Matthew 5:1,3 CSB – When he saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to teach them, saying:

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

I Depend on God’s Wisdom, Not My Own

Proverbs 3:5-8 CSB – 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways know him,
and he will make your paths straight.
7 Don’t be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
8 This will be healing for your body
and strengthening for your bones.

Proverbs 14:12 CSB – There is a way that seems right to a person,
but its end is the way to death.

Proverbs 3:7 CSB – Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

How do I get God’s wisdom?

Pray

James 1:5 CSB – Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly—and it will be given to him.

Jeremiah 29:13 CSB – You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.

Study God’s Word

Psalm 1:1-2 CSB – How happy is the one who does not
walk in the advice of the wicked
or stand in the pathway with sinners
or sit in the company of mockers!
2 Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.

Other Christians

Proverbs 27:17 CSB – Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens another.

I Depend on God’s Strength, Not My Own

Ephesians 3:1 CSB – And you were dead in your trespasses and sins

Psalm 84:5 CSB – Happy are the people whose strength is in You,

Luke 17:33 NKJV – Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Titus 2:11-12 CSB – For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 instructing usto deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age

Romans 3:20 CSB – For no one will be justified in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.

The grace saves is the grace that transforms

Luke 22:61 CSB – Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. So Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Ephesians 2:8-10 CSB – For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift— 9 not from works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,…

2 Corinthians 4:7 CSB – Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.

Mark 10:17 CSB – “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

v.18, Jesus asks, “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments…

The young man responds, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”

Mark 10:21-22 CSB – Jesus said, “You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” .

But he was dismayed by this demand, and he went away grieving, because he had many possessions