the secrets of biblical wisdom: unleashing the power of heavenly insight in your life

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Kyle Searcy personies wisdom. From parenting to pastoring,

Kyle ue the widom o Solomo with the compio o

the Good Smrit d the evgelitic pio o Peter t

Petecot. Hi ilicl d prcticl iight o widom co-

tain the potential to radically improve all eatures o your lie!

Dr. Jy Wol, ptor, Firt Bptit Church,

Motgomery, Alm

Lie is composed o choices. The quality o wisdom is choice.

Kyle Searcy oers biblical, practical, theologically signicantinsights into how to select biblical wisdom rather than human

or eculr widom. Hi techig come out o hi ow ith

journey. Choosing biblical wisdom puts us on the path o

ulllig God purpoe.

Dr. Joh Ed Mthio, Joh Ed Mthio Lederhip

Miitrie; Frzer Uited Methodit Church

We c get eough ood, wter d other eetil o lie,ut oe c ever hve eough widom. Acceig widom

rom withi d without i cott quet or thoe who

eek to grow d help other do the me. I The Secrets o

Biblical Wisdom, Ptor Kyle Sercy will led you o jour-

ey o cquirig widom while removig ll the mytique. I

wt to e wier. Dot you?

Dr. Smuel R. Chd, uthor, Cracking Your ChurchsCulture Code; www.mchd.com

Kyle Sercy i lederhip expert whom people hould e

ollowing, and his book The Secrets o Biblical Wisdom is

good reo. Lederhip i uilt o trog deciio, d

widom i powerul oudtio. Get thi ook. It ever

too lte to e remided o the power o wie choice.

Phil Cooke, lmmker d medi coultt; uthor,

One Big Thing: Discovering What You Were Born to Do


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My ried Kyle Sercy h cptured the hert o God d

put it i writig. A I red thi mucript, it elt much like

a spiritual GPS had been placed on the dashboard o my

oul. Kyle Sercy key i the detitio d delictely vi-

gte u roud the otcle d error o hum logic d

reoig.

Joh A. Kilptrick, ouder d eior ptor,

Church o Hi Preece, Dphe, Alm

A I opeed up thi ook to red, I ked myel the que-tio, Wht eliever o erth doet log to e truly wie

person? There are ew authors who achieve the depth and

breadth on the subject o wisdom that Kyle Searcy has reached

in his book The Secrets o Biblical Wisdom. I know that I

will perolly e wier pero or redig it d pplyig

it to my ow perol lie.

Dr. Cidy Jco, co-ouder, Geerl Itertiol

I may be over eighty, but I still eel the need to grow in

widom. I m deeply ideted to my ried Kyle or movig

me to ew height i udertdig wht widom relly i!

C. Peter Wger, vice-preidet, Glol Sphere, Ic.


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The SecreT S of

BiBlicaliSdom

Unleash ing th e Power o f Heave n ly Ins igh t in Yo ur L i f e

Kyl e Searcy

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Foreword y Bihop Hrry R. Jcko Jr. 9

Prologue y Dutch Sheet 13

Ackowledgmet 17

Itroductio 19

1. Whe Do You Kow It the Rel Thig? 21

2. Widom Plyook 37

3. Widom: The Iight Whiperer 53

4. Kowledge: Widom Brillice 73

5. Attitude: A Gl Hl-Full o Widom 916. Widom Firt Commdmet 107

7. Widom Secod Commdmet 127

8. Widom Come Cle 143

9. Widom Jourey o Succe 163

10. How to Mke Widom Your Ow 179

Note 187


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fw

It w hl time. We were loig gme to leer rivl,

and it was both rustrating and embarrassing to all ou. Our college ootll coch, the lte Roert Odell (

Heim Trophy ruer-up), gve peech tht chlleged

my young teammates and me to the core. He said with a gru

resolve that could never be imitated, Potential is interest-

ing but perormance is everything. He was telling us that

we outclassed our opponents in every way, except the way

tht couted tht teroo. Hi word were like god thtpricked our cociece.

