Have you ever been so busy trying to get from one place to another that you miss the precious moments that would have created a treasured memory? Has your life ever been so crazy that you miss all the beautiful, small things going on right in front of you?
Don’t copy the behavior of this world! – Romans 12:2 NLT I don’t know about you, but everything in this world seems so ridiculously busy these days. It’s like system sensory overload to where our minds can’t seem to switch off from our cell phones or computers! Do you realize 75% of the world’s population …
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“Focus on one thing…” – Phil. 3:13 NLT In my last blog posts I spoke about the unhealthy focus of self-examination and the most important thing. In this one, I am emphasizing that we need to only focus on the one thing. High Demand Multitasking is the New Norm We live in a microwave culture …
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“Examine yourself to see whether you are in the faith.“ – 2 Corinthians 13:5 NIV What you focus your attention on is the most crucial things in life. It determines what you believe about yourself and what you believe about God. Even Jesus said that your eyes are the windows to your heart. Your focus …
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“There is only one thing worth being concerned about.” Luke 10:42 NLT So, what is the most important thing in your life that you are concerned about? Could this be your family, your job, your finances, your health, or even your retirement plan? What about from a spiritual perspective? Did you know there are two …
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“I have brought you glory on earth” – John 17:4a NIV Who Will You Believe? Although it may not seem true in the moment when it happens, we have a personal choice to make when someone tells us that what we are believing can’t be done when God says it can be. Doesn’t it say …
“Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.” – Song of Songs 2:15 Isn’t it interesting that sometimes in life, even when things are going great, there can be these “little foxes” that hugely aggravate us and distract us? These “little foxes,” if we let …
In simple terms, biblical wisdom is the capacity to understand life and how to implement ideas based on God’s perspective. Or put another way, “wisdom is the appropriate application of knowledge.” It is clear in the Word that wisdom is an invaluable virtue that is priceless, rare, immeasurable and too deep to fathom on our own.
Understanding is the ability to interpret and translate into meaning the facts or information that you have gathered (knowledge). To come to an understanding of anything, you have to be able to extract the meaning from the information you have. In essence, you have to move from factual information to the understanding of the dynamics of whatever you are endeavoring to understand: the how, what and why.
Knowledge is the accumulation of facts and data through studying, research, investigation, observation and even experiences. It’s being aware of something and having the details to know. People with “knowledge” are able to collect, remember, and access information. It is possible to have knowledge, but to also have a complete lack of understanding and wisdom. A person might have the facts, but they don’t know what the information means or what to do next with it.
