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Most People Don't... But You Do!#83 Creation for the Craft of Business - Michelle DeKeyrel, Founder of EutemiaToday's podcast guest is Michelle DeKeyrel, the Founder of Eutemia, a small consulting firm dedicated to transforming healthcare..
We discuss:
Getting more stickers than everyone else.
Seeking external approval from EVERYBODY.
Played the game and got promoted. Played the game and got promoted. Played the game and got promoted.
Started and CREATED a new company.
A recovering PEOPLE PLEASER.
Working hard, achieve, and make others feel COMFORTABLE.
Listen and learn from one of the most disciplined and organized professionals that I know.
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2023-02-0236 min
Praying ScriptureRemember, This Is Who God Is! [Philippians 2:5-11]God is our refuge. Such a comforting thought in the midst of a difficult season for many of us. He is a safe place to take shelter. Today, we’re honoring him for that and praying through one of my favorite passages about Christ.Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God is O...
2020-09-2205 min
God's Wisdom For TodayAwe-Inspiring Wisdom [Proverbs 8:22-36]Today’s passage teaches us some really amazing things about wisdom and then summarizes the fatherly advice we’ve learned in the first eight chapters on how we should respond to her.
Today’s Big Question:
How will you respond to wisdom?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 8:22-36
“The Lord acquired me
at the beginning of his creation,
before his works of long ago.
I was formed before ancient times,
from the beginning, before the earth began.
I was born
when there were no watery depths
and no springs filled with water.
Before the mountains were established,
prior to the hills...
2020-09-2100 min
God's Wisdom For TodayThese are a few of God’s NOT favorite things [Proverbs 6:16-19]God’s given us some clear instruction on what he hates in these verses. Let’s take a closer look at the list.
Today’s Big Question:
Does God hate anything in your life?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 6:16-19
The Lord hates six things;
in fact, seven are detestable to him:
arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that plots wicked schemes,
feet eager to run to evil,
a lying witness who gives false testimony,
and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.
Other verses referenced in this episode:
Haughty eyes and a proud he...
2020-09-1800 min
Praying ScriptureWhat Makes Paul Happy? [Philippians 2:1-4]God is Self-sufficient and totally independent of his creation. We’re honoring him for that today and praying through Philippians 2:1-4 where Paul’s telling the church at Philippi that if Christ has meant anything to them, then he wants them to make hs joy complete by acting in specific ways.Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus...
2020-09-1707 min
God's Wisdom For TodayGod Tells Us To Learn From an Ant?! [Proverbs 6:6-11]Maybe you don’t think of yourself as lazy, but you might be surprised by the far-reaching warning that scripture gives about laziness, as well as the likely result.
Today’s Big Question:
What can you learn from an ant?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 6:6-11
Go to the ant, you slacker!
Observe its ways and become wise.
Without leader, administrator, or ruler,
it prepares its provisions in summer;
it gathers its food during harvest.
How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little...
2020-09-1600 min
Praying ScriptureLiving a Worthy Life [Philippians 1:27-30]God is Self-sufficient and totally independent of his creation. We’re honoring him for that today and praying through Philippians 1:27-30, where Paul instructs the Philippians (and us!) to live lives worthy of the gospel of Christ.Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God’s AseityActs 17:24-25Philippi...
2020-09-1508 min
God's Wisdom For TodayRisk-taking [Proverbs 6:1-5]God has some very specific financial instruction in scripture. Today we’re talking about what he says about assuming the financial risks of others, and what that means for us when we're not in that particular situation.
Today’s Big Question:
Whose risks are you willing to take?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 6:1-5
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor[a]
or entered into an agreement with a stranger,
you have been snared by the words of your mouth
trapped by the words from your mouth.
Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for yo...
2020-09-1400 min
God's Wisdom For TodayAll Tangled Up [Proverbs 5:21-23]It's easy to think that we can get away with some sins. Some are small (we think). Some are private (we think), but these verses remind us that we can't afford to ignore, hide, or minimize sin in our lives.
Today’s Big Question:
What would it take to put wisdom in charge of your life?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 5:21-23
For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,
and he considers all his paths.
A wicked man’s iniquities will trap him;
he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.
He will die b...
2020-09-1100 min
Praying ScriptureLiving vs. Dying [Philippians 1:22-26]God is Omnipotent. Nothing is too hard for him! He has all power, all potency, all ability to do anything necessary. We’re honoring him for that today and praying through Philippians 1:22-26, where Paul explains more fully his famous statement, “To live is Christ and to die is gain.”Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorshi...
2020-09-1008 min
God's Wisdom For TodayDon’t Miss the Moon [Proverbs 4:26-27]Today’s Big Question:
How closely are you watching your feet?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 4:26-27
Carefully consider the path for your feet,
and all your ways will be established.
Don’t turn to the right or to the left;
keep your feet away from evil.
“Small changes done here and now can make a big difference later. This means that when a business gives in to a little temptations, or makes a few unwise decisions now, it may mean big trouble later. In other words, when you flirt with temptation, give in to small desires, and make lit...
2020-09-0900 min
Praying ScriptureLiving For Christ [Philippians 1:20-21]God is Omnipotent. Nothing is too hard for him! He has all power, all potency, all ability to do anything necessary. We’re honoring him for that today and praying through Philippians 1:20-21, where Paul says his famous line, “To live is Christ and to die is gain.”Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s Verses
2020-09-0809 min
God's Wisdom For TodayBody Parts [Proverbs 4:23-25]Today’s Big Question:
What are you doing with your heart, mouth, and eyes?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 4:23-25
Guard your heart above all else,
for it is the source of life.
Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly,
and don’t let your lips talk deviously.
Let your eyes look forward;
fix your gaze straight ahead.
Other scriptures referenced in today’s episode:
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, (Ezekiel 11:19 )
Therefore...
2020-09-0700 min
God's Wisdom For TodayJust Walk Away [Proverbs 4:14-15]Today’s Big Question:
Are you too close?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 4:14-15
Keep off the path of the wicked;
don’t proceed on the way of evil ones.
Avoid it; don’t travel on it.
Turn away from it, and pass it by.
Other scriptures referenced in today’s episode:
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; (Psalm 1:1)
With regard to the works of man,
by the word of your lips
I have avoided the ways of th...
2020-09-0400 min
Praying ScriptureDealing with Frenemies [Philippians 1:12-19]God is Omniscient. That’s a fancy word for the ultimate know-it-all. He know absolutely everything! We’re celebrating that this week as well as praying through Philippians 1:12-19.Think frenemies are a modern phenomenon? Nope! Paul dealt with them too. Listen to how he dealt with them and pray through his response for ourselves in this episode.Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also t...
2020-09-0311 min
God's Wisdom For TodayNeed A Lifeline? [Proverbs 4:13]Today’s Big Question:
How well are you learning?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 4:13
Hold on to instruction; don’t let go.
Guard it, for it is your life.
Other scripture referenced in this episode:
“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t act on them will be...
2020-09-0200 min
Praying ScriptureGod Will Finish It! [Philippians 1:1-11]God knows absolutely everything! There is nothing beyond his knowledge! We’re celebrating that this week as well as switching to a new format! Instead of the four segments we’ve been using, we’ll be dropping to two and we’ll be praying our way through the book of Philippians.Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Tod...
2020-09-0111 min
God's Wisdom For TodayA Safe Path [Proverbs 4:10-12]Today’s Big Question:
Are you on the right path in life?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 4:10-12
Listen, my son. Accept my words,
and you will live many years.
I am teaching you the way of wisdom;
I am guiding you on straight paths.
When you walk, your steps will not be hindered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
Other scriptures referenced in this episode:
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;
they don’t know what makes them stumble. (Proverbs 4:19)
Lord, you light my lamp;
my God illuminates my darkness. (Psalm 18:28)
“What does the...
2020-08-3100 min
God's Wisdom For TodayWhat’s So Great About Wisdom? [Proverbs 4:8-9]Today’s Big Question:
How are you responding to wisdom??
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 4:8-9
Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
if you embrace her, she will honor you.
She will place a garland of favor on your head;
she will give you a crown of beauty.”
If you want a place to see and answer the questions I ask in the episode and to keep track of the discoveries you make as we study Proverbs, we include a set of free journal pages for this devotional series in each of our Sunday emails
Free journal pages...
2020-08-2800 min
Praying ScriptureHurricane Laura | God Is Merciful | Against a Love of Money | Against Overwhelm | Psalm 35:1-10We love the fact that God is a God of mercy and this week we’re celebrating that. We’re also for ourselves, that we would be rid of any love of money. There’s nothing wrong with money itself, but as believers, we need to guard against the love of money. There’s so much going on in our world, so many heavy, scary, difficult things for so many people. From COVID-19 to the California fires, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. So, we’re praying about how to handle that this week in our culture portion of th...
2020-08-2719 min
God's Wisdom For TodayYour Goal in Life [Proverbs 4:7]Today’s Big Question:
Is getting wisdom a top priority in your life?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is supreme—so get wisdom.
And whatever else you get, get understanding.
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
I love those who love me,
and those who search for me find me. (Proverbs 8:17)
Happy is a man who finds wisdom
and who acquires understanding,
for she is more profitable than silver,
and her revenue is better than gold.
She is more precious than jewels;
nothing you desire can equal her. (Proverbs 3:13-15)
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of kno...
2020-08-2600 min
Praying ScriptureGod Is Merciful | Against a Love of Money | Against Overwhelm | Psalm 34:11-22The fact that God is merciful is one of the things we count on for salvation. We’re celebrating that this week and also praying to be rid of the love of money. There’s nothing wrong with money itself, but as believers, we need to guard against the love of money. There’s so much going on in our world, so many heavy, scary, difficult things for so many people. From COVID-19 to the California fires, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. So, we’re praying about how to handle that this week in our culture portion of...
2020-08-2511 min
God's Wisdom For TodayWhat Loving Wisdom Does For You [Proverbs 4:6]Today’s Big Question:
Who or what has your wholehearted devotion?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 4:6
Don’t abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you;
love her, and she will guard you.
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
The Lord will protect you from all harm;
he will protect your life. (Psalm 121:7)
If you want a place to see and answer the questions I ask in the episode and to keep track of the discoveries you make as we study Proverbs, we include a set of free journal pages for this devotional series in each of our Sunday emails...
2020-08-2400 min
God's Wisdom For TodayGetting Wisdom [Proverbs 4:5]Today’s Big Question:
Are you intentionally pursuing wisdom?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding;
don’t forget or turn away from the words from my mouth.
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. (Proverbs 16:16)
An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. (Proverbs 18:15)
Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. (Proverbs 23:23)
If you want a place to see and answer the questions I ask in the episode and to kee...