The coachs speech had tapped into a visceral level o wis-

dom. His wisdom inspired us collectively to rise against a

seemingly insurmountable challenge (given the awed rst

hal). His words empowered our entire team to think and act

dieretly. Ad i repoe to hi chidig, we did wht we

kew how to do d wo the gme.

What is wisdom? Among a myriad o other things, it is

the art o taking acts or nasty realities and turning these raw


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Foreword

materials into competent action, solved problems, healed

reltiohip or ullled drem. Widom i gme wier.

Everyone thinks they have it. Yet like common sense, it is

ucommo.

Widom i the wer to our gretet militry prolem,

our world-wide economic woes and important situations too

umerou to cout. Oe hudred percet widom i impo-

ile to tti, o who could dre write ook o widom?

Someone who knows that wisdom is not a destination at

the ed o widig rod ut rther rerehig utce

ped o to u like wter to wery deert trveler. At et,

the wisest o us has extraordinary communion with someone

who pe o to u thi lie-utiig git.

Kyle Searcy is a ellow traveler who speaks only about

the kinds o roads he has traveled. He speaks only rom

wht he h lered y viewig lie through the lee o

ilicl truth. He pek oly wht he h lered through

trial and error. In real sense, Kyle has not just given us nug-

gets o wisdom but has shared with us a way o wisdom.

This is all made possible because he has ound a way o

cceig widom rom our SourceJeu. Kyle h give

us incredible stories and prayers that will bring serve as

water to thirsty readers reaching toward new dimensions o

widom.

Kyle h lo mde The Secrets o Biblical Wisdom u

and exciting read. Please remember that this work is more

th jut hdook or every Chriti, regrdle o your

time in the Kingdom. It is a resource that osters a relationship

with the Lord tht i rel d prcticl d h the potetil

to change your lie! The question is whether you will hear the

word o my coch rom yer goPotetil i iteretig

ut perormce i everythig!


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I hope you will chooe ctio, perormce d ruitul-

ness. Then ater you have read Kyles words, continue the

mircle. Give thi ook to your mot vlued ried.

Bihop Hrry R. Jcko Jr.

Seior ptor o the Hope Coectio i the

Whigto, D.C., d Orldo, FL, re

Preidig ihop o the Itertiol Commuio o

Evgelicl Churche


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Pgu

Several years ago my daughter Hannah had a ascinating

dream in which her mother and I were dropping her o atcollege. Whe give her room igmet, he w told

it w i prticulr uildig o the Gry Floor. Wht

do you thik tht me? Hh ked whe reltig the

drem to me.

I knew rom a study I had been doing that in the Scriptures

the color gray symbolized wisdomgray hairand elderactu-

lly come rom the me word. I your chool, plce thtrepreet lerig, you were iged to live o the oor o

Widom, I told her.

The he id, Dd, whe they gve me my room it w

umer 601. I kow tht eem trge, ut it w very cler

i my drem601.

Instantly I knew what this meant, also. With my love o

word studies, I had examined the Greek words reveal and

revelation enough to remember their numbers in Strongs

umerig ytem or New Tetmet word: 601 d 602.


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Prologue

You were assigned the room o Revelation on the foor o

Widom, I told her. Immeditely I w remided o Ephe-

sians 1:17, That the God o our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father

o glory, may give to you a spirit o wisdom and o revelation

i the kowledge o Him (nasb).

Hannahs dream launched me on a quest to better un-

dertd the iter-workig o thee two pect o ler-

ing. The symbolic designations o her room (Revelation)

d oor (Widom) were itriguig. Widom w roder

d provided omethig to uild o, yet it wt completewithout room o Reveltio. Neither would e dequte

or uctiol without the other. Reveltiotht which i

revealed to us by the Holy Spirit concerning a particular

matter or subjectmust be interpreted in the larger con-

text o widom geerl udertdig o God wy,

purpoe d priciple lered over time. Every oor o

Wisdom must have a room o Revelation, I realized, andevery room o Revelation must be ound on the foor o

Wisdom.

I The Secrets o Biblical Wisdom, my der ried Kyle

Searcy has ound the dormitory in Hannahs dream. Laced

with reveltio, hi cler iight o widom come live.

In them I ound not only understanding but also relevance.

He hred more th the what with me, ut lo the whyd the how. Sometime I red or lite to rillice d

d myel kig, Who cre? But I red thi ook,

I oud Kyle rilliced mke o mitke out it,

he is brilliantowing o the pages and into my ap-

plicle le o regulr i. I kew I could pply hi

wisdom; I could build with his insights. Youll have the

me experiece.

You re holdig i your hd treure mp, my ried.

Follow it and youll discover great enrichment; apply its


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priciple d youll d ucce. Lie i r too preciou to

wte; mke ure you live it wiely!

Dutch Sheet

Executive Director, Chrit or the Ntio Ititute

Author, Authority in Prayerd Intercessory Prayer


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aknwgnts

Iwt to thk Jeu, J Sherm, Je Cmpell d

the Chosen sta. I also want to thank Bishop Harry

Jcko or hi ecourgemet d or coectig me

with Chosen. I want to express deep appreciation to my wie,Kemi, our mily d the church mily I derly love.


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intutn

Irecetly retured rom trip tht w oe o the mot

avorable and ruitul I have ever taken. I went to Ghana,Wet Aric, to tke prt i the Fresh Fire coerece t

Word Miracle Church International. Bishop Charles Agyina-

sare was the conerence host, and Dr. Morris Cerullo was one

o the keynote speakers, along with me. The entire experience

was lie changing. Not only was the conerence laced with

the re and glory o God, but my personal times with the

Lord were also lie transorming. I came back to Americawith ew iight, ew grce d ew ocu, d o coure,

I lo received resh fre.

I returned home extremely excited. I could not wait to

prech tht ext Sudy. I jut kew the Lord would led me

to teach a message on resh re, resh Holy Spirit or resh

something. Whatever it was, I was certain He would want

me to relee wht I received while I w i Aric. I quieted

mysel beore the Lord and began to ask Him, What should

I hre?


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Introduct ion

As I waited on the Lord, He strongly directed my mind

towrd the topic o widom. Sice widom hd little to do

with the word resh or fre, I heitted or momet. I co-

tiued to iclie my hert towrd hevely iight, ut the

impression did not change. Scriptures on wisdom and its

importance in our lives fooded my mind. I became convinced

tht the livig God w directig me to cocetrte o thi

eetil uject.

The momet the Lord itructed me to hre o widom,

I knew instinctively that it was one o the most importantthings to ocus on or the days ahead. I elt how urgent and im-

portt it i or God people to egi emrcig widom

a leading grace in their lives. I knew God was ready to release

it to Hi people i much greter meure. I lo udertood

that as a condition o receiving wisdom, we must value its

welth, umit to it opertio d purue it imprttio.

Immeditely I luched o puruit o widom tht co-

tinues to this day. I must have more wisdom. I desire it deeply.

I log or it eretly d purue it peritetly. Widom h

power to trorm our live d hpe our uture.

Throughout this book, I will share what wisdom is and

what it does. My aim is not theological understanding alone.

I eek to crete i you itile thirt or widom. I wt

you hugry or it. I wt widom to ecome your primry

puruit. I wt to eek d d it together with you o thtwe my rep the ruit o it weet rewrd. A we ulock the

ecret o ilicl widom together, our live will chge or

the etter.

Red o . . . widom wit!


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1Wn d yu Knwits t r Tng?

Iknew this would be one o the most important decisions

o my lie. Having dated many girls since my early teens,

I thought dig wie would e ey. I would jut pick

the oe whom I liked d woo her util I wo her. But ow,

things were dierent. I was newly born-again, so God had

etered the mrrige equtio.

To complicte mtter, I hd decided to go ito the mi-itry. I w i my erly twetie d elt the time w ripe or

marriage, but I had to choose wiselynot everyone could

handle the role o a pastors wie. Destiny hung over my

hed, weighig o my deciio. I did ot wt ythig to

lter the cll God hd o my lie. The impct o my choice

clled or me to ort thig out.

I took log wlk i the prk d coidered the kid o

wom who might t ito my ew lie. I would eed her to

love God lot! I would eed her to emrce who I w


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as a person and what I was planning to do with my lie.

Beyod my eed, I hve to dmit tht I hd ome deire.

Would she be pretty? How would she dress? Then, there

beckoned the awkward question o how a uture pastor

dates someone. Should we only talk about spiritual mat-

ter . . . or could we jut e like everyoe ele d dicover

who we were people? For the ext our d hl yer,

I pet much time poderig uch quetio. Somehow, I

kew thi preprtio w groomig me to elect jut the

right girl.I ought or ome meure o how I hould go out the

proce o dig lie prter. I coured the Scripture tht

held priciple out chooig mte. I red torie out

how God directed people toward marriage. One evening I

red Geei 24, d the word eg jumpig o the pge.

In this passage, we nd Abraham had grown too old to search

or a wie or his beloved son, Isaac. To keep his son rom

mrryig ito the hethe populce roud them, Arhm

mde hi ervt promie to d Ic wie rom their ow

mily ck i the old coutry. The ervt w ucerti

wht he hould do i uch girl reued to trvel ck with

him to meet Ic. Arhm ured him tht i the wom

did not wish to come to their land, the servant would be

releed rom hi duty.

The servant traveled back to Abrahams homeland, saty well d w group o youg ldie pproch to etch

wter. He ked the Lord,

My it e tht whe I y to girl, Plee let dow your jr

tht I my hve drik, d he y, Drik, d Ill wter

your camels toolet her be the one you have chosen or

your ervt Ic. By thi I will kow tht you hve how

kide to my mter.

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Oe girl did top d oer wter or oth the ervt d

hi cmel. Thi youg wom, Reekh, jut hppeed to

e relted to Arhm. She eemed like wer to pryer,

ut the l tet would come whe Arhm ervt met

her ather and set the bride-price. Would Rebekah be willing

to leve her mily, trvel to ukow ld d ecome

the wie o ukow m? She w! She imply id, I

will go (vere 58).

Thi mzig tory ecme guidig light or my erch.

I wanted God to show me in a similar manner whom Hewted me to mrry (o cmel eeded). Ad the true tet

would e whe he id ye.

My search began. I became riends with a number o

lovely young women to whom I was attracted and who were

doig their ow erchig or jut the right mte. It trted

with Sally, the rst lady my eyes saw at the campus Bible

tudy I joied. (Nme hve ee chged throughout mystories to protect individual privacy.) She was slim and pretty,

and she had a godly demeanor that I respected. To top it

ll o, he hd git o igig. I could ee u miiterig

together; her voice would perectly complement my preach-

ig! She eemed it quiet d hy, which ppeled to me

or ome reo.

The second possibility was a young lady named Lydia. Oursenior pastor had partnered us to lead the college ministry in

our church. I admired Lydia because o her great intellect. She

w ttely d tll. I could ot help imgiig, eve though

I kew it w hllow to thik thi wy, tht we relly looked

gret together. Our tyle d pperce were imilr. Not

only that, but she had a sot, kind heart and was compassion-

te towrd people. I loved thee trit. My o our college

riends automatically assumed Lydia would become my wie.

Mrryig her eemed like the logicl thig to do.


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Then I met Marian. She came highly recommended by

an older couple who thought she would be perect or me.

Marian displayed godly traits and was a very serious person.

I repected Mr. d Mr. Phelp, whom I w my piritul

pret, d I elt I eeded to coider their dvice eriouly.

I elt I hould give pecil weight to their thought out my

uture with Mri.

Aother youg ldy med Cidy w very ttetive. She

did ll he could to dote o me. She would k i I hd ete

or was getting enough rest. I I needed anything, I knewCindy would drop everything and meet my request i she

could. Thi kid o tretmet c e tterig d poil the

little oy i every m.

