WITHOUT FEAR!

Too often, I struggle with fear. How does one overcome fear, especially as they age?

The fear of God is the way to live without fear!

It's a starting point for being sensitive to God's greatness and his graciousness as Sinclair Ferguson describes it. To know him is to love him wholeheartedly and unreservedly. (Banner of Truth p. 74)

Think loving reverence!

WISDOM WINKS!

WISDOM, My One Word for 2025 needs to come from Biblical truth along with understanding and retention. 

Thus, the winks this week. Pithy. Pertinent. Cited.

Julie Andrews singing "Do-Re Mi" reminds us, "Let's start at the very beginning, A very good place to start"....Reading starts with A-B-C...

Wisdom starts with A-W-E! 

Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. (Psalm 33:8)

Awe & Worship of God help one gain His wisdom.

WINKS 

• Careful of the words you speak....they are an overflow from your heart. 
• WISDOM walks with intentionality at each step. 
• Your checkbook will tell you what you worship. (Billy Graham)

A BiG wink--True wisdom comes from God's Word!

MY ONE WORD / 2025

MY ONE WORD FOR 2025.....can you guess it??

You're pretty wise if you can! Hint--It starts with a W!

Oral Test Question

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9/22/12 3 Xs----that’s the way God gets my attention. Luke 6:45 reminder in my Tuesday notes---"It is “out of the overflow of the mouth that the heart speaks” was first attention grabber.

#2 was Crickett’s Wednesday night lecture from James 1:26 of deception of heart of one who does not “bridle his tongue.”

Yesterday brought #3 as I listened to son’s Allen Bible Church message in “Words with Friends” series  emphasizing the “Might of the Mouth.”

NOTES, condensed Dotsy style 

WORDS: 

• Powerful
• Palpable
• Personal

Death & life in words---choose vital words, not venomous; choose words that will delight the Lord; choose words that minister to others not words that just seek to manipulate. 

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. (John Greenleaf Whittier)

Wielding and Yielding words---choose words that will yield fruitfulness in a life. (Fruitfulness = fear of the Lord in both the giver and the receiver of words. Proverbs 1:7 & 9:10)

Buddy ended the message with today’s exam question from Psalm 19:14.

Consider your words. Are the words of you mouth and the meditation of your heart pleasing and acceptable in the sight of the Lord?

If not, you, as I did recently,  just failed the “oral” aspect of a spirit-filled life.

The good news is a make-up exam is given daily.