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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to

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Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a

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Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a.

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Speaker 1: Friend, reappreciate you, and pray for God's very best in

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Speaker 1: your life.

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Speaker 2: Yes, get reminded. Church is a good reminder.

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Speaker 3: Changes your perspective, doesn't it.

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Speaker 2: You know? I just believe that miracles have taken place,

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Speaker 2: and not only in our hearts and our spirits, but.

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Speaker 3: God is going before us.

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Speaker 2: He is making those crooked places straight, those places that

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Speaker 2: were impassable.

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Speaker 3: I believe you're.

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Speaker 2: Gonna see that God is gonna take you right through

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Speaker 2: those places that you just.

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Speaker 3: Depend on him this morning, Amen, think big? Does that big?

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Speaker 3: Because we serve a big God. You know, all through life.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna face decisions, We're gonna face challenges. We're gonna

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Speaker 2: need God to help us. You know, when you think

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Speaker 2: about it, as you become an adult, there's so many

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Speaker 2: any decisions to make. What school you're gonna go to,

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Speaker 2: to save your money, how to spend your money, how

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Speaker 2: to invest your money, how to have a good relationship,

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Speaker 2: good marriage, raise your children. I mean, there are so

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Speaker 2: many decisions that we make just on a daily basis,

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Speaker 2: not even to mention the large decisions, the decision that

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Speaker 2: can alter our life.

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Speaker 3: We make decisions all day long, and you know, when.

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Speaker 2: We think about it, if we just realize all the

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Speaker 2: decisions that we make, it could be overwhelming.

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Speaker 3: You may be.

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Speaker 2: Standing at the threshold of a decision today. You may

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Speaker 2: be wondering, how do you reach out to that child

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Speaker 2: who is off course, how do you resurrect this marriage?

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Speaker 3: Do you pay your bills? There may be some major

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Speaker 3: decisions today, But can.

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Speaker 2: I tell you God doesn't want you to be overwhelmed

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Speaker 2: by the decisions of life. The Bible says that Jesus

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Speaker 2: is the power and the wisdom of God. If you

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Speaker 2: have Jesus Christ, then you have all power and all

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Speaker 2: wisdom to make the right choices. You see, you are

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Speaker 2: not powerless. You are not a victim, but you're a victor.

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Speaker 2: Chase after Jesus. See, if you go in the direction

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Speaker 2: of wisdom.

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Speaker 3: God will do things you can't do.

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Speaker 2: You see, sometimes we take it upon ourselves and we struggle.

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Speaker 2: You See, we may have the power and wisdom on

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Speaker 2: the inside of us, but sometimes it sure doesn't.

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Speaker 3: Feel like it does it. It seems impossible.

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Speaker 2: Those decisions seem very weighty, and if we don't make

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Speaker 3: See, we all want to take Plan A, don't we.

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Speaker 3: Nobody wants to take Plan B. Although we have a

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Speaker 3: great God.

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Speaker 2: You'll get you to Plan B C. Whatever it takes,

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Speaker 2: He'll take you there. But we all want to go

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Speaker 3: Sometimes it's very difficult, and.

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Speaker 2: I believe God wants us to understand it's not exactly

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Speaker 2: the situation that we need to pray about, but it's

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Speaker 3: It's the wisdom we need. Wisdom.

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Speaker 2: I think about King Solomon. He was a young king

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Speaker 2: Abraham's time. God had given the Israelites lands and ruled nations,

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Speaker 3: When he took the throne. He had the weight of

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Speaker 2: Annie, how do I rule these people? I'm nineteen years old?

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Speaker 3: How much can you know? At nineteen years old?

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Speaker 3: What can I give you? What do you need? Solomon?

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Speaker 2: Can you imagine if God appeared to you at night

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Speaker 3: I mean a thousand things would go through your mind? Right,

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Speaker 2: God, how about that promotion I've been waiting for, man, God,

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Speaker 2: is what the young king answered. He said, God, what

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Speaker 2: He could have asked for long life. He could have said, God,

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Speaker 2: wisdom is the big picture. Wisdom is what I need.

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Speaker 2: See God was so pleased with his answer. God not

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Speaker 3: You see, wisdom is the big picture. The bubble says.

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Speaker 2: In James one in five, it says, if any of

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Speaker 2: you lack wisdom, let him ask God for it.

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Speaker 3: God won't find fault in you asking.

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Speaker 2: He'll give it to you generously if you believe you See,

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Speaker 2: sometimes we think that God's mad at us because we

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Speaker 2: right way. But God is saying, I don't hold anything

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Speaker 2: way you did it yesterday. Ask me for my wisdom

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Speaker 2: today and I will give it to you generously and lavishly.

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Speaker 3: If Solomon needed wisdom, we need wisdom.

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Speaker 2: We may never rule nations, but we are sent here

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Speaker 2: to rule and reiin on this earth. And if we're

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Speaker 2: to have God's wisdom. See, we need to chase after wisdom.

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Speaker 2: The Bible says, though it cost you all you have,

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Speaker 2: go after it.

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Speaker 3: Chase after wisdom. You see.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes we think, God, if you'll just give me a

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Speaker 2: break in my finances. God, if you'll just bring this

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Speaker 2: money in so I can pay my bills, that's gonna

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Speaker 2: fix my problems. God, if you'll just help me in

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Speaker 2: this area with my coal worker. Me and God they're

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Speaker 2: holding me back, criticizing me.