Thee were ew o the lovely youg wome rom whom

I might chooe wie. Wht hould I do? Who w the right

one? I you had been there to advise me, what would you have

id? Would you hve picked Slly, Lydi, Mri or Cidy?Or would you have shown me a guiding spiritual principle

y which I could mke my ow deciio?

I will ll you in on my decision in a minute. But rst, I want

to dicu mkig right choice, which i itegrl prt o

exercising supernatural wisdom. Supernatural wisdom is

ville to every Chriti, d I hope thi ook will help

you discover not only how to become wiser, but how to share

i the eet widom c rig to your lie o dily i.

Right choice re jut oe o thoe eet.

Wisdom Always Gets It Right

Every human being has weighty decisions to make at one

time or other. For you it my ot ivolve whom to mrry,

ut the prticulr deciio you ce my impct your lie o

just as grand a scale. What i you received a money-back


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guarantee that right answers were available whenever you

eeded them? Who would ot jump t uch ttic del?

Dot you wih ometime you could plug your ri ito

the mot techologiclly dvced dte d get the et

wer to preig prolem? Hve you ever thought out

how cool it would be i you could, just like Neo in The Matrix,

call the Controller and request that a program be downloaded

i your ri to ele you to do thig procietly tht you

ormlly re ot equipped or tried to do?

Hve you ever wihed you could hire t o eoedadvisors to help you make brilliant decisions and correct

choice? Thik out the coveiece o hvig Dr. Phil or

an equivalent instantly available to aid in handling your rela-

tionship crises when they occur. This would be a lie changer!

What i Dale Carnegie could pop up on your iPad to help

you olve commuictio hle etwee you d your co-

workers, amily and riends? This could change your dailyoutlook!

Dont you wish you had the willpower o the best workout

trier, the iight o the mot vvy cil ivetor d

the orgized chedule o time mgemet guru to help

you keep your prioritie tright d ot get o trck?

Dont you wish there were a button you could push and an

entourage o bodyguards, health counselors and lie coacheswould remi t your dipol to help you vigte through

lie?

Too good to e true? The wer my urprie you. You

have all these abilities at your disposal without pushing a

utto. Thee wer to lie preig iue re oud i

oe ourcewidom. Widom goe eyod itellect, com-

mo ee d the et couelor ville. I ct, widom

is so broad sweeping, it cannot be restricted merely to the

cerio I lited ove. It i eyod hum udertdig,


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beyond our radarscope o logic. This is because wisdoms

ource i out o thi world.

Most people, however (even the most mature among us), do

ot kow how to tp i to thi vlule commodity, let loe

miti it. I hope thee pge will hed ome light o how

to accomplish those things. True wisdom helps you maximize

every opportunity presented to you during your lietime. And

who would ot wt to live lie i the mrt le?

Supernatural Wisdom to Choose

What about my lie-changing decision about whom to marry?

How could I cce the godly, lie-chgig widom eyod

hum udertdig tht I kew w ville to me? Ech

woman I considered seemed compatible and companionable.

I could imgie lie with lmot y oe o them.

My tory outcome my eem uuul. For mot people,it would e. But hvig cce to the widom God gve me

is not meant to be unusual at all, and the quest or a lie

prter ecme turig poit or me i thi re. I oud

more th wie; I oud widom.

I contemplated relationships with these wonderul women

rom every angle. A ew times I asted, going without any

ood or ew dy i the hope tht I would kow wht todo and eel certain o wisdoms answer. Yet my heart had

o pece.

Back to my knees I went. Then, on December 5, 1990,

ater praying or several hours, I received a strong impres-

io out the pero I w to mrry. No erthquke or ig

booming voice rom heaven came, but I had a clear impression

to God choice or me. Everythig i my mid d pirit

seemed to line up with the thought. It had taken our and

hl yer, ut I lly elt ure iide. I hd my wer!


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I elt ee o relie d er imulteouly. Wht i I

were wrog? Wht i I did ot like her ter we eg re-

ltiohip? Wht i he reued to mrry me? To complicte

mtter o whole other level, I kew very little out thi

youg wom. I kew her rt med it w ot Slly,

Lydi, Mri or Cidy! Thi youg ldy, Kemi, cme rom

Arica and took Christianity very seriouslyyet that is all

I kew out her.

