01/30/2025 Midtown Church Thursday Service
“Living Wisely: The Role of Wisdom in our Lives”
Pastor Tyronne Gross
Biblical Background
Proverbs 18:21
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Living Wisely: The role of Wisdom in our Lives!
1.Wisdom Starts with Listening
Proverbs 18:13
“To answer before listening—that is folly and shame.”
James 1:19
Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.
THE CHALLENGE
2.Wisdom Strengthens Relationships
Proverbs 18:24
“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
Proverbs 19:4
“Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.”
Proverbs 27:17
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
John 15:12-14
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.”
Godly Wisdom, Christ’s Example:
4 PRACTICAL STEPS
3.Wisdom Guides Our Words
Proverbs 18:21
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
James 3:5-6
The tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body.
Proverbs 15:4
The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
John 6:63
The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Before you speak, ask yourself:
James 1:5
If you any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault.
Let’s Commit To: