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Tuesday... Oh, that we would be this.


Tuesday... Oh, that we would be this.

Proverbs 22:3 (NIRV) says, "Wise people see danger and go to a safe place. But childish people keep going and suffer for it." Oh that we would be wise. Oh that we would be this.

Verses 17-19 says, "Pay attention and listen to the sayings of wise people. Apply your heart to the sayings I teach. It is pleasing when you keep them in your heart. Have all of them ready on your lips. You are the one I am teaching today. That's because I want you to trust in the Lord." Oh, that we would do this. Oh that our children would do this. Oh that we would seek wisdom and that we would trust in the Lord. Oh that we would do this.

And then Ephesians 5:1-2 (NLT) also give us some great advice. It says, "Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loves us and offered a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God." And for sure, that is what we want to be. Oh that we would be a pleasing aroma to God and it comes by imitating God by living a life filled with love and being a follower of the example of Christ. And oh that we would be and do this.

Please understand this. It can be if we choose to do and be what God wants us to do and be. It is our choice. It doesn't just happen. So, let's choose to do and be what he wants us to do and be. Oh, that we would be this. Oh, God may it be so! Yes, yes! #todaybeginning

 

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