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Kyle Searcy personies wisdom. From parenting to pastoring,
Kyle ue the widom o Solomo with the compio o
the Good Smrit d the evgelitic pio o Peter t
Petecot. Hi ilicl d prcticl iight o widom co-
tain the potential to radically improve all eatures o your lie!
Dr. Jy Wol, ptor, Firt Bptit Church,
Motgomery, Alm
Lie is composed o choices. The quality o wisdom is choice.
Kyle Searcy oers biblical, practical, theologically signicantinsights into how to select biblical wisdom rather than human
or eculr widom. Hi techig come out o hi ow ith
journey. Choosing biblical wisdom puts us on the path o
ulllig God purpoe.
Dr. Joh Ed Mthio, Joh Ed Mthio Lederhip
Miitrie; Frzer Uited Methodit Church
We c get eough ood, wter d other eetil o lie,ut oe c ever hve eough widom. Acceig widom
rom withi d without i cott quet or thoe who
eek to grow d help other do the me. I The Secrets o
Biblical Wisdom, Ptor Kyle Sercy will led you o jour-
ey o cquirig widom while removig ll the mytique. I
wt to e wier. Dot you?
Dr. Smuel R. Chd, uthor, Cracking Your ChurchsCulture Code; www.mchd.com
Kyle Sercy i lederhip expert whom people hould e
ollowing, and his book The Secrets o Biblical Wisdom is
good reo. Lederhip i uilt o trog deciio, d
widom i powerul oudtio. Get thi ook. It ever
too lte to e remided o the power o wie choice.
Phil Cooke, lmmker d medi coultt; uthor,
One Big Thing: Discovering What You Were Born to Do
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My ried Kyle Sercy h cptured the hert o God d
put it i writig. A I red thi mucript, it elt much like
a spiritual GPS had been placed on the dashboard o my
oul. Kyle Sercy key i the detitio d delictely vi-
gte u roud the otcle d error o hum logic d
reoig.
Joh A. Kilptrick, ouder d eior ptor,
Church o Hi Preece, Dphe, Alm
A I opeed up thi ook to red, I ked myel the que-tio, Wht eliever o erth doet log to e truly wie
person? There are ew authors who achieve the depth and
breadth on the subject o wisdom that Kyle Searcy has reached
in his book The Secrets o Biblical Wisdom. I know that I
will perolly e wier pero or redig it d pplyig
it to my ow perol lie.
Dr. Cidy Jco, co-ouder, Geerl Itertiol
I may be over eighty, but I still eel the need to grow in
widom. I m deeply ideted to my ried Kyle or movig
me to ew height i udertdig wht widom relly i!
C. Peter Wger, vice-preidet, Glol Sphere, Ic.
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Unleash ing th e Power o f Heave n ly Ins igh t in Yo ur L i f e
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cntnts
Foreword y Bihop Hrry R. Jcko Jr. 9
Prologue y Dutch Sheet 13
Ackowledgmet 17
Itroductio 19
1. Whe Do You Kow It the Rel Thig? 21
2. Widom Plyook 37
3. Widom: The Iight Whiperer 53
4. Kowledge: Widom Brillice 73
5. Attitude: A Gl Hl-Full o Widom 916. Widom Firt Commdmet 107
7. Widom Secod Commdmet 127
8. Widom Come Cle 143
9. Widom Jourey o Succe 163
10. How to Mke Widom Your Ow 179
Note 187
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fw
It w hl time. We were loig gme to leer rivl,
and it was both rustrating and embarrassing to all ou. Our college ootll coch, the lte Roert Odell (
Heim Trophy ruer-up), gve peech tht chlleged
my young teammates and me to the core. He said with a gru
resolve that could never be imitated, Potential is interest-
ing but perormance is everything. He was telling us that
we outclassed our opponents in every way, except the way
tht couted tht teroo. Hi word were like god thtpricked our cociece.
The coachs speech had tapped into a visceral level o wis-
dom. His wisdom inspired us collectively to rise against a
seemingly insurmountable challenge (given the awed rst
hal). His words empowered our entire team to think and act
dieretly. Ad i repoe to hi chidig, we did wht we
kew how to do d wo the gme.
What is wisdom? Among a myriad o other things, it is
the art o taking acts or nasty realities and turning these raw
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Foreword
materials into competent action, solved problems, healed
reltiohip or ullled drem. Widom i gme wier.
Everyone thinks they have it. Yet like common sense, it is
ucommo.
Widom i the wer to our gretet militry prolem,
our world-wide economic woes and important situations too
umerou to cout. Oe hudred percet widom i impo-
ile to tti, o who could dre write ook o widom?
