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Wisdom Call

2/5/2017

Confirming One’s Calling and Election3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters,[a] make every effort to confirm your callingand election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:3-11 NIV

Self-Control
"I have more trouble with D.L. Moody than with any other man I ever met." D.L. Moody

Think, feel, say, and do what you please and don't worry about the consequences, say the purveyors of pop wisdom. However, they fail to mention that totally surrendering to your urges can have disastrous results, such as damaged relationships, personal humiliation, guilt, and remorse, to name a few. The standards of godliness exemplified by Jesus Christ replace the popular notion of self-indulgence with self-control based on obedience to God's Word. Exercising self-control in our thoughts, feelings, words and actions not only pleases God but also makes us better ambassadors for His kingdom and for His destiny for our lives. From Standards to Live By - CBN

Ten plus one more equals more than enough which is eleven.
One plus one more equals two of the same kind which is two.
Eleven is ill even - that is a prime. Eleven is el even - that is God is with parity (two and its multiples).

February is the opening and the closing of the kingdom of the year: according to its length, it determines if it is a leap year or not.

Ignorance and incredulity bring death. Doubt and unbelief keep away life. Assurance and wisdom bring victory. Doubt and uncertainty initiate the near-success syndrome or failure at the edge of breakthroughs.

Wisdom Call

1/8/2017

A Threefold Prayer of Jesus John 17 (NIV)

Jesus Prays to Be Glorified
1After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you gloryon earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify mein your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6 “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

Jesus Prays for All Believers
20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one-- 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”

John 21:15-17
15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”
17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.

Hebrews 13:1-3
1Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. 2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. 3 Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

The sovereignty of God Almighty is seen in His creation and creatures, in the alphabet of His language and His numbers, in dreams and destinies.

God Almighty's transforming love is the only One which energizes and governs our destinies in life.

God Almighty's love is the same in all seasons, from the north to the south, from the east to the west, from our hearts to God's presence and God's heart.

The Ten Be Attitudes - From the blessing heart of God in the Beatitudes.
- Blessed are the humble in spirit.
- Blessed are those who are mournful.
- Blessed are the meek.
- Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness.
- Blessed are the merciful.
- Blessed are the pure in heart.
- Blessed are the peacemakers.
- Blessed are those who are persecuted.
- Blessed are those who are insulted and falsely accused because of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- The blessed will be filled with laughter, joy, gladness, and reward in heaven.
Adapted from Matthew 5:1-12

Wisdom Call

12/11/2016

O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
Is my Savior's love for me! (I Stand Amazed)

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,
    his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
    great is thy faithfulness.
The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
    to the soul that seeks him.
It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.
It is good for a man that he bear
    the yoke in his youth.
Les bontés de l'Éternel ne sont pas épuisés,
Ses compassions ne sont pas à leur terme;
Elles se renouvellent chaque matin.
Oh! que ta fidélité est grande!

L'Éternel a de la bonté pour qui espère en lui,
Pour l'âme qui le cherche.
Il est bon d'attendre en silence
Le secours de l'Éternel.
Il est bon pour l'homme
De porter le joug dans sa jeunesse.

(Lamentations 3:22-23, 25-27)

Hatred blinds and paralyzes our efforts to success and victory. Hatred is evil that robs our health.
Warring against wisdom brings disaster, chaos, and desolation.

The number 11 is a number of exception, a number of balance, equality, righteousness, parallelism, paradigm, integrity, and twins. It is the number of tradition that says tradition is for the good of people, but man is not a slave of tradition. It is a number of more than enough.

Thirteen is a number about kingdom in the spiritual world. Seventeen is the number which deals with sufficient abundance and perfect accomplishment. Eleven, thirteen, and seventeen are indivisible numbers or prime numbers. They are divisible by oneness and themselves.

Patience of God Almighty means salvation, joy, grace, and love.

God's code is part of His godly covenant.

Egypt (Ethiopia), desert, and acquisition of land with milk and honey agree with education.

The set of perfect numbers are sealed with God Almighty, meaning, and destiny.

Wisdom Call

11/13/2016

Psalm 118:1-4
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
    his love endures forever.
Let Israel say:
    “His love endures forever.”
Let the house of Aaron say:
    “His love endures forever.”
Let those who fear the Lord say:
    “His love endures forever.”

Psalm 136:1-3
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
His love endures forever.

"The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration but its donation."
Corrie Ten Boom

God's standard of giving and living is daily and year-round.

All black, all yellow, all red, all white are not completion, nor God's perfect will.

Our life is the paradigm; it is God Almighty's paradigm.

Success by compromising, by complacency, or by competence, but the latter is built on the rock.

'Grantitude', 'gracetitude', be-attitude are three gratitude aspects of God's expression of Agape love.

Giving first ourselves to God Almighty, then doing the other giving, and also blessing, matter.

