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BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 9th OCTOBER 2024 WISDOM IS PROFITABLE TO DIRECT Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. (KJV) Wisdom is profitable but only the wisdom you direct. Wisdom gives life, peace, pleasure, prosperity, favour, health but only the wisdom you direct.  What does it mean to direct wisdom? It means to apply wisdom. Simply put, wisdom is profitable when applied. If you are wise and do not apply it, it will not benefit you in any way. It would only make you a talker, and those who listen to you and apply it will benefit from it. If you have financial wisdom and don't apply it, you could talk and people will listen and apply it and become rich, while you yourself remain poor. Don't be so proud about what you know rather be proud of the results you produce by it. Wisdom is only profitable when applied. Start directing wisdom in your finance...

WISDOM IS PROFITABLE You would rarely find anything as profitable as wisdom. The proceeds of wisdom includes riches, peace, honour and joy. Anything that wisdom produces profits. Living by wisdom prolongs one's life and keeps one in health. Those who think and talk foolishly shortens their life and destroys their health.  Another profit of wisdom is that it gives life. Wisdom gives life to things, people and circumstances. The tongue of the wise is a tree that gives life.  Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives. Proverbs 15:4 The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. The reason some people's spirit are crushed (uninspired and unmotivated) is their perversed tongue (unwise words). But a soothing tongue (wise words) is a tree of life. Wise words gives life. Wisdom gives life. Instead of speaking by your senses which of course is not wise words, why not speak by wisdom (God's truth...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 8th OCTOBER 2024 TO LIVE IS CHRIST Philippians 1:20-21 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. (NIV) The expression "To live is Christ" means if I must live it must be to manifest Christ. The Christian has one life, and that is Christ -- Colossians 3:3. A Christian could only and should only give vent to Christ. For a Christian to live is to express Christ. We are the revealer and manifestation of Christ. To live is to live Christ. Apostle Paul went further to say "whether by life or by death." And what does this mean? It means here on earth it is Christ through me, and hereafter in heaven it will be Christ through me; it is no longer I who live, whether by life or by death Christ is my life and essence. Let's look at anoth...

TURN YOUR EARS TO WISDOM Everyone listens to a voice or voices. Voices comes to one's mind through three main sources. The flesh, satan and God.  The flesh would speak to you based on impulses, emotions and sight. Satan deceitfully speak to people through their flesh, desire and even perversely quoting the Bible. Then God speaks to us through His Word.  None of these voices forces you to listen to or obey it. The flesh cannot force you to listen and obey its voice, satan cannot, and God would not. Listening to any voice that comes to you is a choice. Many voices may come to your ears but you would choose which to turn your ears to you.  You would hear voice of fear, doubt, failing, uncertainty, faith, assurance, victory, riches but deliberately turn your ears to what you want to hear. Instead of turning your ears to gossip turn it to wisdom. Instead of turning your ears to feelings, fears and anxiety turn it to wisdom. Don't let negative voices dominate you. Don't dwell o...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 7th OCTOBER 2024 WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (NIV) Wisdom is a product of knowledge and understanding. When you talk and act based on knowledge and understanding, that is wisdom. So, simply put, wisdom is acting on the knowledge and understanding you received from God's Word. How is knowledge and understanding received?  Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. What do you hear from God's mouth? God's voice! God's voice is God's Word. From His Word you receive knowledge and understanding. Acting on knowledge based on understanding is Wisdom. True wisdom is a propelling force. Wisdom propels you to talk and act as you should.  After you have been taught God's Word (knowledge) understanding comes to you through meditation on the Word, with that understanding you becom...

DO NOT FORSAKE WISDOM Some people forsake wisdom; they give up on wisdom. And they have reasons for that; mainly because they did not have the results of it. They wonder why their wisdom didn't produce results for them. They know wisdom rewards, wisdom should produce results but with all their wisdom they have no result to show, in reaction they gave up on wisdom.  They might have missed something --- the application of wisdom is what produce results. Another important element is faith. Add faith to wisdom. Proverbs 4:6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. ADD FAITH TO WISDOM Wisdom is the reality of things. Man's wisdom is the reality of things to a man. God's wisdom is the reality of things to God. How does God see your health? That's His wisdom regarding your health. To live in that reality requires faith; for it takes faith to live in God's reality.  Having gotten wisdom; the true state of things concerning you ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 6th OCTOBER 2024 PAINS OF LABOUR Isaiah 66:7-8 "Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son. Who has ever heard of such things? Who has ever seen things like this? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children. (NIV) Though this scripture is prophetically about the new creation (the church) I would like to draw something very practical from it.  Everyone wants to give birth to something great and glorious. Everyone wants to be successful and attain a great feat, but not everyone is willing to go through what is required. It is required that a pregnant woman go through pains of labor prior to giving birth.  Almost everyone in our world profess to be pregnant with greatness and great dreams but not everyone of them realized that to give birth requires birth pains. The easiest way ...