Someone who knows that wisdom is not a destination at
the ed o widig rod ut rther rerehig utce
ped o to u like wter to wery deert trveler. At et,
the wisest o us has extraordinary communion with someone
who pe o to u thi lie-utiig git.
Kyle Searcy is a ellow traveler who speaks only about
the kinds o roads he has traveled. He speaks only rom
wht he h lered y viewig lie through the lee o
ilicl truth. He pek oly wht he h lered through
trial and error. In real sense, Kyle has not just given us nug-
gets o wisdom but has shared with us a way o wisdom.
This is all made possible because he has ound a way o
cceig widom rom our SourceJeu. Kyle h give
us incredible stories and prayers that will bring serve as
water to thirsty readers reaching toward new dimensions o
widom.
Kyle h lo mde The Secrets o Biblical Wisdom u
and exciting read. Please remember that this work is more
th jut hdook or every Chriti, regrdle o your
time in the Kingdom. It is a resource that osters a relationship
with the Lord tht i rel d prcticl d h the potetil
to change your lie! The question is whether you will hear the
word o my coch rom yer goPotetil i iteretig
ut perormce i everythig!
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I hope you will chooe ctio, perormce d ruitul-
ness. Then ater you have read Kyles words, continue the
mircle. Give thi ook to your mot vlued ried.
Bihop Hrry R. Jcko Jr.
Seior ptor o the Hope Coectio i the
Whigto, D.C., d Orldo, FL, re
Preidig ihop o the Itertiol Commuio o
Evgelicl Churche
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Pgu
Several years ago my daughter Hannah had a ascinating
dream in which her mother and I were dropping her o atcollege. Whe give her room igmet, he w told
it w i prticulr uildig o the Gry Floor. Wht
do you thik tht me? Hh ked whe reltig the
drem to me.
I knew rom a study I had been doing that in the Scriptures
the color gray symbolized wisdomgray hairand elderactu-
lly come rom the me word. I your chool, plce thtrepreet lerig, you were iged to live o the oor o
Widom, I told her.
The he id, Dd, whe they gve me my room it w
umer 601. I kow tht eem trge, ut it w very cler
i my drem601.
Instantly I knew what this meant, also. With my love o
word studies, I had examined the Greek words reveal and
revelation enough to remember their numbers in Strongs
umerig ytem or New Tetmet word: 601 d 602.
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You were assigned the room o Revelation on the foor o
Widom, I told her. Immeditely I w remided o Ephe-
sians 1:17, That the God o our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
o glory, may give to you a spirit o wisdom and o revelation
i the kowledge o Him (nasb).
Hannahs dream launched me on a quest to better un-
dertd the iter-workig o thee two pect o ler-
ing. The symbolic designations o her room (Revelation)
d oor (Widom) were itriguig. Widom w roder
d provided omethig to uild o, yet it wt completewithout room o Reveltio. Neither would e dequte
or uctiol without the other. Reveltiotht which i
revealed to us by the Holy Spirit concerning a particular
matter or subjectmust be interpreted in the larger con-
text o widom geerl udertdig o God wy,
purpoe d priciple lered over time. Every oor o
Wisdom must have a room o Revelation, I realized, andevery room o Revelation must be ound on the foor o
Wisdom.
I The Secrets o Biblical Wisdom, my der ried Kyle
Searcy has ound the dormitory in Hannahs dream. Laced
with reveltio, hi cler iight o widom come live.
In them I ound not only understanding but also relevance.
He hred more th the what with me, ut lo the whyd the how. Sometime I red or lite to rillice d
d myel kig, Who cre? But I red thi ook,
I oud Kyle rilliced mke o mitke out it,
he is brilliantowing o the pages and into my ap-
plicle le o regulr i. I kew I could pply hi
wisdom; I could build with his insights. Youll have the
me experiece.
You re holdig i your hd treure mp, my ried.
Follow it and youll discover great enrichment; apply its
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priciple d youll d ucce. Lie i r too preciou to
wte; mke ure you live it wiely!
Dutch Sheet
Executive Director, Chrit or the Ntio Ititute
Author, Authority in Prayerd Intercessory Prayer
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aknwgnts
Iwt to thk Jeu, J Sherm, Je Cmpell d
the Chosen sta. I also want to thank Bishop Harry
Jcko or hi ecourgemet d or coectig me
with Chosen. I want to express deep appreciation to my wie,Kemi, our mily d the church mily I derly love.
