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The thing that I speak of is wisdom. Wisdom is required to keep you safe when things are going pear shaped. Wisdom is also pleasant when things are not stormy.

Now wisdom is how God sees the world and if we can get wisdom then we can be how God wants us to be.

A good way to become wise is to:

1. Read the bible.
2. Then apply the verses in your life.
3. Observe it work e.g. you get blessing come back to you after giving to the poor. Luke 6:38.
4. You see the world clearer now therefore you also see more of the bad.

This is a good way to get wisdom.

There are many ways that wisdom can keep you safe e.g. you can be prudent:

The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
Proverbs 27:12 ESV

So with the four steps above, you could apply this verse by buying lots of pasta before a second Corona wave.

The book of Proverbs is in the center of the bible. Proverbs is wisdom literature and IMO is like guide to the bible.

We need faith, and even though wisdom comes through faith, we need both. We can pray powerful prayers in faith for a fake charity as we did not have the wisdom to discern that it was a fake charity. Here, faith would be of no use without wisdom.

First of all, being a Christian and having a relationship with Jesus is amazing. The things of this world grow strangely dim and your heart finds what it needs; acceptance, significance and security as you sync with your loving Father, creator God.

Here are a few top wisdomfortoday non-Christian posts:

If you are new to Christianity or you are just getting interested, then think about and do the following things:

• Being a Christian is about having a relationship with Jesus through faith and following Him. It will help you if you understand what this means so do research from valid Christian sources to find out what it is all about.
• Have regular coffees with a truly loving Christian who believes the bible and be nice and not prying. Learn from them. Please do not take advantage. Brothers and Sisters please be wise to who actually genuinely wants help and who does not. Obviously there are minions in the world BUT also in the church too to be fair. Obviously we know that the world is not completely full of Mother Theresa’s.
• Remember and memorize what you have learnt in the two above points as this will make things easier. Pen and paper unless you have a good memory anyway.
• Try not to be nervous, if you find a true Christian then they will bless you. Ask them about their testimony, the Gospel, how they recieved forgiveness for mischief and Jesus love.
• Ask about receiving the Holy Spirit and praying the sinners prayer as none of us are perfect. That includes me very much. Only do this when you feel comfortable and understand what is being said.
• Have a go at praising God ❤😃. Maybe look at nature like a beautiful sunset and tell Him how cool He is for making it.

Being a Christian can be hard sometimes. We learn to become new people so that takes a bit of work. We have God on our side though and so as He is love, His blessings far out weigh the struggles.

There is a whole new world of love for you in Jesus Christ. He paid for all of our naughtiness at the cross and is waiting with open arms to give you a big spiritual cuddle.

But if God is all powerful, then how does He allow suffering? The bible says that heaven is for eternity and that this life is a max of 120 years. Do you see the math for that, can you see that this is a short time of testing, or birth pains like the bible says.

I believe that in the spiritual realms in God’s lounge, He has pictures of you on His mantel piece of when you were happy and He has collected your sad tears in a bottle that He treats as sacred. The bible says clearly that God is just love, His feelings toward you are just love and Father God just wants to wrap you in His warm powerful arms of love and bless you home to heaven.

Sabrina the pussy cat has done her best to interfer with this post, but through the power of Jesus I have overcome and been triumphant 🧡🐈💚❤😃

Prudence and her ways are a good thing to embrace for the 15th of June and other dates that the world sees changes.

The 15th of June is when non-essential shops are to open again therefore the British being the British, or any other nationality are likely to want to have a break from the isolation of lockdown and go shopping or just generaly go out more.

For the above, I want you to hold onto the Proverb below. I will say why.

The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
Proverbs 27:12 ESV

I want you to hold onto this Proverb as I predict that things might be quite different after the lockdown eases e.g.

• Many people may have developed mental health problems during isolation and may not be as reasonable. Be vigilant and love them back. Proverbs 18:21.
• People may take it upon themselves to tell you what not to do or what to do when really that is not their job. They think they are being useful but instead they stir up friction. Be patient and love them back. Proverbs 18:21 again.
• Please can you yourself think of other ways that you need to be careful as the lockdown eases and things change again. If you think of it yourself then you will learn it better and also have confidence in your intelligence which is then double prudence.

