1418. Wisdom for Life — Ecclesiastes 7:1-14

1418.

Wisdom for Life
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Today's Passage: Ecclesiastes 7:1-14
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Invite God to join you in your reading. Ask Him for wisdom.
If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now.
He knows it. You are forgiven. 
Ask Him to help you embrace that truth to live it out.

a prayer:
Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight.

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7th strategy.
Repetitive Reading
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• Begin by getting your heart ready to receive the words that God has laid down for us on this page. Ask Him to give you what you need to hear. Ask Him to give you the mind of Christ to be able to remember this strategy and continue it throughout the day.
• Read the passage completely. Ask God to give you one verse that resonates in your heart today.
• Write the verse down on a pad of paper, sticky note, or even on your phone in notes or your calendar.
• Pray and ask God to give you a number of times to repeat this verse throughout the day. Write that number underneath the verse.
• Or ask Him if it would be better for you to read and repeat the verse three times and then do that again later in the day. Asking how many times to have this little repetitive session and writing that down under the verse.
• Every time you repeat the verse mark a tally under the verse.
• Do this throughout the day. Try to reach your set goal or above it.
• At the end of the day attempt to speak the verse without looking at it.
• Before bed repeat the verse again either rereading it off of the paper, or quoting it from memory. Either is a glory to God.
• And remember, God gleans great pleasure when you stop and thank Him for being with your throughout your day.

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1. A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume.
And the day you die is better than the day you are born.

2. Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties.
After all, everyone dies — so the living should take this to heart.

3. Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us.

4. A wise person thinks a lot about death, while a fool thinks only about having a good time.

5. Better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool.

6. A fool's laughter is quickly gone, like thorns crackling in a fire. This also is meaningless.

7. Extortion turns wise people into fools, and bribes corrupt the heart.

8. Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride.

9. Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool.

10. Don't long for  "the good old days." This is not wise.

11. Wisdom is even better when you have money. Both are a benefit as you go through life. 

12. Wisdom and money can get you almost anything, but only wisdom can save your life.

13. Accept the way God does things, for who can straighten what he has made crooked?

14. Enjoy prosperity while you can, but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God. Remember that nothing is certain in this life.

Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 NLT

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