2020-08-2100 min
Praying ScriptureGod Is Loving | Aligning Our Desire with God | Against Entitlement | Psalm 34:1-10God is loving and we’re worshipping him for that this week. We’re also praying for our desires to be aligned with his and for him to eradicate entitlement in our hearts and our culture. That turned into a prayer for revival today!Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God is Loving1 John 4:16PsalmPsalm 34:1-10Ourselves: Aligning our desires with God’sColossians 3:5Galatians 5:16Our Culture: Against EntitlementPhilippians 2:5-8All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on Go...
2020-08-2011 min
God's Wisdom For TodayHow to Live a Thriving Life [Proverbs 4:3-4]Today’s Big Question:
What makes a life thrive or flourish?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 4:3-4
When I was a son with my father,
tender and precious to my mother,
he taught me and said,
“Your heart must hold on to my words.
Keep my commands and live.”
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
none
If you want a place to see and answer the questions I ask in the episode and to keep track of the discoveries you make as we study Proverbs, we include a set of free journal pages for this devotional series in each of our S...
2020-08-1900 min
Praying ScriptureGod Is Loving | Aligning Our Desire with God | Against Entitlement | Psalm 33:13-22We love to celebrate that God is loving and we’re worshiping him for that this week. We’re also praying for our desires to be aligned with God and for him to eradicate entitlement in our hearts and our culture. That turned into a prayer for revival today!Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship...
2020-08-1810 min
God's Wisdom For TodayDo You Have a Teachable Heart? [Proverbs 4:1-2]Today’s Big Question:
How are you responding to God’s correction or instruction?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 4:1-2
Listen, sons, to a father’s discipline,
and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,
for I am giving you good instruction.
Don’t abandon my teaching.
If you want a place to see and answer the questions I ask in the episode and to keep track of the discoveries you make as we study Proverbs, we include a set of free journal pages for this devotional series in each of our Sunday emails
Free journal pages to follow...
2020-08-1700 min
God's Wisdom For TodayWho Are the Foolish and Wise in Our World? [Proverbs 3:35]Today’s Big Question:
What is your inheritance?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:35
The wise will inherit honor,
but fools get disgrace.
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;
there is none who does good. (Psalm 53:1)
"For you are all sons of God through faith in Jesus Christ.... And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Galatians 3:26,29).
“Because God has infinite wisdom, the person who neglects God will naturally miss out on wisdom—...
2020-08-1400 min
Praying ScriptureGod Is Just | Fear of the Lord | Endurance | Psalm 33:1-12We’re worshiping God for his justice today and praying he’ll lead us into a right, a correct, an appropriate fear of the Lord. We’re asking for endurance for our nation and praying through a portion of Psalm 33.Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God is JustDeuteronomy...
2020-08-1310 min
God's Wisdom For TodayPride vs. Humility [Proverbs 3:34]Today’s Big Question:
Is your life characterized more by pride or by humility?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:34
He mocks those who mock
but gives grace to the humble.
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
The devising of folly is sin,
and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind. (Prov 24:9 )
“Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." (1 Peter 5:5)
“A helpful biblical definition of humility is found in Romans 12:3, where Paul says that a person should “...
2020-08-1200 min
Praying ScriptureGod Is Just | Fear of the Lord | Endurance | Psalm 32Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God is JustRevelation 16:5PsalmPsalm 32Ourselves: Fear of the LordPsalm 33:8Acts 9:31Our Culture: EnduranceGalatians 6:9Deuteronomy 31:8All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our helper. I’d love you to joi...
2020-08-1112 min
God's Wisdom For TodayBlessings & Curses [Proverbs 3:33]Today’s Big Question:
Are you living in a household God would want to bless or curse?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:31-32
The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked,
but he blesses the home of the righteous;
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God. (Luke 24:50-53)
...
2020-08-1000 min
God's Wisdom For TodayEnvying the Wicked [Proverbs 3:31-32]Today’s Big Question:
Are you choosing to be like those our culture envies or are you striving to be right with God?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:31-32
Do not envy a man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,
for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are in his confidence.
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drun...
2020-08-0700 min
Praying ScriptureGod iS Infinite | Seasons of Doubt | Kids Returning to School | Psalm 31:14-24Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God is InfiniteJeremiah 23:24PsalmPsalm 31:14-24Ourselves: Times of DoubtLuke 7:18-23Our Culture: Kids Going Back to SchoolPsalm 91:1-6All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our helper...
2020-08-0612 min
God's Wisdom For TodayYour Heart Toward Your Community [Proverbs 3:29-30]Today’s Big Question:
What’s your heart attitude toward your neighbor?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:29-30
Do not plan evil against your neighbor,
who dwells trustingly beside you.
Do not contend with a man for no reason,
when he has done you no harm.
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. For the ey...
2020-08-0500 min
Praying ScriptureGod Is Infinite | Seasons of Doubt | Kids Returning to School | Psalm 31:1-13Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God is Infinite1 King 8:27PsalmPsalm 31:1-13Ourselves: Times of DoubtMatthew 14:31 John 20:27Our Culture: Kids Going Back To SchoolPsalm 16:1Psalm 17:8Psalm 57:1All week, my evenin...
2020-08-0411 min
God's Wisdom For TodayDoing the Right Thing at the Right Time [Proverbs 3:27-28]Today’s Big Question:
Is your heart more worried about its own power, privilege, or purse than someone else’s need?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:27-28
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in your power to do it.
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the ro...
2020-08-0300 min
God's Wisdom For TodayLiving Without Fear [Proverbs 3:25-26]“The safest place in all the world is in the will of God, and the safest protection in all the world is the name of God.” - Warren Wiersbe
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:25-26
Do not be afraid of sudden terror
or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes,
for the Lord will be your confidence
and will keep your foot from being caught. (ESV)
You need not be afraid of sudden disaster
or the destruction that comes upon the wicked,
for the Lord i...
