From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>

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Sent: Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 6:04 AM

Subject: 3-14-23 THOUGHTS

3-14-23   THOUGHTS

The topic of Proverbs chapter 8 is WISDOM! Wisdom talks as a person and tries to persuade mankind to follow her as the way of life.  I see this as the Mind of God, Wisdom!  It hints of the larger idea of the WORD in John 1:1 and 1:14.  KNOW GOD IS THE MESSAGE! God’s wisdom leads us in this world, and in Jesus, we are guided to eternity with God!  

Prov 4:5   Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Prov 8:22-36    "The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.  23  "From everlasting I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth. 24  "When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.  25  "Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was brought forth;  26  While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world. 27  "When He established the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, 28  When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed,  29  When He set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth;  30  Then I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, 31  Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having my delight in the sons of men. 32  "Now therefore, O sons, listen to me, For blessed are they who keep my ways.  33  "Heed instruction and be wise, And do not neglect it. 34  "Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.  35  "For he who finds me finds life And obtains favor from the LORD.  36  "But he who sins against me injures himself; All those who hate me love death."
Rom 8:32     He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
1Cor 8:6   yet for us there is [but] one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we [exist] for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we [exist] through Him.

2Pet 1:3  seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

My Prayer:
Father God, help us to see the place of Your Spirit filled words in our lives.  As You have revealed Yourself to us, may we treasure with all our might Your eternal wisdom.  You have led us to the Word of Life in Jesus.  May we pant for the water of life and drink fully.  As we strive to see You, draw us nearer to Yourself.  We want to abide in You continually.   We wish to know Your presence with each breath.  Help us to walk in the light, and in the Spirit.  May we love as You love, and may we forgive, as You forgive.
We pray in the name of Jesus our Savior,     Amen.