I have to admit that I was attracted to Kemi on many levels.

Her commitmet to God w oviou. She w weet, prettyand stylish. From aar, she seemed as i she had a sense o

humor, and other people really liked her. These qualities

were i her vor, ut they were ot eough; he eeded to

p widom crutiy. I eeded to kow eyod y dout

tht Kemi w the oe. A I pryed out it, widom led me

to seek a noncoincidental conrmation. I prayed, God,

i You re pekig Kemi to my hert, plee corm thi yomeoe ele o I c e ure. The wer w ot r o.

Later that day, I called my sister Karen, who lived in another

city. Hlwy ito our covertio out icidetl mily

anecdotes, she said, Oh! I had a dream about you last night.

I dremt I w you o lrge cruie hip with omeoe rom

Aric. The word Mr. and Mrs. Arica were writte o it.

Then she asked me, Are you getting married or going toAric? Or mrryig omeoe rom Aric?

What were the odds o my sister experiencing such a dream

o the me dy I w coiderig mrryig girl rom A-

rica? Amazed at Gods aithulness, I knew Karens words

bore the conrmation I needed. This was especially true since

neither Karen nor anyone else had any knowledge o my

thoughtI hd ot told oul.

Now everything lined up nicely. I had an absolute inner

certityKemi w The Oe. My iter drem cemeted


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my reolve. But it i oe thig to kow wht God wt d

another to ollow through. I remember eeling surreal and

thinking, I cant believe this is happening. I was past scaredI

w hkig cred!

Ater ew dy, I got my ier eelig d er uder

cotrol. I kew I hd to purue coure o ctio to ee i

wht I elt could e right. I decided to let Kemi kow wht I

thought durig our Fridy ight pryer meetig. I t wy

rom everyone or most o the prayer time, trying to gain

enough nerve to ask her. I played several scenarios over in mymid. At time I would wver d try to tlk myel out o

pprochig her. Filly, I wxed old, tood up d wlked

tright to her. I oud her keelig over chir, pryig. I

tpped her o the houlder d ked her to ollow me to

quieter plce.

I had to rally every nerve in my body so that I could declare,

It look though God i ledig me to k you to e mylie prter, ut I could e wrog. Plee pry out it d

let me kow wht you thik.

Exterlly I ppered old; iterlly I could ot elieve I

was saying these words. What took all o two minutes seemed

like an eternity to me. Ater blurting the words out, there was

momet o deep ilece. Emrred, I lmot rected,

then I heard Kemis voice. She simply said, Yes, sir, andquickly wlked wy.

Yes, sirwhat kind o an answer was that? Mixed emo-

tions swept over me. On the one hand, I actually elt great

reliet let my igmet w over. I lo elt proud o

myel or ot chickeig out. Eve i Kemi cme ck d

told me no, at least I had been bold enough to ask. The gnaw-

ig eelig ow hd ee tied. O the other hd, I elt

dismay at the prospect o what she might say. What i she did

say no in the ace o what I had heard rom God? What then?


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Kemi returned a ew minutes later, interrupting my thoughts.

Lookig up, I w hocked to ee the codece o her ce.

She id, To e hoet, ir, Ive kow out thi or ome

time ow.

Suddenly I elt awkward. I swallowed hard and asked, Oh,

relly? Do you eve kow my lt me?

She miled d dmitted, No.

At this point I elt compelled to say, Well, youd better

ler it ecue it will oo e your lt me.

Kemi pued or momet, miled d let.Sitting in the same chair or the rest o the evening, I

kept thinking, What have I just done? But in spite o the

trgee o the evet tht hd tke plce, I elt pece.

It eemed right ecue it w rightthough ot i the wy

your mind can manipulate you into believing something

because you want it so badly. This was a peace that came

rom oeyig God.Kemi d I were mrried te week lter21 yer go t

the time o thi writig. I m coviced tht widom guided

me in the important decision o whom to marry, and I am

grateul. Wisdoms voice went beyond the thoughts o a con-

ciece or good doe o commo ee. I ct, i thi ce

widom wet out o it wy to precrie uuul coure

o ctio. I received reveltio, my iter gve cormtiothrough drem, I let the Word o God guide me through

the story o nding Isaacs bride, and wisdom was conrmed

y Kemi frmtive wer.

Learning to gather wisdom rom these sources was not

itteou or me y y me. I hd pet yer d-

ig out how widom worked d prcticig it pplictio.

During this time I began to learn how wisdom could be mea-

sured out even to a young adult like me. I kept placing mysel

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how that direction should work in my lie and walking in

oediece to ee widom ruit.

The reo I elieve I did ot mke wrog choice i tht

early in my walk with God, I had decided to ollow wisdoms

whispera determination I have thanked God or continually.

Wisdom did not just help me nd the answer; it taught me the

right quetio to k. Widom lerted me whe omethig

did not seem right and set me at peace when everything came

ito ligmet.

The wy God led me i thi deciio, ot to metio howI repoded, my eem uelievle. But I elieve mot o u

c experiece more o uch pecic d prcticl method

o receivig God widomi oly we udertd how. At

the very let, I thik you c relte to my eekig the Lord

or guidance and to the peace I elt at responding to the

guidce I received.

Wisdom to Change Your World

Imgie wht dierece jut mll portio o godly wi-

dom could make in your lie. Think about how it might aect

your creer or impct your choice o mte. Imgie riig

your kids using a good dose o godly wisdom. Godly wisdom

improve your lie regrdle o your proeio, your milysituation and your personal circumstances. Once you have it,

problems become easier to solvea result everyone can enjoy.

Mot o u pprecite widom vlue to certi degree,

but we tend to underestimate its true worth. I would like

to how you how importt widom i. I ct, I hope tht

by the time you read the last page o this book, you will

experience an exponential increase in how you plug in to

wisdom and operate in its wake. We will also explore wis-

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widom. Through redig thee pge, I hope your cpcity

to receive those blessings will increase. As you understand

wisdoms inestimable importance to your lie, I hope you will

put coiderle time d eergy ito eekig it.

Perhp you, too, hve experieced time whe you kew

that a decision you had to make would impact the rest o your

lie. You my eve e chlleged with uch deciio you

red thi. You cot igore your choice; they td eore

you d demd repoe. But eyod mkig idividul

deciio, you hve God-give detiy. God h purpoeor you, a path or you alone to walk on this planet. You

must make many determinations along the way, and some

o thoe will either urther or hider God purpoe or you.

Hi widom c keep you o trck.

You and I must depend on and trust Gods wisdom. It

really is not that difcult. How can we nd it? Wisdom is

ot eluive. It my pper hidde, ut it wit egerly to ediscovered. Wisdom has much to say. It stands ready to guide

u i ech d every deciio. Followig godly widom will

llow u to hu regret.

I the chpter tht ollow, I will ope up my lie to how

you how wisdom has worked or me. At times I listened to the

iight I received; t time I did ot d eded up pyig the

consequences. Through my experiences and through teachingrom Scripture, I will help you learn to tap in to wisdoms

iexhutile reource o you c receive guidce d d

answers. I believe you will be able to put every lesson I learned

to ue i your ow lie. You jut eed ew priciple, ome

practice time and the ability to know wisdom when you see it.

I also will share how wisdom gives us insight. We will look

at the ruit o wisdom in terms o intelligence, communi-

cation and making the best choices. We will examine how

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to ulll our prioritie d how widom help u live ely

i trecherou world.

Udertdig the importce o widom i jut the rt

step in this adventure o discovering the secrets o biblical

widom. I m excited out tkig thi jourey with you. I

the ed, I elieve we ll will e wier reult.