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Speaker 3: See, we look.

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Speaker 2: At the one thing, but God is saying, no, you

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Speaker 3: You see. Wisdom sees the big picture.

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Speaker 4: Maybe we don't pray God bring me that money, but

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Speaker 4: we say, God, give me wisdom on how to pay

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Speaker 4: to do, how to handle my coworker, how to have

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Speaker 4: a better relationship, how to raise my children.

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Speaker 3: But I need wisdom. You see.

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Speaker 2: It's interesting because small adjustments can make huge differences.

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Speaker 3: You see, if you want wisdom. The Bible says that

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Speaker 3: in Proverbs two six s that it the Lord.

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Speaker 2: Gives the wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes we ask advice of someone else, and it's good

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Speaker 2: to have advisors. You know, in a multitude of counselors,

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Speaker 2: there is wisdom. But don't ever ask someone else for

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Speaker 2: advice without asking God first. Don't ever seek man's advice

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Speaker 2: when you've got the wisdom of God. It's interesting because

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Speaker 2: we live in the age of information. We can get

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Speaker 2: information at the tip of our fingers. We can send information,

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Speaker 2: we can receive information. There is a plethora of information

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Speaker 2: out there, but still society is fighting. People are divided.

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Speaker 2: They don't know how to be happy. See, it's not information,

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Speaker 2: but it's revelation that we need.

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Speaker 3: It's God's divine inspiration.

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Speaker 2: You see, Wisdom is applying the knowledge of God. Wisdom

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Speaker 2: comes by understanding and knowledge and applying it to our life.

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Speaker 2: So you can you can know a lot of things.

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Speaker 2: You're gonna have tons of information. You could even know

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Speaker 2: God's word. You can sit in the service today.

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Speaker 3: But you know what, if you don't apply it, it's

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Speaker 3: not going to do you any good. It is not

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Speaker 3: what you know, it's what you do with what you know.

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Speaker 3: You say, you may know a lot today, it may

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Speaker 3: be all up here. Ask God to give you wisdom

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Speaker 3: to let it be applied to your life.

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Speaker 2: You See, if you need wisdom, one of the best

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Speaker 2: places to go is the Book of Proverbs. It was

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Speaker 2: written by King Solomon himself, the king who asked for wisdom,

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Speaker 2: and God gave it to him. It's a book that's

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Speaker 2: full of advice. It's full of life lessons. It is

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Speaker 2: simple in its form, easy to digest, and easy to apply.

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Speaker 3: That's what wisdom is. It's not some complex information.

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Speaker 2: It's just a simple revelation of God that we can

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Speaker 2: apply to our everyday lives. Can It reminds you that

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Speaker 2: God's word changes things. See the Bible says that the

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Speaker 2: mysteries are hidden with Jesus Christ. See they are not

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Speaker 2: hidden from us, They're hidden in us. And if we

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Speaker 2: will begin to ask God for his wisdom and revelation

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Speaker 2: and seek it above all things, I believe our finances,

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Speaker 2: our relationships will line up with God's words, They'll line up.

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Speaker 2: God said you have everything you need for life and godliness.

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Speaker 2: God is concerned about your finances. He's concerned about your life.

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Speaker 2: He is concerned about the things you're concerned about. But

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Speaker 2: let me tell you something. He is all wisdom and power.

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Speaker 2: He sees it from up here, we see it from

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Speaker 2: down here. Have you ever heard that I was saying,

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Speaker 3: Well, see, God sees the big picture.

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Speaker 2: And if we will ask him for his wisdom and direction,

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Speaker 2: I believe that we will get understanding. And can I

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Speaker 2: tell you this about the Book of Proverbs. You should

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Speaker 2: read it and reread it, and read it and reread it.

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Speaker 3: It's powerful nuggets of truth for your life. But it's interesting.

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Speaker 2: We want wisdom to be downloaded. Hey, And it's great

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Speaker 2: when God does that. When he gives you wisdom and

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Speaker 2: you get the answer a download from heaven is amazing.

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Speaker 3: But can I tell you.

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Speaker 2: That wisdom sometimes comes in the form of correction.

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Speaker 3: We have to be humble to receive God's wisdom.

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Speaker 2: We have to always be open to learn. We can't

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Speaker 2: be above it all. We have to know that God

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Speaker 2: is always trying to direct us and lead us in wisdom.

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Speaker 2: Have you ever had someone tell you something and it

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Speaker 2: almost made you mad because you knew it was the truth?

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Speaker 3: Joel does it to me all the time. Don't kill

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Speaker 3: the messenger. See, God can bring wisdom you to you

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Speaker 3: in many different ways. That's why he says, ask for wisdom.

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Speaker 2: See, I believe he wants us to ask for wisdom

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Speaker 2: so that we'll incline our ear to wisdom, so that

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Speaker 2: we'll seek after it. We'll look for it, look for

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Speaker 2: it like you're looking for a treasure. Don't kill the messenger.

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Speaker 2: Might make you upset to hear it, but no, those

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Speaker 2: small adjustments can make major differences.

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Speaker 3: God is a god of wisdom.

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Speaker 2: The Bible says, seek first the kingdom of God, says

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Speaker 2: it in Matthew, and all these things will be added

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Speaker 2: unto you. Maybe we should say it like this, seek

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