I hope things will be fine and we should be wise all the time anyway e.g. we play the right worship for Jesus at the right time, we help Others like the homeless with decaf drinks and not money to spend on drugs, and You look after yourself as God loves you.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
Proverbs 9:12 ESV

You have a better chance of being at peace if you go shopping a few days or a week after the lockdown eases on the 15th. It will be less busy and not a big rush.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 3:17 ESV

Remember that you can always pray for wisdom as:

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
James 1:5 ESV

I also put the word discernment in the title of this post. I did that because at the moment in lockdown we also need to discern what we are reading on the Internet. The news and other information on the Internet can be quite misleading therefore to get a better chance of getting the right answer we should type in the same question but get an answer from a range of sources e.g. see what the news about climate change is from three different news websites. This can save getting the wrong information which then saves you from worrying about nothing.

Heeding what God has taught us

I heard a lady on UCB radio the other day say that God was using this time of isolation at home to teach His children personal things and help us deal with some of the things we get wrong.

I think this lady was completely right and I see it happening to me as well. For me, an example of what He is teaching me is that I should be wiser and more prudent. Being at home and needing to stock up on food made me more prudent. It was lovely as I had more tasty meals. Prudence is wisdom and it is a tasty blessing:

Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,
Proverbs 3:13 ESV

What has God been teaching you about yourself in this time.

If your a Christian then I believe that God would have used this time to teach you. It makes sense. The perfect chance to teach His child when the busy and distracting world is gone.

Well, it is God teaching us therefore we must remember what He is saying and also put it into practice.

I want you to remember and heed what God is saying e.g. for me I have learnt to be wiser.

Remember the lessons with a stronghold buster (Freedom In Christ Ministries). There is also a post on this blog about stronghold busters. They can be used to form good habits and break bad habits (strongholds). If you tailor a stronghold buster to what God has taught you, then you can read it slowly and properly once a day for 30 days and find that you do what has been taught automatically e.g.

In Jesus name I realise that it is written that blessed is the person who finds wisdom, the person who finds understanding as stocking up my kitchen made sure that I am safe and the bonus was having tastier food, in Jesus name.

Thankyou Jesus for teaching me wisdom. I will be much more joyful now.

Amen

Wisdom can also be applied to a lot of things and will always bless you e.g. insight that is a part of wisdom can make you culturaly aware so that you know it is ok to do a loud burp after having a meal with Chinese people.

Learning to follow the Holy Spirit

The above paragraph is a naughty naughty and we should always respect the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is our helper:

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
John 14:16 ESV

So if we learn to follow the Holy Spirit inside of us then we will do well.

I will say some practical logic that will help us follow.

One day I was feeling a bit sludgy, I mean I felt a bit fat and tired. I walked past a bench in the park and the Holy Spirit reminded me that when I do running I feel fresh and invigorated. So I listened to the reminder and it worked. When you are a Christian you usually just know in your knower that it is the Spirit. Be wise and discern if it is the Holy Spirit talking to you though i.e. He will not ask you to do un wise things. So then, know that you have been told something and then discern if it is right. Maybe think about how it effects Jesus, Others and You (JOY).

Now the logic is this; if the Holy Spirit has told you do this once and it helped you, then do it again and again. By definition then, you would then be following the Holy Spirit. Simple logic.

As we mature as Christians we become more like Jesus, and as CHRISTians we learn to forgive in our hearts like Jesus does for JOY.

To forgive in our hearts is to properly forgive. This is the only forgiveness that is forgiveness. When we pray to Jesus “I forgive them” we pray “I realise they hurt me as they are hurting inside themselves and I genuinely in my gut feel compassion for them and want them to be happy instead”.

For Jesus. We forgive people who have hurt us as Jesus has commanded us to in the bible. This is because He wants us to get on with each other as He loves us:

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6:14‭-‬15 ESV

For Others. Check out my “Fire and water” post. This post basicly says that we should not fight fire with fire, but with water i.e. we do not fight hate with hate but instead with love. We should love our enemies and pray for them:

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:43‭-‬44 ESV

For You. If we do not forgive then we will find that we are left grumpy and feeling down as the devil still has his hooks in us. When we forgive the person who hurt us, the hooks are removed and we feel relieved. Sometimes we may even feel physical tension has left us as forgiveness is so powerful. This is a snippet from Mathew 18 that shows us about the hooks. Read all of the “unforgiving servant” to find out why we should forgive as Jesus forgave us a massive debt:

And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”
Matthew 18:34-35 ESV

How can we do it?

