Open Mouth, Insert Wisdom

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue…"

• Words have power.

• Your words can have the power of death

• Your words can have the power of life

The Good Gift of Hard Words

• What it takes to be the giver of this good gift

• What it takes to be the receiver of this good gift

• What makes the gift so good

Wise Emotion-Life

God’s emotion-life reveals his beautiful wisdom

Our emotion-life is meant to reflect the beautiful wisdom of God

Our emotion life, therefore, must be rooted in the right fear of the right person

Money Talks

Our money says 6 things about us. We are either…

1) Ruined or Rich

• 10:22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it

2) Greedy or Generous

• 11:24 One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

3) Controlling or Contributing

• 11:26 The people curse him who holds back grain but a blessing on the head of him who sells it

4) Lying or Loving

• 20:23 Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

5) Hasty or Habitual

• 13:11 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

6) Poor or Prioritized

• 30:8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me…

The Road Rarely Taken

There are only two ways that call to us

There is only one person to whom they call

There is a bunch of life or death differences

The Worth of Wisdom

• Wisdom’s worth is determined by its source

• Wisdom’s worth is demonstrated by it’s effectiveness

• Wisdom’s worth demands a costly pursuit