Proverbs 4
As I go back to school it is interesting to note how my listening skills need great improvement. My poor listening skills reveal much, including:
Pride: I speak often to try to show others my knowledge or intelligence - SIN!
Selfishness: I speak over others - SIN!.
Yesterday's sermon on supernatural (or uncommon) kindness was also revealing in that Pastor Scott spoke about Jesus' kindness that he demonstrated to others - even to his own detriment (i.e. dying on the cross).
I need God's help to listen - as this will help me gain wisdom. But first I must be willing to deny myself the prideful and selfish habits I have that get in the way. I must humbly accept that listening is a way of putting others first.
My Prayer: Lord, You are available any time I am to listen to anything I have to say - that You are so available and so patient is amazing. I need You because I am broken Lord in that I am full of both pride and selfishness. I thank You that You love me anyway but please forgive me for this sin. Refine me and purify me Lord Jesus and make me more like You.
The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. (v7)
As I go back to school it is interesting to note how my listening skills need great improvement. My poor listening skills reveal much, including:
Pride: I speak often to try to show others my knowledge or intelligence - SIN!
Selfishness: I speak over others - SIN!.
Yesterday's sermon on supernatural (or uncommon) kindness was also revealing in that Pastor Scott spoke about Jesus' kindness that he demonstrated to others - even to his own detriment (i.e. dying on the cross).
I need God's help to listen - as this will help me gain wisdom. But first I must be willing to deny myself the prideful and selfish habits I have that get in the way. I must humbly accept that listening is a way of putting others first.
My Prayer: Lord, You are available any time I am to listen to anything I have to say - that You are so available and so patient is amazing. I need You because I am broken Lord in that I am full of both pride and selfishness. I thank You that You love me anyway but please forgive me for this sin. Refine me and purify me Lord Jesus and make me more like You.