It is hard as it is natural for us as human beings to let our emotions get in the way but as we mature as Christians we become less like the world and more like Jesus:

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2 ESV

• Realise that they hurt you as they are hurting inside themselves. People hate as they are hurting. Probably as someone hurt them. Break the chain and have compassion on them as you would not like it if you were hurting inside.
• With the strength of the Holy Spirit we can do what is harder to do than hate. That is to forgive instead. You are actually stronger than them if you do.
• Cleverly learn it e.g. imagine them crying and then giving them a hug and helping them.
• Be aware of the JOY model above. Then you realise it is the best way, and that you actually want to do it.

I am trying to forgive my pussy cat Sabrina for scratching my hand. I realised that she is a nutty fruit cake and in compassion gave her some tasty treats.

Obviously there are more serious examples of forgiveness, but the principle is the same always. Pray to Lord for help to forgive if you find it hard.

If we manage to forgive the people that hurt us and also confess our sins to Jesus then we are keeping short accounts with God and we are therefore more spiritually healthy.

Sabrina has apologized by snuggling up to me. We both feel released and ready to serve Jesus.

Shouting “I forgive you, you worthog!” at your enemies in an aggressive tone does not qualify as genuine forgiveness. If the bible had small print, then worthog specifications would have been laid out clearly.

If we are still hurting from what they did to us then it will make it a loy easier to forgive them if we let go of the hurt. Letting go of the hurt also makes you stronger if they try and hurt you again.

This is a good way to let go of the hurt:

Acknowledge what hurt you by labeling it e.g. “Joe Bloggs called me a big fat pig and it made me feel horrible”. Labelling it will help you to process it and move on. Do not ignore your emotions. It will make it harder if you do.

Give yourself time for your emotions to heal e.g. let the frustration, sadness etc out in a sensible way over time as suppressed emotions are dangerous.

Learn to manage your emotions in a clever way e.g. if it was failing at an interview then do something positive like tweeking your CV.

Let go of the hurt and start a new chapter by literaly writing down what happened and then tearing up and putting it in the bin. Then write on the next page “next chapter” and write positive actions for getting yourself back on track.

Do not dwell on what happened. Change your thoughts by distracting yourself.

Let go of negativity and think positively instead e.g. be thankful for the things you have and replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts that are stronger.

Keep company with wise friends that you trust and make you happy.

Take responsibility for your actions and if possible, do not put yourself in a vulnerable situation again. This does not mean it was your fault. This gives you more power over the situation in the future.

Share your story with a Christian friend you trust. This is a great way and a problem shared is a problem halved.

Take good care of yourself. Check out other posts on this blog for doing that.

Set boundaries for people in future e.g. do not hang round with people who make you compromise your faith.

Check out my post named “Fire and water”. It is a better way to live than people getting at each other.

Shalom ❤🐈

😉 The writings here are from ancient scrolls of a secret order known only as “The Haloptic Fish”. LOL, not really but you can learn some wisdom here still. Also I am sorry we cannot get fish and chips at the moment. Maybe make a bacon sandwich instead and put ketchup in it but save me the crispy bits 😊

We are Christians and our help is firstly spiritual. In Genesis God spoke the creation of the world into being from the spirit realm into the physical realm therefore as Christians we should look for our protection from the spiritual realms where Jesus is to be made manifest in the physical realm. We seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and then find that all the things we need, we have.

It can work the other way too e.g. going for a healthy run and having a jacket potatoe can bring good mental and then spiritual health. Mind you, Jesus probably put the idea in your head in the first place.

Mathew 6:33 NIV “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

Put Jesus first. So keep serving. The good must carry on doing good. This is for spiritual health. Look after your spiritual health.
JOY will come if we put Jesus first, then Others, then You.

Be careful to make sure you do not make an excuse in your heart to stop serving Jesus. Do not say “I cannot praise Jesus as I am feeling down”. Say instead “a person is tested by their praise and I can do all things in Christ”:

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise.
Proverbs 27:21 ESV

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13 ESV

That is why on WFT have suggested that you work Clever Not Hard (CNH) to serve e.g. you are tested and your strength (wisdom) helps you by singing memorized hymns in your mind when you have no other way of praising God.

Make sure you lap up the sun when you go out for your daily exercise. Wear sun cream but get the sun on your face, arms and legs. It is amazing how much your mind changes after doing this i.e. grumpy indoor zombie transformation to sunny holiday person. Let the sun shine through your windows when you get home.

