Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley. Today we will be looking at Proverb 7. I will then key in on verse 1 - My son, keep my words, And treasure my commands within you. Friends, this verse tells us the importance of reading the Bible. If we make a habit of reading the Bible on a regular basis we will begin to renew our minds. That is what today's podcast is all about. I will begin by reading 2 Timothy Chapter 3: verses 16 & 17. These verses tell us that every word written in the Bible is inspired by God and that they are good for our instruction and will begin to change the thoughts in our mind which have been instilled in us by everything that has been placed into our minds our entire lives. I will then go over Romans, Chapter 12 and read verses 1 & 2. These two verses tell us that we should make our bodies a living sacrifice. They also tell us that we need to have our minds renewed. We are a spirit (as a matter of fact we have the same spirit in us that raised Jesus from the dead). Unfortunately, we also have a soul. Our soul encompasses our mind, will, and emotions. This sourish realm of ours is influenced by everything we've been taught by our teachers in elementary school, our teachers in middle school, our teachers in high school, the friends that we've been influenced by our entire lives, and what we've learned by our parents. Everything that had been placed into our minds our entire lives that is not according to scripture needs to be renewed to agree with the word of God. There is no shortcut. In order to truly have our minds renewed we need to make a habit of reading scripture on a regular basis. Reading (or listening) to the Proverb of the day every day is a good start. Suggested scripture reading - tomorrow read Proverb #8 and Sunday read Proverb #9.