The ext prt o our dveture together will ivolve u-

derstanding what wisdom will produce in us once we pos-

sess it. But beore we move into the next chapter, I would

like to mke ome decree with you cocerig widom. Iact, woven into the text o my chapters are both decrees

and prayers. My desire is that this book will impact your

hed d your hert. The pue we tke to reect, pry d

mke decree re deiged to iterrupt your tri o thought

so your knowledge is not limited to your head, but is also

etertied i your hert.

The decree we will mke re ttemet or declrtiotht pre our ith orwrd d cruh el-dout d er.

They help thoughts become more deeply planted in our

hearts. A armer does not leave seeds in the packets and hope

they will grow. Instead, he places the seeds in the ground

o they hve the potetil to grow. I the me wy, we ow

seedsour wordsby speaking them out to connect our

aith with Gods promises. This evokes authority both onerth d i heve.

I iclude the pryer o tht we tke momet to pue,

humble our hearts beore God and receive impartation o

the principles we just covered. The act o prayer creates a

widow or the Holy Spirit to move o our hert. Thi will

cause God to work in our lives long ater we nish going

through thi ook.

I have also included questions or meditation at the end o

ech chpter, log with ome prcticl tip. The quetio


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re ueul or idividul tudy or or mll group dicuio.

They will help you journal your adventure as you seek wisdom

o dily i. I ugget tht you devote mll oteook

to recording your thoughts on this journey as God unleashes

the power o more d more hevely iight i your lie.

The prcticl tip I iclude will provide ome extr tep

you c ollow i order to ctively put the priciple withi

ech chpter to ue i your dily lie. Some tip re ugge-

tions to use the material directly as leverage toward exercising

widom. Other tip will mke the priciple more cocrete I egge you i more pecic pect o thoe priciple.

Let mke thi rt declrtio together out puruig

widom d llowig it to trorm u.

Decree of Transformation

I decree that I will strongly pursue wisdom all my days.

I decree tht widom h the power to trorm me. I will

let wisdom transgure my lie so that my spirit shines like

the sun and becomes white as light. I decree that wisdom

will consume me like re to burn out the dross that keeps

me leig o my ow udertdig. My my tep e or-

dered so that I make divine connections and change the world

through the knowledge o God. Let it be so, Father. As I have

decreed, I elieve You will perorm thee thig ccordig toYour Word. I Jeu me, Ame.

Questionsfor Meditation

1. List at least three things you value in your lie. How did

treasuring these things aect your pursuit o them? Was

it eier to prctice, tudy or do whtever w required

to excel i thee re you vlued? Why? How?


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2. H there ever ee ythig i your lie tht you did

not value at rst, but began to value later? What caused

you to place greater value on it? How can you apply

tht chge i vlue to your puruit o widom?

3. Has there ever been a time when a wise thought came to

you out o the blue and helped you solve a perplexing

prolem? Jot dow ome thig you lered rom tht

experiece.

4. Hve you ever experieced time whe widom cted

as a sentry in your lie? When has wisdom emerged and

helped protect you rom impedig dger?

5. List three areas o your lie in which you could use more

widom right ow.

Practical tiPs

1. Whenever you are aced with perplexing problems,

chedule dedicted thik/medittio time. Thi could

be anywhere rom ten minutes to an hour. Remove your-

sel rom noisy, distracting settings and just ponder.

Perhp tke wlk i prk or log the wter. Get

wy omewhere to relx d ocu, to thik d pry.

2. From your answer to meditation question 2, think about

wht cue you to vlue certi thig. Coider the

methods you use to pursue them. Write out how you

can apply the same strategy to valuing and pursuing

widom.

3. Read and memorize wisdom quotes and literature. Start

with chpter dy rom the ook o Prover. There


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re 31 chpter, o you c red through the ook i

moth. Ater Prover, red through Eccleite d

Song o Songs. Then search or other wisdom literature.

You will d tht you turte your mid with uch

widom, it will emerge eeded d it you.

4. Stre d xiety ote drow out widom whiper.

Maintain a calm, peaceul inner lie as much as possible

y trutig God. Whe you egi to eel teio or

egtive emotio, tke momet to declre your truti God to your pirit.

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