2020-07-3100 min
Praying ScriptureGod Doesn't Change | Against Personal Idolatry | The Economy | Psalm 30Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God Doesn’t ChangePsalm 102:25-27PsalmPsalm 30Ourselves: Against Our IdolatryRomans 1:23 Isaiah 2:8 Our Culture: The EconomyGalatians 6:4-5 Psalm 90:17All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our helper. I’d love you...
2020-07-3112 min
God's Wisdom For TodayGuarded & Free of Fear“Don't fear, just live right.” — Neal A. Maxwell
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:23-24
Then you will walk on your way securely,
and your foot will not stumble.
If you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. (ESV)
They keep you safe on your way,
and your feet will not stumble.
You can go to bed without fear;
you will lie down and sleep soundly. (NLT)
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
Don’t tu...
2020-07-3000 min
Praying ScriptureGod Doesn't Change | Against Personal Idolatry | The Economy | Psalm 29Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God Doesn’t ChangeMalachi 3:6PsalmPsalm 29Ourselves: Against Our Idolatry1 Corinthians 10:14 Leviticus 19:4 Our Culture: The EconomyProverbs 12:11Proverbs 13:4All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our helper. I’d love you to jo...
2020-07-3008 min
God's Wisdom For TodayDon’t Lose Sight of WisdomLook at everything through the lens of eternity. If you will do this, life will take on a different perspective. - James E. Faust
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:21-22
My son, do not lose sight of these—
keep sound wisdom and discretion,
and they will be life for your soul
and adornment for your neck. (ESV)
My child, don’t lose sight of common sense and discernment.
Hang on to them,
for they will refresh your soul.
They are like jewels on a neck...
2020-07-2900 min
Praying ScriptureGod Doesn't Change | Against Personal Idolatry | The Economy | Psalm 28Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God Doesn’t ChangeRevelation 19:6PsalmPsalm 28Ourselves: Against Our IdolatryJonah 2:81 John 5:21Our Culture: The Economy2 Corinthians 9:8 Proverbs 14:23All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our helper. I’d love you to j...
2020-07-2909 min
Praying ScriptureGod Doesn't Change | Against Personal Idolatry | The Economy | Psalm 27Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God Doesn’t ChangeHebrews 13:8PsalmPsalm 27Ourselves: Against Our IdolatryNehemiah 9:6 Colossians 3:5Our Culture: The Economy1 Corinthians 15:58Matthew 6:31-32All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our helper. I’d love you to...
2020-07-2811 min
God's Wisdom For TodayWisdom and Creation“We still do not know one-thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.” ― Albert Einstein
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:19-20
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;
by understanding he established the heavens;
by his knowledge the deeps broke open,
and the clouds drop down the dew. (ESV)
By Wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth.
By understanding he established the heavens.
By his knowledge the deep waters were divided,
and the skies dropped dew. (GOD’S WORD)
Other verses men...
2020-07-2800 min
God's Wisdom For TodayEmbracing Wisdom Means Life“Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.” - Lord Byron
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:17-18
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;
those who hold her fast are called blessed. (ESV)
She will guide you down delightful paths;
all her ways are satisfying.
Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrac...
2020-07-2700 min
Praying ScriptureGod Doesn't Change | Against Personal Idolatry | The Economy | Psalm 26Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God Doesn’t ChangeJames 1:17PsalmPsalm 26Ourselves: Against Our IdolatryExodus 20:4-6Isaiah 44:6 & 8Our Culture: The EconomyGenesis 2:15Jeremiah 29:7All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our helper. I’d love you t...
2020-07-2711 min
God's Wisdom For TodayLong Life, Riches, and Honor? Really? [Proverbs 3:15-16]“Whatever the heart desires, it purchases at the cost of soul” - Lawrence Durrell
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:13-14
She is more precious than jewels,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.
Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor. (ESV)
Her value exceeds all the trappings of wealth;
nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her.
With one hand she gives long life,
with the other she confers recognition. (MSG)
...
2020-07-2400 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 25:12-22 | God's Immanence | Submitted HeartsJoin me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God’s ImmanenceJeremiah 23:23-24Luke 12:6PsalmPsalm 25:12-22Ourselves: A Submitted HeartEphesians 1:22-23Colossians 1:18Matthew 6:9-10Our Culture: Politics!Hebrews 13:171 Peter 2:13 Romans 13:1All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our help...
2020-07-2411 min
God's Wisdom For Today#Blessed [Proverbs 3:13-14]“Thankful, grateful, blessed” - every Christian social media account in the world
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:13-14
Blessed is the one who finds wisdom,
and the one who gets understanding,
for the gain from her is better than gain from silver
and her profit better than gold. (ESV)
Joyful is the person who finds wisdom,
the one who gains understanding.
For wisdom is more profitable than silver,
and her wages are better than gold. (NLT)
Other verses mentioned in the ep...
2020-07-2300 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 25:1-11 | God's Immanence | Submitted Hearts | The Church in Election SeasonJoin me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God’s ImmanenceHebrews 1:3Haggai 2:4-5PsalmPsalm 25:1-11Ourselves: A Submitted HeartEphesians 5:25Ephesians 5:24Ephesians 5:211 Peter 5:5Our Culture: Politics!Joshua. 1:9Colossians 3:151 Timothy 2:8Matthew 25:40Ephesians 4:2All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our...