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intutn
Irecetly retured rom trip tht w oe o the mot
avorable and ruitul I have ever taken. I went to Ghana,Wet Aric, to tke prt i the Fresh Fire coerece t
Word Miracle Church International. Bishop Charles Agyina-
sare was the conerence host, and Dr. Morris Cerullo was one
o the keynote speakers, along with me. The entire experience
was lie changing. Not only was the conerence laced with
the re and glory o God, but my personal times with the
Lord were also lie transorming. I came back to Americawith ew iight, ew grce d ew ocu, d o coure,
I lo received resh fre.
I returned home extremely excited. I could not wait to
prech tht ext Sudy. I jut kew the Lord would led me
to teach a message on resh re, resh Holy Spirit or resh
something. Whatever it was, I was certain He would want
me to relee wht I received while I w i Aric. I quieted
mysel beore the Lord and began to ask Him, What should
I hre?
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Introduct ion
As I waited on the Lord, He strongly directed my mind
towrd the topic o widom. Sice widom hd little to do
with the word resh or fre, I heitted or momet. I co-
tiued to iclie my hert towrd hevely iight, ut the
impression did not change. Scriptures on wisdom and its
importance in our lives fooded my mind. I became convinced
tht the livig God w directig me to cocetrte o thi
eetil uject.
The momet the Lord itructed me to hre o widom,
I knew instinctively that it was one o the most importantthings to ocus on or the days ahead. I elt how urgent and im-
portt it i or God people to egi emrcig widom
a leading grace in their lives. I knew God was ready to release
it to Hi people i much greter meure. I lo udertood
that as a condition o receiving wisdom, we must value its
welth, umit to it opertio d purue it imprttio.
Immeditely I luched o puruit o widom tht co-
tinues to this day. I must have more wisdom. I desire it deeply.
I log or it eretly d purue it peritetly. Widom h
power to trorm our live d hpe our uture.
Throughout this book, I will share what wisdom is and
what it does. My aim is not theological understanding alone.
I eek to crete i you itile thirt or widom. I wt
you hugry or it. I wt widom to ecome your primry
puruit. I wt to eek d d it together with you o thtwe my rep the ruit o it weet rewrd. A we ulock the
ecret o ilicl widom together, our live will chge or
the etter.
Red o . . . widom wit!
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1Wn d yu Knwits t r Tng?
Iknew this would be one o the most important decisions
o my lie. Having dated many girls since my early teens,
I thought dig wie would e ey. I would jut pick
the oe whom I liked d woo her util I wo her. But ow,
things were dierent. I was newly born-again, so God had
etered the mrrige equtio.
To complicte mtter, I hd decided to go ito the mi-itry. I w i my erly twetie d elt the time w ripe or
marriage, but I had to choose wiselynot everyone could
handle the role o a pastors wie. Destiny hung over my
hed, weighig o my deciio. I did ot wt ythig to
lter the cll God hd o my lie. The impct o my choice
clled or me to ort thig out.
I took log wlk i the prk d coidered the kid o
wom who might t ito my ew lie. I would eed her to
love God lot! I would eed her to emrce who I w
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as a person and what I was planning to do with my lie.
Beyod my eed, I hve to dmit tht I hd ome deire.
Would she be pretty? How would she dress? Then, there
beckoned the awkward question o how a uture pastor
dates someone. Should we only talk about spiritual mat-
ter . . . or could we jut e like everyoe ele d dicover
who we were people? For the ext our d hl yer,
I pet much time poderig uch quetio. Somehow, I
kew thi preprtio w groomig me to elect jut the
right girl.I ought or ome meure o how I hould go out the
proce o dig lie prter. I coured the Scripture tht
held priciple out chooig mte. I red torie out
how God directed people toward marriage. One evening I
red Geei 24, d the word eg jumpig o the pge.
In this passage, we nd Abraham had grown too old to search
or a wie or his beloved son, Isaac. To keep his son rom
mrryig ito the hethe populce roud them, Arhm
mde hi ervt promie to d Ic wie rom their ow
mily ck i the old coutry. The ervt w ucerti
wht he hould do i uch girl reued to trvel ck with
him to meet Ic. Arhm ured him tht i the wom
did not wish to come to their land, the servant would be
releed rom hi duty.
The servant traveled back to Abrahams homeland, saty well d w group o youg ldie pproch to etch
wter. He ked the Lord,
My it e tht whe I y to girl, Plee let dow your jr
tht I my hve drik, d he y, Drik, d Ill wter
your camels toolet her be the one you have chosen or
your ervt Ic. By thi I will kow tht you hve how
kide to my mter.
