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“And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!””

‭‭Mark‬ ‭15‬:‭33‬-‭39‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“And Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has Jesus done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.”

‭‭Mark‬ ‭15‬:‭14‬-‭15‬ ‭

If we want healthy friendships that flourish, God’s wisdom shows us how we must seek out friends that are wise, not foolish. Proverbs shows us that truly flourishing friendships are with friends who are faithful, righteous, wise counsellors, encouraging, rebuke us, are real, and they sharpen us - but there is only one Friend “who sticks closer than a brother”…

Work is not a curse, it a God-ordained opportunity to serve Him heartily for His Glory and other's good.

We can and should expect to give generously not just because we’re told to but because it's our story. God is so generous to us and as it's our joy to reflect that generosity to the world around us.

We're all being discipled by someone or something, we're all being called to follow a set of values or a way of thinking . Nowhere is that more acute than with our children - but in this book of Proverbs we're pointed straight to the Way a child should go and how to lead them to flourishing.

The thing our hearts crave, Shalom, is broken but God restores it to us through his wisdom. Beware though not to treat wisdom like a genie, wisdom is far more to us that just wise sayings - wisdom to us, is a person - Jesus.

You are not were you are by accident. The Lord has sovereignly placed you were you are for his glorious purpose (to make disciples).

Our homes, streets, our city need more of Jesus. We need more of the character of Jesus in our lives. So let's pursue transformation into his image in Word, Spirit and with each other.

We stay flat footed on God’s Word. We hold onto it and hold it out. We build our lives on it, we believe it, hear it and apply it and the promise as we do, graciously is that we receive life.