Wisdom Call

10/9/2016

How to deal with crazy, racist, and evil thoughts.

John 21:21-23
21 When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”
22 Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” 23 Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?”

Acts 1:6-7
6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.

Poem
The house of Israel, He will bless
The house of Aaron, He will bless
Those who fear the Lord - small & great alike, He will bless
Let the Lord make you increase
Both you and your children increase
To the Lord belongs the highest heavens
Let be blessed by the Lord the maker of earth
But He has given to man the earth
(poem adapted from Psalm 115)

The one who does not suffer, does not know affliction because his own self is a stranger to suffering.

As justice is the measuring line and righteousness is the plumb line; as wisdom and faith are for deliverance and salvation.

The evil I do not want, I do. That is sin of the evil spirit.
The good I do want, I do. That is good of the Holy Spirit.

There is no other original version of me, than my own self (i.e., the self of mine)

Difference is distinction of two things, two facts, or people, or living beings.

Radiance is not appearance; it is an emanation of nature or character. Radiance is a celestial reflection; it expresses a virtue, a value.
Radiance and brilliance are different; joy and happiness are distinct.

Wisdom Call

9/11/2016

But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task? 2 Corinthians 2:14-16

It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.”Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. 2 Corinthians 4:13-15

God's Word view or destiny is the full view of the Lord of mankind.

Worldview or mindset is the combination of tradition, our rules and our philosophy.

Strategy is states' geographic tactics used as a method of spiritual warfare.

Bondage and oppression are two aspects of stagnation.

Forget = get it for the purpose of goodness, justice, and peace from above.
Forgive = give it for the purpose of love, faith, and hope from above.

Wisdom Call

8/14/2016

Psalm 62:9-12 9 Surely the lowborn are but a breath,
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.
10 Do not trust in extortion
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.
11 One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,
12     and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;
and, “You reward everyone
    according to what they have done.”

Psalm 68:5-6

5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
    is God in his holy dwelling.
6 God sets the lonely in families,
    he leads out the prisoners with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

Psalm 58:3
Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.

Proverbs 20:11
Even small children are known by their actions,
    so is their conduct really pure and upright?

Repentance is the key for deliverance.

Forgiveness unlocks redemption and salvation.

Credentials, potentials, talent all agree with our destiny.

Courage and character determine our destiny.

Five-fold meaning of the following:
12 = 10 + 10/5 - Restitution principle
11 is a parallel number or twin number; the first one is the beginning and the second one is the second beginning.
70 is the exit number; 7 is the number of perfection and 10 is complete. 7 x 10 = 10 maturity is reached
60 = 12 x 5 = (10 + 10/5) x 5 this is a five-fold restitution principle.

There are 60 books of the Bible. 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament. Notice that 39 = 27 + 12. One less book in the NT for each of the twelve tribes.

The five-fold meaning is apostolic, prophetic, evangelical, pastoral, and doctoral (teaching).

Wisdom Call

7/10/2016

Life is not the problem. It is our thinking, our tongue, and our disobedience to God which cause problems in life.

All beginnings agree with natural beginnings, covenantal beginnings, and spiritual beginnings.

"Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance" John Donne.

"Ignorance leads to fear, fear to hatred, and hatred leads to violence. This is the equation" translated from Michael Moore.

Romans 5:2-5, "And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."

2 Peter 1:5-8, "For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 58:6-12, 6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
    and break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter--
when you see the naked, to clothe them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
    and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.
11 The Lord will guide you always;
    he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
    and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
    like a spring whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

Wisdom is a three step process:
1) Have information or instruction i.e. knowledge.
2) Understand that knowledge/instruction.
3) Apply the understood knowledge/instruction to life.

Wisdom Call

6/12/2016

Kindness - "As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate." Albert Schweitzer
Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Lamentations 3:22-23 "Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."

Whatever we do, we must do it well and right.
God Almighty who is good and just will reward us.

Philippians 4:11-13 "I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength."

Kindness is the practical, non-threatening weapon that can penetrate defenses.

A kind answer turns away wrath; a kind tongue breaks a bone. (Proverbs 15:1; 25:15)

Wisdom Call

5/15/2016

Philippians 2 (NIV)
Imitating Christ’s Humility
1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death--
        even death on a cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

Humility is recognizing our origins from earth and from above. The first Adam was from earth and the second Adam was from heaven.

Wisdom is the application to life of information and knowledge which I understand.

One foot inside, one foot outside and we are divided, partitioned, and we are out rather than in.

The complete time is the total of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Time includes cycles, seasons, and periodical movements. The time can be foolishly full, as well as fully full.

I kneel down and nail down the gates of tradition, religion, racism, and all philosophies which imitate Christ, but are not of Christ Jesus.

Truth has made its paths for eternity which trace to the heart origin of God Himself.

Truth is a straight forward blessing.

A lie is aborted truth which is warped, twisted, reversed, and out of context.