2020-07-2314 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 24 | God's Immanence | Submitted Hearts | The November ElectionsJoin me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God’s ImmanenceEphesians 4:6Psalm 139:7-10PsalmPsalm 24Ourselves: A Submitted HeartJob 22:21Romans 8:7Our Culture: Politics!Proverbs 3:21–23Isaiah 28:17Proverbs 4:5–6Deuteronomy 3:22All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our helper. I’d love you t...
2020-07-2212 min
God's Wisdom For TodayAll Kids Get Disciplined...And That’s a Good Thing!“No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined. - Harry Emerson Fosdick
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:11-12
My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline
or be weary of his reproof,
for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights. (ESV)
But don’t, dear friend, resent...
2020-07-2200 min
God's Wisdom For TodayYep, It’s the Money Thing & Generosity [Proverbs 3:9-10]“No one has ever become poor by giving.” Anne Frank
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine. (ESV)
Honor God with everything you own;
give him the first and the best.
Your barns will burst,
your wine vats will brim over. (MSG)
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust...
2020-07-2100 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 23 | God's Immanence | Submitted hearts | PoliticsJoin me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God’s ImmanenceActs 17:24-28PsalmPsalm 23Ourselves: A Submitted HeartJames 4:7-101 Peter 5:6Our Culture: Politics!James 3:16Isaiah 7:9 Psalms 111:10Galatians 5:15All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our helper. I’d love yo...
2020-07-2112 min
God's Wisdom For TodaySpiritual Health Affects Our Physical Health“Sometimes I cannot say much about why I go to church other than what people who go to the gym say: I always feel better once I'm there; I feel better after; it is always good for me, not good in a take-your-vitamins way, in a chidingly moralistic way, but in a palpable way.” - Lauren F. Winner
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:8
This will be healing for your body
and strengthening for your bones. (CSB)
Your body will glow with health,
your very bones will vibrate with life! (MSG)
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
My heart...
2020-07-2000 min
Praying ScriptureSubmission, Politics, God's Immanence & Psalm 22:19-31Join me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God’s ImmanenceColossians 1:17 Job 12:10PsalmPsalm 22:19-11Ourselves: A Submitted HeartLuke 22:42 Philippians 2:5-11Our Culture: Politics!1 timothy 2:1-4 Daniel 2:21All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our helper. I’d love you...
2020-07-2014 min
God's Wisdom For TodayThree Things that Make our Life Count"If you want your life to count now and forever for Christ, here is all you need to do. Fear the Lord. Turn away from evil. Do that alone and your life will be magnificent." - Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:7
Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. (ESV)
Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom.
Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil. (MSG)
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be p...
2020-07-1700 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 22:11-18 | God our Helper | No Self-centerdness | Need GuidanceJoin me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God as our HelperPsalm 37:40Psalm 33:20-22PsalmPsalm 22:11-18Ourselves: Our sin of Self-centeredness, self-absorptionRomans 12:3 Romans 12:15Our Culture: GuidanceIsaiah 42:16Psalm 48:14Jeremiah 10:23All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our he...
2020-07-1710 min
God's Wisdom For TodayWho Are You Leaning On?"Pseudo-faith always arranges a way out to serve in case God fails it. Real faith only knows one way and gladly allows itself to be stripped of any second way or makeshift substitutes….And not since Adam stood up on the earth has God failed a single man or woman who trusted him. " - A. W. Tozer
“When we enthrone God's law in our hearts, our priorities are dictated and our paths are directed.” - John Phillips
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:4.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own...
2020-07-1600 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 22:1-10 | God our Helper | No Self-centerdness | Need GuidanceJoin me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God as our Helper2 Chronicles 14:11Isaiah 41:10PsalmPsalm 22:1-10Ourselves: Our sin of Self-centeredness, self-absorption2 Corinthians 10:12 Mark 12:31Our Culture: GuidanceIsaiah 58:11Psalm 143:10All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our helper. I...
2020-07-1612 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 21 | God our Helper | No Self-centerdness | Need GuidanceJoin me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God as our HelperPsalm 121:3Psalm 22:19PsalmPsalm 21Ourselves: Our sin of Self-centeredness, self-absorption1 Corinthians 10:24 2 Timothy 3:2Our Culture: GuidancePsalm 32:8 Psalm 25:4All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on God as our helper. I’d love y...
2020-07-1510 min
God's Wisdom For TodayA Good Reputation and the Favor of God [Proverbs 3:4]"You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do" - Henry Ford
“As Christians, our number-one priority is to represent Christ well to this lost and broken world (Acts 1:8). Because Jesus is honest, kind, loyal, and honorable, we should strive to be those things as well (Ephesians 5:1), and all of those qualities contribute to a good reputation. People evaluate the worthiness of our message based on our reputations as people of character. If we have poor reputations, our message is tainted as well. Dishonesty, gossip, and hypocrisy damage our testimonies and do not reflect the character of J...
2020-07-1500 min
God's Wisdom For TodayEvery Breath and Every Heartbeat"Beware what you set your heart upon. For it surely shall be yours." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:3.
Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you;
bind them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart. (ESV)
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you!
Tie them around your neck as a reminder.
Write them deep within your heart. (NLT)
“The binding to the neck and the writing upon the heart express the fact that God desi...
2020-07-1400 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 20 | God our Helper | No Self-centerdness | Need GuidanceJoin me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God as our HelperHebrews 4:16Psalm 54:4Hebrews 13:6PsalmPsalm 20Ourselves: Our sin of Self-centeredness, self-absorptionGalatians 2:20 Luke 9:23Our Culture: GuidanceProverbs 11:14Proverbs 20:18All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on the holiness of God. I’d...
