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Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent
human being would eat?
If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio
out of coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?
The optimist sees the glass as half full.
The pessimist sees the glass as half empty.
The realist sees the glass as being twice as big
as it needs to be.
If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme stuff,
why didn't he just buy a roadrunner dinner?
Good judgment Good judgment comes from comes from experience; experience;
experience comes experience comes from bad judgmentfrom bad judgment
Good judgment Good judgment comes from comes from experience; experience;
experience comes experience comes from bad judgmentfrom bad judgment
““I, wisdom, I, wisdom, dwell together dwell together with prudence; with prudence;
I possess knowledge I possess knowledge and discretion.”and discretion.”
Proverbs 8: 1-21Proverbs 8: 1-21
““I was there when I was there when He set the heavens He set the heavens
in place, ...”in place, ...”
Proverbs 8: 22-36Proverbs 8: 22-36
““But God made the But God made the earth by His power; earth by His power;
He founded the He founded the world by His world by His wisdom…”wisdom…”
Jeremiah 10: 12-16Jeremiah 10: 12-16
““It is because of Him It is because of Him that you are in Christ that you are in Christ
Jesus, Jesus, who has become for who has become for
us wisdom from us wisdom from God…”God…”
I Corinthians 1 & 2I Corinthians 1 & 2
I was thinking about old age and decided that old age is
'when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too
tired to bounce it.’
““But I fear, lest But I fear, lest somehow, as the somehow, as the
serpent deceived Eve serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so by his craftiness, so your minds may be your minds may be corrupted from the corrupted from the simplicity that is in simplicity that is in
Christ.”Christ.”
II Corinthians 11: 3 II Corinthians 11: 3 NKJV
““Counsel and sound Counsel and sound judgment are mine.”judgment are mine.”
Proverbs 8: 14Proverbs 8: 14
““the Spirit of counsel the Spirit of counsel and of power...”and of power...”
Isaiah 11: 2Isaiah 11: 2““Unless I go away, the Unless I go away, the
Counselor will not come Counselor will not come to you….”to you….”John 16: 7John 16: 7
““And the child grew And the child grew and became strong; and became strong; he was filled with he was filled with wisdom, and the wisdom, and the grace of God was grace of God was
upon him.”upon him.”Luke 2: 39-40Luke 2: 39-40Luke 2: 46-47Luke 2: 46-47
Luke 2: 52Luke 2: 52
"Where did this man "Where did this man get this wisdom and get this wisdom and
these miraculous these miraculous powers?" powers?"
Matthew 13: 53-56Matthew 13: 53-56
““I will give you I will give you words and wisdom…” words and wisdom…”
Luke 21: 12-15Luke 21: 12-15Matthew 10: 19-20Matthew 10: 19-20
““Give me wisdom Give me wisdom and knowledge, and knowledge,
that I may lead this that I may lead this people…” people…”
II Chronicles 1: 6-II Chronicles 1: 6-1212
Ask for wisdom, Ask for wisdom, then believe and not then believe and not
doubt doubt
James 1: 5-8James 1: 5-8
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again. Then quit.
There’s no sense being a darn fool about it!
W.C Fields
Seize the day! Just think of all the ladies on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.
Erma Bombeck
"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there;
lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit
down on a hot stove-lid again – and that is well;
but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore."
Mark Twain
The manifold wisdom The manifold wisdom
of God should be of God should be made known how? made known how?
Ephesians 3: 7-12Ephesians 3: 7-12
God’s secret wisdom God’s secret wisdom I Corinthians 2: 7I Corinthians 2: 7
This mystery hidden This mystery hidden in God in God
Ephesians 3: 9Ephesians 3: 9
Christ in you, Christ in you, the hope of glorythe hope of gloryColossians 1: 25-27Colossians 1: 25-27
I I AMAM the church the church
I have the mind of I have the mind of Christ Christ
I am a letter from I am a letter from ChristChrist
II Corinthians 3: 1-II Corinthians 3: 1-33
I am the temple I am the temple of the Holy Spirit of the Holy Spirit
The fear of the The fear of the Lord – Lord –
that is wisdom, that is wisdom, and to shun evil and to shun evil is understanding is understanding
Job 28: 20-28Job 28: 20-28
Psalm 111Psalm 111Proverbs 9: 10, 15: Proverbs 9: 10, 15:
3333Isaiah 33: 5-6Isaiah 33: 5-6
“Women don't want to hear what you think. Women
want to hear what they think -- in a deeper voice.”
Bill Cosby
The church grew in The church grew in numbers, numbers,
living in the fear of living in the fear of the Lord the Lord
Acts 9: 31Acts 9: 31
Luke 12: 4-5Luke 12: 4-5
"The remarkable "The remarkable thing about fearing thing about fearing
God is that when you God is that when you fear God, you fear fear God, you fear
nothing else, nothing else, whereas if you do whereas if you do not fear God, you not fear God, you fear everything fear everything
else."else." (Oswald (Oswald
Chambers)Chambers)
One way that I fear the One way that I fear the Lord is that He will Lord is that He will
actually allow me to actually allow me to live the way I choose, live the way I choose,
through my own through my own wisdom.wisdom.
Romans 1Romans 1
““The fear of the Lord The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,” is a fountain of life,” but this healing fear but this healing fear is today hardly found is today hardly found
among Christian among Christian men.men.
A.W. TozerA.W. TozerThe Knowledge of The Knowledge of
the Holythe Holy