Choose Wise

<p>Come with me as we explore Joy, the second fruit of the Spirit.</p>

<p>Love is the sugar that can be found in the rest of the fruit of the Spirit. It is the thing that makes the other fruit sweet. The reason we love fruit more then vegetables are because they are sweeter.</p>

<p>Today, I want to give you some practical strategies to be in a place of contentment. We know we should be content. We know discontent is a spiritual place we don’t want to be in. We know it isn’t an emotional place...

<p>We have increased goods and blessings for the purpose of blessing which produces thanksgiving to God! Think about a fellow believers response when you supply a need. You bring them groceries, repair their car, mow...

<p>Contentment allows us to pursue the right goals, God’s goals, our own goals, not our neighbor’s goals.</p><p>Contentment allows us to make long term choices, instead of short sighted choices. Contentment allows us to...

<p>Jesus is always trying to get us to live for eternity. He wants us to live with God in mind. We are always getting sidetracked trying to make heaven right here. I think that is particularly true for us as Americans...

<p>Discontent is a misallocation of effort and desire. We are aiming toward making wise decisions from a foundation of contentment. How do we build and maintain contentment in our lives? </p><p>Contentment is being...

<p>Making wise choices from a foundation of contentment.</p><p> </p><p>Contentment is a spiritual state.</p><p>Discontent is also a spiritual state.</p><p> </p><p>We know contentment is universally a good thing. We know...

<p>Learn how to identify and avoid what is foolish. We discuss what the Bible says about sexual appeal and how to identify and avoid its harmful affects on our lives. Proverbs 9 shows us how we can build our house in a...

<p> I see the Lord blessing people at the age of 16 and 17 because of wise choices they made when they were 9. I see people in their 20s being blessed because of choices they made when they were in their teens. I have...

<p>Wisdom has built a house in Proverbs 9. She is described as a builder. She is industrious. She is prepared. We are also building a house. The house is a analogy for our lives. Right now you are building your house...

<p>How do we build things that last in this life? When life seems hopeless, how do we find purpose. We long for the eternal, how do we build eternal things?</p>

<p>Solomon wrote the book of Proverbs and he wrote it with his son’s life in mind. He wanted his son to have the best life possible.</p><p>Often parents want to give their children the best life possible, so they try...

<p>Proverbs says that discretion shall preserve you. One of the distinguishing characteristics between a foolish person and a wise person is a plan. Discretion is a plan and it will keep us from following the ways of...

<p>Culturally we have a crises among women because we have been taught by our society (marketing) that 1) family and relationship building (especially children) are not fulfilling and 2) we can never do it well because...