On a practical level, you may be feeling exhausted as your sleep pattern has been affected negatively i.e. you are sleeping in and not able to sleep at night. Make sure you stick to a good sleep routine and cut down on caffeine i.e. a consistent early rise and early night sleep with decaf coffees and tea. Check out my Sleep 101 post for how to get to sleep when you need to. If you are having more dreams then make sure that if you think they have meaning, the meaning is sound with what the bible says.

Where ever the spirit of the Lord is there is freedom. The Word is true therefore that includes your house.

2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”

Here is a list of important points that will help you:

1. Enjoy praising the Lord in new inventive ways like a family hymn (do some lyric print outs from the net), just say “Jesus you are good”, or if you live alone then wrap your arms around yourself and in faith give Abba Father a big spiritual cuddle. Listen to Jason Gray on YouTube, its real Jesus relationship making music.
2. Think about what we can do for the needy in these times e.g. asking if we can deliver supplies like food to them and asking if they need a telephone chat.
3. Pray about what prudent supplies you need yourself. Don’t empty the shelves for the elderly, thats wrong. Think of a good number in faith for what seems the right amount. If you live alone, and the Lord will direct you to more when the times comes. You need the Lord to guide you, and He will, ask for wisdom.
4. Dont be afraid. Fear and excitement are similar emotions therefore switch it to excitement that God is massive and will look after us and we might be in heaven soon as it might be the end.
5. Read your bible sensibly and in context and think about the under reported locusts, bushfires and Corona and whatever else. Be prudent and give it the benefit of the doubt. So repent of all of your sin and keep doing good as the good should carry on doing good.
6. People turn to daft things like witchcraft in times like this. Check out my post named “mental health under attack by minions” for top tips on how to defend you and your family at home from minion neighbors.
7. Pray at 1919 hours for 19 minutes against Covid-19. If everyone did this then it would probably go away. Also pray about the world will be after the virus. This might be more important actually.
8. Is your memory since lock down a bit of a blur? Draw a grid of Monday to Sunday and for the days of the month on an A4 or A3 piece of paper. Make sure that you do one thing per day that you can easily remember e.g. watching a certain film. Do not write things like having a sandwich in the grid squares as that happens most days and thus will not help with the blur.
9. Keep up a consistent routine. What would really help you is to draw a grid on A4 paper with eight columns and roughly eight or more rows. The column heading is days of the week and the rows are your activities. Tick off the squares with a pencil each day and then rub out at the end of the week. Keep a record of how you are doing before you rub out and then you will know if you are getting stronger or weaker. Things like sketching, a healthy meal, stretches, laughing, dancing, singing etc.
10. “if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.” 2 Timothy 2:13 ESV. But if you do not exercise your faith you will feel rubbish e.g. big “what if” worries and doubting. So make a list of all the things you can do to keep your faith muscles strong e.g. praise God (if you have to force the start then you can still break through), read the Word (Romans 10:17), pray for a longer period of time etc. Write a list of clever ideas to maintain your faith e.g. write down the times when Jesus helped you before when you were struggling, so you trust He will help you now.

If things get tough then check out my Big Lessons 1-10 series. Also check out the “Alone and afraid solutions for Corona” post. They can be found in the drop down menu at the top right of the webpage.

UCB Word For Today is an amazing booklet free from UCB. Written by Bob Gass.

There seems to always be relevant prophecies in it even each day you read it. It is amazing how much prophecy there is in the book actually. Use it to bless Jesus, Others and You.

My site is Wisdom For Today. I felt a bit naughty as it is WFT like Word For Today. This site is now code named Wobbly Frog Treats.

You can get UCB Word For Today delivered to your door for free but times are hard at the moment so that might not happen. It is cool that you can just check it out online each day at the UCB website instead which is just as good.

Proverbs 3:13 Blessed is the person who finds wisdom, the person who finds understanding.

Thats what the Word says and the Word is Jesus and Jesus gave this to us as He loves us and wants to protect us.

Open your bible and see the book of Proverbs is right in the middle. Understand the love letter of the bible. The world with its science and psychology is advanced now e.g. the introduction of the microchip has had a massive effect, maybe beyond what is shown on TV.

Dont wonder off into conspiracies as you might get distracted from the gospel but do know that we have a sophisticated foe who has very much blinded the eyes of the un- believer (we love and forgive our enemies BTW) thus we need to see the world how God sees it in order to guard our faith.

