God's Word with Pastor Tom Smith

God’s wisdom can direct our decisions and through transformation in Christ, God is chanting the heart of the decision-maker.

Teachability is the Christian characteristic of humility that allows followers to learn God’s wisdom and have it transform their lives in Christ.

Temptation appeals to real desires while promising satisfaction apart from trust and obedience. Wisdom helps us recognize how temptation works, distrust its promises, resist before desires become action, and pursue the better good God provides.

What desire is temptation using to convince me that I need something God has not given me—or that I need to get it my own way?

God has placed humanity in ordered relationships. We are all under human authority that we are to sit to, and many have authority, but all authority is subject to God’s ultimate authority. How do we walk in wisdom with authority?

Jesus provides instructions on walking wisely in a chaotic world so that we can point the world to Him.

God’s wisdom calls us to use our limited time for what matters most. Following Jesus is how we walk in wisdom.

Anger is a strong emotion that wants to rule our response. God’s wisdom calls us to slow down and learn to control it through transformation in Christ.

God’s wisdom about words - what not to say, when to speak, and what our words should do for others. But our words are also a reflection of our hearts. A transformed life in Jesus must be reflected in our words.

Work was God’s good design for humanity. Sin has broken both our work and the worker. God’s wisdom teaches disciples how to faithfully work in a world marred by sin.

God provides His wisdom for dealing with money, from how we use it to what it does to our hearts. We look at five principles for walking wisely with money.