The Difference...In Opportunity, Environment And Especially The People In Your Life. Whose opinion do you cherish? Whose counsel do you pursue? Who do you long to protect? Whose Favor has been the turning point in your life? You Will Only Keep What You Are Willing To Protect. These Wisdom Keys will be turning points in your life..!
1. Anyone God Has Assigned To Intercede For You.
“And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none,” (Ezekiel 22:30). “If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father which is in Heaven,” (Matthew 18:19). “Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way,” (1 Samuel 12:23). “And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt,” (Genesis 19:29).2. Anyone Willing To Battle For You In Your Absence.
“And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself,” (1 Samuel 19:1-2). “…not slanderers,” (1 Timothy 3:11). “…let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile,” (1 Peter 3:10).3. Anyone In Your Scriptural Chain of Authority.
“Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you,” (Hebrews 13:7, 17). “And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand,” (Genesis 39:3-4). “But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the- 177 -
prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper,” (Genesis 39:21-23). “Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon,” (Daniel 2:48).
4. Anyone Willing To Correct You Honestly.
“Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee,” (Proverbs 9:8). “He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth,” (Proverbs 10:17). “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured,” (Proverbs 13:18). “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,” (2 Timothy 3:16).5. Anyone You Can Trust…With Your Weakness, Your
Pain And Your Finances.
“Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint,” (Proverbs 25:19). “…discover not a secret to another,” (Proverbs 25:9). “Discretion shall preserve thee,” (Proverbs 2:11).6. Someone Who Trusts You.
“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother,” (Proverbs 18:24). “A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity,” (Proverbs 17:17). “...The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle,” (1 Samuel 18:1, 3-4). “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour,” (Ecclesiastes 4:9).7. Anyone Who Persuades You To Trust God.
“But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a Rewarder of them that diligently seek Him,” (Hebrews 11:6). “How then shall they call on Him in Whom they have not believed? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!” (Romans 10:14-15). “Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord,” (2 Kings 17:28).7 Most Important People In Your Life
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