2020-07-1411 min
God's Wisdom For TodayWhat Brings a Life of Peace?“God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.” -- C. S. Lewis
We’re beginning chapter three today and looking at the first of 12 verses of a rhythm of instruction and incentive. This is God in the tone of a father instructing his children on what will foster a good life.
Raymond C Ortlund Jr., says, “The wisdom of chapter 2 offered to deliver us from evil. It offered protection. But this glowing chapter 3 is so positive. It is an education of life at its best--how to live wel...
2020-07-1300 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 19 | God as our Helper | Eliminating Self-centerdness | Needing GuidanceJoin me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: God as our HelperJohn 3:16John 14:26PsalmPsalm 19Ourselves: Our sin of Self-centeredness, self-absorptionPhilippians 2:3-4 James 3:16 Philippians 2:6–8Our Culture: GuidanceHabakkuk 2:19Isaiah 30:21All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on the holiness of God. I’d...
2020-07-1314 min
God's Wisdom For TodayA Promise & A Warning [Proverbs 2:20-22]“The whole passage is meant to position us in that place of blessing and protection. We need it.” ― Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.
Today we conclude chapter two with a contrast between the future of the upright and the wicked.
John Kitchen says, “The primary intent of wisdom, however, is not simply avoiding evil, but seeking the good. The former must happen as an application of wisdom, but it is not the primary purpose. Wisdom is not first of all about refraining from bad things, but about pursuing God’s best things. The orientation of wisdom is not primarily negative, but positi...
2020-07-1000 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 18:37-50 | God's Holiness | Controlling our Speech | Needing RefreshmentJoin me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: Characteristics of God - His HolinessIsaiah 6:51 Peter 1:15-16PsalmPsalm 18:37-50Ourselves: Our mouths, tongue, and speechPsalm 19:14Psalm 35:28Psalm 119:171-173Our Culture: Refreshment Matthew 11:281 Peter 5:7All week, my evening Facebook posts will focus on...
2020-07-1010 min
God's Wisdom For TodayFlattery & Unfaithfulness [Proverbs 2:16-19]“The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.” ― Norman Vincent Peale
Today we’re talking about the second of the temptations a father warns his son about, an unfaithful woman.
Henry Morris writes, “The "strange woman" ("alien woman") is named as such no less than ten times in Proverbs, with both literal and figurative applications. Foreign women, with different gods and moral standards than those of Israel, often led God's people into sin, including Solomon himself (1Ki 11:1-8). This situation also represents spiritual adultery, with the Israelites not only conso...
2020-07-0900 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 18:25-36 | God's Holiness | Controlling our Speech | Needing RefreshmentJoin me to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s Verses[00:30] Worship: Characteristics of God - His HolinessPsalm 29:1-2Hebrews 7:26[02:18] PsalmPsalm 18:25-36[05:55] Ourselves: Our mouths, tongue, and speechColossians 3:7-8James 1:19-20Colossians 4:6[08:17] Our Culture: Refreshment Isaiah 40:30-31Psalm 19:71 Samuel 16:23
2020-07-0912 min
God's Wisdom For TodayWhat Happens When We Abandon the Right Path? [Proverbs 2:13-15]“it's not the darkness that's terrifying, it's what you might find in it.” - J.M. Darhower
Today we’re talking about one of the temptations a young person will face in life - perverse men. These verses describe them.
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 2:13-15.
from those who abandon the right paths
to walk in ways of darkness,
from those who enjoy doing evil
and celebrate perversion,
whose paths are crooked,
and whose ways are devious. (CSB)
These men turn from the right way
to walk down dark paths.
They take pleasure...
2020-07-0800 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 18:16-24 | God's Holiness | Controlling our Speech | Needing RefreshmentHey, hi! I’m Michelle Berkey and I go live every weekday morning to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: Characteristics of God - His HolinessMark 1:24Revelation 15:4PsalmPsalm 18:16-24Ourselves: Our mouths, tongue, and speechProverbs 15:4 Titus 3:2Psalm 37:301Our Cultur...
2020-07-0813 min
God's Wisdom For TodayWhat Can Help You Choose the Right Path in Life?“I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
- Robert Frost
Today we’re talking about one of the temptations a young person will face in life and what protects us from falling victim to it.
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 2:11-12.
discretion will watch over you,
understanding will guard you,
delivering you from the way of evil,
from men of perverted speech, (ESV)
...
2020-07-0700 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 18:7-15 | God's Holiness | Controlling our Speech | Needing RefreshmentHey, hi! I’m Michelle Berkey and I go live every weekday morning to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: Characteristics of God - His HolinessExodus 15:11Psalm 96:9PsalmPsalm 18:7-15Ourselves: Our mouths, tongue, and speechPsalm 141:3Psalm 34:13Proverbs 18:21Our Cultu...
2020-07-0712 min
God's Wisdom For TodayRighteousness, Justice, & Integrity [Proverbs 2:9-10]“Our Father is saying in Proverbs 2, ‘If you will seek newness of life in Christ, you will go deep with him, and you will change within yourself, Then you’ll be prepared for life in the real world.’ That is how grace works,” - Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.
Today we talk about a new description of wisdom: the “ethical triad” of righteousness, justice, and equity and how it can take up residence in your heart. Which sounds nice and “Christian-ey”, but imagine if the seat of your emotions, understanding, reason, conscience, motives, desires, decision-making, and faith was governed by righteousness, justice, and equit...
2020-07-0600 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 18:1-6 | Controlling our Mouths | Needing RefreshmentHey, hi! I’m Michelle Berkey and I go live every weekday morning to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: Characteristics of God - His Holiness1 Samuel 2:2Isaiah 6:3PsalmPsalm 18:1-6Ourselves: Our mouths, tongue, and speechMatthew 12:36Ephesians 4:29Proverbs 15:1Our Cultu...
2020-07-0613 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 17 | Eliminating Pride | Needing WisdomHey, hi! I’m Michelle Berkey and I go live every weekday morning to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: Characteristics of God - His GraciousnessHebrews 4:16PsalmPsalm 17Ourselves: Eliminating pridePhilippians 2:3)Colossians 3:12Our Culture: Wisdom Ephesians 5:15-17...
2020-07-0310 min
God's Wisdom For TodayBenefits of Knowing God [Proverbs 2:7-8]“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.” - Gilbert K. Chesterton
Today's verses share some of the benefits of knowing God and living in relationship with him. The Way may not be the easy road, but it will never be without reward.
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 2:7-8.
he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
guarding the paths of justice
and watching over the way of his saints...
2020-07-0300 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 16 | Eliminating Pride | Needing WisdomHey, hi! I’m Michelle Berkey and I go live every weekday morning to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: Characteristics of God - His GraciousnessPsalm 116:5Exodus 34:6PsalmPsalm 16Ourselves: Eliminating prideDaniel 5:20James 4:6Our Culture: Wisdom Matthew 7:24All week, my evening Facebook po...
2020-07-0211 min
God's Wisdom For TodayWhere Does Wisdom Come From? [Proverbs 2:6]“We must be looking beyond our circumstances to God as our power and wisdom.” - Thomas Bear
In this episode we get to the “BECAUSE” of the passage we’ve been studying. Why can we get the results we’re given in verse 5? Because...
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 2:6.
For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (CSB)
For the Lord grants wisdom! His every word is a treasure of knowledge and understanding. (TLB)
Other Scriptures Referenced:
I have filled him (Bezalell) with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understandi...
2020-07-0200 min
God's Wisdom For TodayThe Fear of the Lord & the Knowledge of God: Proverbs 2:5“The person who fears God seeks to live all of life to the glory of God... All the activities of life should be pursued with the aim of glorifying God.” - Jerry BridgesToday we cover the “THEN” portion of the IF/THEN statement in Proverbs 2. The results we’ll get if we take the actions we’ve been talking about the last few days.
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 2:5.
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and discover the knowledge of God. (CSB)
Believe me, before you know it Fear-of-God will be yours;
you'll have come upon the...
2020-07-0100 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 15 | Eliminating Pride | Needing WisdomHey, hi! I’m Michelle Berkey and I go live every weekday morning to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: Characteristics of God - His GraciousnessActs 20:24PsalmPsalm 15Ourselves: Eliminating prideJeremiah 49:16Daniel 4:37Our Culture: Wisdom Proverbs 3:7
2020-07-0111 minPraying ScripturePsalm 14 | Eliminating Pride | Needing WisdomHey, hi! I’m Michelle Berkey and I go live every weekday morning to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: Characteristics of God - His GraciousnessJohn 1:14PsalmPsalm 14Ourselves: Eliminating prideProverbs 11:2Proverbs 8:13Our Culture: Wisdom Proverbs 19:20All week, my evening...
2020-06-3009 min
God's Wisdom For TodaySearching For Wisdom Like it's Your Lost Cell Phone: Proverbs 2:3-4“Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain that they have lost their labor; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence” - Matthew HenryToday we’ll cover the second half of four verses which are a series of instructions to believers.
John Phillips outlines these verses as:
We Must Be Receptive (v 1)
We Must Be Responsive (v 2-3)
We Must Be Resolute (v 4)
Chuck Swindoll divides it into four disciplines
Discipline of the written Word of God (v 1)
Discipline of our inner desire (v 2)
Discipline of prevailing prayer (v 3)
Discipline of daily...
2020-06-3000 min
God's Wisdom For TodayBeing Receptive to the Word of God: Proverbs 2:1-2“It’s a biological principle that you will increasingly value whatever you make it a habit to pursue.” - Chuck SwindollToday we cover an overview of Proverbs chapter 2 and the big picture for the verses we’ll be looking at this week. Plus we dig in to the verses below.
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 2:1-2.
My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
listening closely to wisdom
and directing your heart to understanding; (CSB)
Good friend, take to heart what I'm telling you;
collect my counsels and guard them with your life...
2020-06-3000 min
Praying ScripturePsalm 13 ~ Pride ~ WisdomHey, hi! I’m Michelle Berkey and I'm live every weekday morning to pray the words of scripture back to God to honor him and talk to him about ourselves and our world. We’re using the Bible both as our actual prayers and also to prompt our prayers. This is the podcast version of that broadcast.Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s VersesWorship: Characteristics of God - His GraciousnessPsalm 86:15Psalm 103:8Psalm 145:8PsalmPsalm 13Ourselves: Eliminating prideLeviticus 26:192 Chronicles 26:16Our Cultu...
2020-06-3012 min
The What If ExperienceWhat If Things Change?I might have used that question before, now that I think about it. Oh well, this, my friends, is an update episode, and it’s coming at you a little sooner than I’d originally planned. I’m really not due for an update until July, which means I should have a whole ‘nother month to get my eating back under control before I have to tell you I did great for six weeks, then fell hard off the wagon. But, I’ve had some big shifts going on and I wanted to talk about those with you this week....
