wonderfully designed books with exquisite illustrations that decorate poor

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Speaker 2: plots and half truths. A good book deserves a beautiful cover,

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Speaker 2: but the outside cover does not always match what's inside.

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Speaker 2: The old idiom also applies to knowledge, the philosophies and

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Speaker 2: teachings of the world are often packaged in ways that

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Speaker 2: seem appealing and at times virtuous. For example, the Roman

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Speaker 2: Empire that the early Christians found themselves in had much

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Speaker 2: that was good. Paul even used quotes from Greek philosophers

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Speaker 2: and poets whose teachings shaped Roman society to connect with

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Speaker 2: his audience and point people to faith in Christ see

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Speaker 2: Acts seventeen twenty eight and Titus IE twelve through thirteen.

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Speaker 2: Yet we must acknowledge that not every area of knowledge

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Speaker 2: is equal. The wisdom that brought about art and aqueducts

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Speaker 2: is the same one that created horrific spectacles in the arena,

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Speaker 2: including the killing of believers for their faith. Individuals today

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Speaker 2: recognize the great architectural feat of the Roman Colosseum, but

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Speaker 2: must also wrestle with its darker history. For example, the

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Speaker 2: construction of this wonder of the world was funded by

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Speaker 2: the lute taken from the destruction of Jerusalem in eighty

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Speaker 2: seventy and built with slave labor, including enslaved Jews, and

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Speaker 2: what happened inside the finished Colosseum did not usually match

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Speaker 2: the majesty of building. Satan was the first one who

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Speaker 2: packaged a lie as a truth, hiding worldly knowledge under

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Speaker 2: beautiful wrappings. When Eve heard what the serpent said about

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Speaker 2: the forbidden fruit, she did not revel in the evilness

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Speaker 2: of the choice. Instead, Eve believed her decision to sin

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Speaker 2: was good. Genesis three to six tells us when the

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Speaker 2: woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good

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Speaker 2: for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable

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Speaker 2: for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She

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Speaker 2: also gave some to her husband, who was with her,

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Speaker 2: and he ate it. We too often succumb to the

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Speaker 2: lie that a sinful choice is good and that worldly

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Speaker 2: knowledge equals wisdom. Since sin appeals to our flesh, we

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Speaker 2: can sometimes struggle to recognize the beauty of God's ways

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Speaker 2: and commands. The worldly system contributes to this misidentification, as

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Speaker 2: it enjoys casting virtue and righteousness as marks of a stuffy,

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Speaker 2: uninteresting person. We're told that those who engage in sinful

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Speaker 2: actions are the ones who have the most fun and

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Speaker 2: are louded as trendsetters. God's wisdom often appears foolish to

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Speaker 2: the world, but godly wisdom isn't based upon appearance or

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Speaker 2: flowery words. Instead, as Proverbs nine ten teaches us, the

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Speaker 2: fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and

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Speaker 2: knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. The wise choice

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Speaker 2: is to obey the Lord God and reverence his commands.

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Speaker 2: Job recognized this truth long before Solomon crafted the Book

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Speaker 2: of Proverbs. Humans mind and dig for precious metals. The

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Speaker 2: true wisdom can only be found in God see Job

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Speaker 2: twenty eight one through thirteen. We waste our time by

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Speaker 2: searching for wealth and power, for Godly wisdom is the

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Speaker 2: great treasure we can have if we cultivate a holy

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Speaker 2: fear of the Lord. Let's diligently study scripture, ask God

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Speaker 2: for wisdom, read books that support a robust faith, and

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Speaker 2: walk with the wise.

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Speaker 1: But let's not skip over the.

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Speaker 2: Most vital part of wisdom, reverencing our great Lord and Savior,

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Speaker 2: for that's where wisdom begins and from which we can

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Speaker 2: discern godly wisdom from the knowledge of the world.

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Speaker 1: Let's pray, Lord.

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Speaker 2: There's no one wiser than you by your great power

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Speaker 2: and knowledge.

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Speaker 1: You formed the heavens and the earth.

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Speaker 2: You made the planets and stars, but also intricately crafted

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Speaker 2: humans in your image. How foolish I am for trying

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Speaker 2: to turn to the world's philosophies and teachings to grow

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Speaker 2: in knowledge. True wisdom is found only in knowing and

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Speaker 2: fearing You. Me to cultivate this godly wisdom in my life,

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Speaker 2: learning from your word and implementing its truth.

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Speaker 1: In my life.

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Speaker 2: May I follow you even when doing so seems like

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Speaker 2: folly in the eyes of the world. For I'd rather

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Speaker 2: be considered a fool for trusting You, Jesus than to

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Speaker 2: follow the worthless path of lies, regardless of how appealing

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Speaker 2: it may seem.

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Speaker 1: Teach me to be wise, O, Wisdom of God. Amen.

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