Geei 24:14
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Oe girl did top d oer wter or oth the ervt d
hi cmel. Thi youg wom, Reekh, jut hppeed to
e relted to Arhm. She eemed like wer to pryer,
ut the l tet would come whe Arhm ervt met
her ather and set the bride-price. Would Rebekah be willing
to leve her mily, trvel to ukow ld d ecome
the wie o ukow m? She w! She imply id, I
will go (vere 58).
Thi mzig tory ecme guidig light or my erch.
I wanted God to show me in a similar manner whom Hewted me to mrry (o cmel eeded). Ad the true tet
would e whe he id ye.
My search began. I became riends with a number o
lovely young women to whom I was attracted and who were
doig their ow erchig or jut the right mte. It trted
with Sally, the rst lady my eyes saw at the campus Bible
tudy I joied. (Nme hve ee chged throughout mystories to protect individual privacy.) She was slim and pretty,
and she had a godly demeanor that I respected. To top it
ll o, he hd git o igig. I could ee u miiterig
together; her voice would perectly complement my preach-
ig! She eemed it quiet d hy, which ppeled to me
or ome reo.
The second possibility was a young lady named Lydia. Oursenior pastor had partnered us to lead the college ministry in
our church. I admired Lydia because o her great intellect. She
w ttely d tll. I could ot help imgiig, eve though
I kew it w hllow to thik thi wy, tht we relly looked
gret together. Our tyle d pperce were imilr. Not
only that, but she had a sot, kind heart and was compassion-
te towrd people. I loved thee trit. My o our college
riends automatically assumed Lydia would become my wie.
Mrryig her eemed like the logicl thig to do.
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Then I met Marian. She came highly recommended by
an older couple who thought she would be perect or me.
Marian displayed godly traits and was a very serious person.
I repected Mr. d Mr. Phelp, whom I w my piritul
pret, d I elt I eeded to coider their dvice eriouly.
I elt I hould give pecil weight to their thought out my
uture with Mri.
Aother youg ldy med Cidy w very ttetive. She
did ll he could to dote o me. She would k i I hd ete
or was getting enough rest. I I needed anything, I knewCindy would drop everything and meet my request i she
could. Thi kid o tretmet c e tterig d poil the
little oy i every m.
Thee were ew o the lovely youg wome rom whom
I might chooe wie. Wht hould I do? Who w the right
one? I you had been there to advise me, what would you have
id? Would you hve picked Slly, Lydi, Mri or Cidy?Or would you have shown me a guiding spiritual principle
y which I could mke my ow deciio?
I will ll you in on my decision in a minute. But rst, I want
to dicu mkig right choice, which i itegrl prt o
exercising supernatural wisdom. Supernatural wisdom is
ville to every Chriti, d I hope thi ook will help
you discover not only how to become wiser, but how to share
i the eet widom c rig to your lie o dily i.
Right choice re jut oe o thoe eet.
Wisdom Always Gets It Right
Every human being has weighty decisions to make at one
time or other. For you it my ot ivolve whom to mrry,
ut the prticulr deciio you ce my impct your lie o
just as grand a scale. What i you received a money-back
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guarantee that right answers were available whenever you
eeded them? Who would ot jump t uch ttic del?
Dot you wih ometime you could plug your ri ito
the mot techologiclly dvced dte d get the et
wer to preig prolem? Hve you ever thought out
how cool it would be i you could, just like Neo in The Matrix,
call the Controller and request that a program be downloaded
i your ri to ele you to do thig procietly tht you
ormlly re ot equipped or tried to do?
Hve you ever wihed you could hire t o eoedadvisors to help you make brilliant decisions and correct
choice? Thik out the coveiece o hvig Dr. Phil or
an equivalent instantly available to aid in handling your rela-
tionship crises when they occur. This would be a lie changer!
What i Dale Carnegie could pop up on your iPad to help
you olve commuictio hle etwee you d your co-
workers, amily and riends? This could change your dailyoutlook!
Dont you wish you had the willpower o the best workout
trier, the iight o the mot vvy cil ivetor d
the orgized chedule o time mgemet guru to help
you keep your prioritie tright d ot get o trck?
Dont you wish there were a button you could push and an
entourage o bodyguards, health counselors and lie coacheswould remi t your dipol to help you vigte through
lie?
Too good to e true? The wer my urprie you. You
have all these abilities at your disposal without pushing a
utto. Thee wer to lie preig iue re oud i
oe ourcewidom. Widom goe eyod itellect, com-
mo ee d the et couelor ville. I ct, widom
is so broad sweeping, it cannot be restricted merely to the
cerio I lited ove. It i eyod hum udertdig,
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beyond our radarscope o logic. This is because wisdoms
ource i out o thi world.