2018-06-0307 min
The What If ExperienceWhat If You Wage War Against Distraction? “A commitment to deep work…is a pragmatic recognition that the ability to concentrate is a skill that gets valuable things done. Deep work is important in other words, not because distraction is evil, but because it enabled Bill Gates to start a billion dollar industry in less than a semester” ~ Cal Newport. I’ve been tossing statistics at my son this month about multitasking, distraction, and focus. He, I think, feels like they’re hand grenades. He’s taking them personally as if I’m insulting the things he loves. He loves video games. He loves random videos...
2018-05-2713 min
The What If ExperienceWhat If You Can't Focus?I started a writing project ten months ago. When I started having to produce an article every day, I realized I was having trouble focusing. We tend to believe that focus is like a light switch, we just turn it either on or off when the necessity or the mood strikes us. But the truth is that research is finding that’s not what happens. When we develop brain patterns that impede our ability to focus, when we don't train that ability, when we want to flip that switch on, nothing happens. We live in a world that attacks ou...
2018-05-2111 min
The What If ExperienceWhat If--Look, A Bird!Let’s jump right in with statistics today. Inc. Magazine says that we’re spending an average of just 1 minute and 15 seconds on a task before being interrupted. Other statistics say that it takes 23-25 minutes to get back on track after an interruption. To put it another way, Dr. Gloria Mark, from the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, found that average information workers are interrupted every three minutes. If you do some super-high-level complicated math with me, that comes out to about 20 times every hour. Research shows that we t...
2018-05-1312 min
The What If ExperienceWhat If You Want To Be More Productive?I’m hungry for productivity. I want ways to get more done in less time. We all do. Time is one of our most limited resources in the day and age. The are thousands of articles, books, systems, workshops and products geared toward making us more productive. One of the things we all do to get more done is multitask. Whether it’s geared toward increasing work output or just that we’re afraid we’ll miss something if we don’t, we tend to multitask our way through life. We listen to podcasts or television while we cook. W...
2018-05-0612 min
The What If ExperienceWhat If You Had A Rhythm of Rest?I’m writing this after a tough month. I’m wiped out. Sort of. I am really tired. I just got home from a boy scout camping weekend. I came home early because I have a charity event tonight. And before I could start working on this episode, before I leave for the event, I laid my head down and took a 10-minute-power nap. I’m tired. But not as depleted as I expected to be after this month was over. That in itself is a glimmer of improvement. I knew talking about rest all month was somewh...
2018-04-3011 min
The What If ExperienceWhat If You Don't Feel Rested?I’m not feeling rested. Even if I sit and do nothing…I’m still not feeling rested. That led me to this month’s focus on rest and a quest to figure out what really will make me feel refreshed. I’ll add an aside here to mention that nutrition makes a difference. I feel much better today than I felt before I kicked off my healthy eating challenge six weeks ago. It’s a good start. But, here’s what I’ve discovered about rest. Work and Rest are teammates. We have a culture in this country tha...
2018-04-2210 min
The What If ExperienceWhat If You Need More Sleep?I’m fairly certain that in my audience, there will be very few people that haven’t heard that we, as a general population, need more sleep. If you’ve been listening to me for any length of time, you’ve heard me mention it before. If you’ve ever heard statistics on stress, nutrition, or health, you’ve probably heard that you should get more sleep. And yet, we aren’t. As a nation, we aren’t sleeping more. We’re actually sleeping less. We usually hear it as a general recommendation. You should sleep more. It’s not like you...
2018-04-1513 min
The What If ExperienceWhat If You Need Rest?It’s ironic really. April and December are typically the two busiest months of my year. 2018 is no exception. That makes it the perfect time to talk about rest, right? In the last few months I’ve been doing a better job getting consistent sleep, but the last three nights I got about 60% of what I usually get. So, I’m prepping this podcast while sleep deprived. Not a good way to start a crazy-busy month. I’ve talked about busy-ness before. I’ve talked about the importance of sleep before in small bits. But, apparently, something’s not penetr...
2018-04-0810 min
The What If ExperienceWhat If You Set Goals In January?Spring has sprung here in Middle Tennessee. As I work on this episode, it’s pouring down rain, we have flash flood warnings, and we expect up to 4” to fall tonight and tomorrow. It’s going to drown out the daffodils and cherry blossoms I’m afraid. What that really means for me is that allergy season is underway in one of the worst parts of the country for allergy sufferers like me. And what that means for you is that you get to suffer through a month of me sounding stuffed up. I’ll do my best to spare you...
2018-04-0114 min
The What If ExperienceWhat If Your World Lies to You?If our expectations affect our own behavior, the behavior of others, our relationships and even our health, then they’re pretty important. We talked about how disappointment is the difference between expectation and reality. But where do our expectations come from? What is it that’s setting us up for those differences and that disappointment? We begin filling up our backpack of expectations from the moment we’re born. Some of us learn to expect attention, food, dry clothes, or snuggles when we cry. Some of us learn to expect anger or neglect. These are expectations set from e...
2018-03-2511 min
The What If ExperienceWhat If You're Disappointed?When I began researching the topic of expectations for this month’s episodes I ran a quote search. And most of what I found were quotes like this: When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. -- Ryan Reynolds My life motto is basically to lower your standards and expectations so you're never disappointed and never put any trust in anything, -- Tavi Gevinson Expectation is the root of all heartbreak. -- William Shakespeare Expectations are premeditated resentments. -- Alcoholics Anonymous The secret to happiness is lo...
2018-03-1812 min