“The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
Proverbs 8:22‭-‬23‭ NIV

How does a Christian stand against a militant Atheist using psychology to make you snap. First you understand that the bible says the world hates you, then you get out of that situation and avoid it in future. You know its normal too. Why did it happen. The world is in a mess right now (look what has to be reported on TV despite fake news) and people are blaming God (God loves us BTW).

Wisdom and understanding go hand in hand and is strength.

Please Brothers and Sisters pray for a constant spirit wisdom and dont get addicted to the TV (lots of sub-conscious programming that apposes the Word). Read and understand the deep riddle of the Proverb one at a time. Try a Christian channel called TBN. Available on Freeview. It is very good. UCB on DAB radio is superb also.

Wisdom is the application of knowledge. Not just learning facts but applying them correctly.

You can only be wise if God chooses to bless you with wisdom:

Proverbs 2:6 Wisdom is from God and from His lips come knowledge and understanding.

Check out this Proverb:

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Proverbs 27:5 ESV

We can read and understand that this is true but ask yourself the question why open rebuke is better than hidden love. Understanding Proverbs properly by pondering them will help you gain a spirit of wisdom. Ponder by imagining each of the two situations. This way of pondering the Proverb often reveals other interesting hidden wisdom. If God made the world in His wisdom then Brother and Sister, wisdom is strength. It is worth more than gold.

Proverb Ponderings Please 😀 Three Pennies (3 P’s) for your thoughts gives you priceless diamonds:

for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
Proverbs 8:11 ESV

This Proverb:

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5 ESV

Yes, still say it in your heart to have faith but at the same time do not be afraid of understanding things. Do not shy away from it as otherwise we might discard very useful understanding that we get through the Holy Spirit after reading Proverbs.

I want you to have a spirit of wisdom that you carry with you to protect you. Like when you put your reading glasses on, feel clever and impress people with big words said in the exact right way. Do not become a know it all with a chip on your shoulder though. That will not help you.

I now expect you to have an advanced understanding of the 3000 year old ancient scroll of Enlightment. You should have broken the seal with method of your wise elders. Only messing.

Understanding is wisdom and wisdom is prudence. Prudence can feel amazing when you see it in action. Buy frozen pizzas for your freezer and put extra toppings you can add in your fridge instead of spending £10 a go at your local pizza shop. You have money left over and you have custom built pizzas. Once you have had the last bite of your frozen pizza, you taste how good prudence is. The taste of prudence has its own unique feeling actually.

Please ponder what else you can apply pizza theory to.

I am trying to advertise wisdom to you with Proverbs that really say what wisdom is like. I want you to be wise as wisdom will protect you in these dangerous times:

for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,
Proverbs 2:10‭-‬12 ESV

Now a vital tool for getting through confusion is the DUWD. The DUWD is Don’t Understand then Write it Down. Pronounced “duh wood” btw 😋 Get a piece of blank A4 paper, put it portrait way up, put the question you are struggling with at the top. Draw a line down the middle and write the reasons for and against the question on either side with ratings from one to ten of how good they are. Add it up at the bottom and if you have a good score (which you usually get), then you have your answer. Put your answer in a Stronghold Buster. See my post on that:

https://wisdomfortoday.blog/2019/01/02/stronghold-busters/

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
Proverbs 4:18‭-‬19 ESV

The darkness of witchcraft is so deep that you would not know even what burdens you. So lost.

Your spirit would be made unhealthy and this would rub off on your family and hurt them too.

C.S Lewis once said that the evil increases and the pleasure decreases when you are involved with something such as witchcraft.

The thief, the devil will get you into witchcraft and magic but instead Jesus gives you an abundant life:

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
John 10:10 ESV

I am a Christian and I care for you. I do not want you to be lost in darkness. I want you to have a life of love and richness, purpose and assurance in Jesus Christ.

Witchcraft and magic scares children and will make them grow up with lots of problems. The bible says that witchcraft is detestable to God.

“White magic” will lead you to black magic just like some drugs get you into a downward spiral to harder drugs.

I have seen people who are into it and it is as if they are chasing carrot dangled in front of them. The devil gives them the least bit of pleasure he needs to carry on deceiving them more and more.

Do you think the devil, the father of lies would not lie to you:

He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:44 ESV

They are never satisfied or secure. It is the reverse of what is natural and so they feel the negative effects on their body, soul and spirit.