Most people, however (even the most mature among us), do
ot kow how to tp i to thi vlule commodity, let loe
miti it. I hope thee pge will hed ome light o how
to accomplish those things. True wisdom helps you maximize
every opportunity presented to you during your lietime. And
who would ot wt to live lie i the mrt le?
Supernatural Wisdom to Choose
What about my lie-changing decision about whom to marry?
How could I cce the godly, lie-chgig widom eyod
hum udertdig tht I kew w ville to me? Ech
woman I considered seemed compatible and companionable.
I could imgie lie with lmot y oe o them.
My tory outcome my eem uuul. For mot people,it would e. But hvig cce to the widom God gve me
is not meant to be unusual at all, and the quest or a lie
prter ecme turig poit or me i thi re. I oud
more th wie; I oud widom.
I contemplated relationships with these wonderul women
rom every angle. A ew times I asted, going without any
ood or ew dy i the hope tht I would kow wht todo and eel certain o wisdoms answer. Yet my heart had
o pece.
Back to my knees I went. Then, on December 5, 1990,
ater praying or several hours, I received a strong impres-
io out the pero I w to mrry. No erthquke or ig
booming voice rom heaven came, but I had a clear impression
to God choice or me. Everythig i my mid d pirit
seemed to line up with the thought. It had taken our and
hl yer, ut I lly elt ure iide. I hd my wer!
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I elt ee o relie d er imulteouly. Wht i I
were wrog? Wht i I did ot like her ter we eg re-
ltiohip? Wht i he reued to mrry me? To complicte
mtter o whole other level, I kew very little out thi
youg wom. I kew her rt med it w ot Slly,
Lydi, Mri or Cidy! Thi youg ldy, Kemi, cme rom
Arica and took Christianity very seriouslyyet that is all
I kew out her.
I have to admit that I was attracted to Kemi on many levels.
Her commitmet to God w oviou. She w weet, prettyand stylish. From aar, she seemed as i she had a sense o
humor, and other people really liked her. These qualities
were i her vor, ut they were ot eough; he eeded to
p widom crutiy. I eeded to kow eyod y dout
tht Kemi w the oe. A I pryed out it, widom led me
to seek a noncoincidental conrmation. I prayed, God,
i You re pekig Kemi to my hert, plee corm thi yomeoe ele o I c e ure. The wer w ot r o.
Later that day, I called my sister Karen, who lived in another
city. Hlwy ito our covertio out icidetl mily
anecdotes, she said, Oh! I had a dream about you last night.
I dremt I w you o lrge cruie hip with omeoe rom
Aric. The word Mr. and Mrs. Arica were writte o it.
Then she asked me, Are you getting married or going toAric? Or mrryig omeoe rom Aric?
What were the odds o my sister experiencing such a dream
o the me dy I w coiderig mrryig girl rom A-
rica? Amazed at Gods aithulness, I knew Karens words
bore the conrmation I needed. This was especially true since
neither Karen nor anyone else had any knowledge o my
thoughtI hd ot told oul.
Now everything lined up nicely. I had an absolute inner
certityKemi w The Oe. My iter drem cemeted
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my reolve. But it i oe thig to kow wht God wt d
another to ollow through. I remember eeling surreal and
thinking, I cant believe this is happening. I was past scaredI
w hkig cred!
Ater ew dy, I got my ier eelig d er uder
cotrol. I kew I hd to purue coure o ctio to ee i
wht I elt could e right. I decided to let Kemi kow wht I
thought durig our Fridy ight pryer meetig. I t wy
rom everyone or most o the prayer time, trying to gain
enough nerve to ask her. I played several scenarios over in mymid. At time I would wver d try to tlk myel out o
pprochig her. Filly, I wxed old, tood up d wlked
tright to her. I oud her keelig over chir, pryig. I
tpped her o the houlder d ked her to ollow me to
quieter plce.
I had to rally every nerve in my body so that I could declare,
It look though God i ledig me to k you to e mylie prter, ut I could e wrog. Plee pry out it d
let me kow wht you thik.
Exterlly I ppered old; iterlly I could ot elieve I
was saying these words. What took all o two minutes seemed
like an eternity to me. Ater blurting the words out, there was
momet o deep ilece. Emrred, I lmot rected,
then I heard Kemis voice. She simply said, Yes, sir, andquickly wlked wy.
Yes, sirwhat kind o an answer was that? Mixed emo-
tions swept over me. On the one hand, I actually elt great
reliet let my igmet w over. I lo elt proud o
myel or ot chickeig out. Eve i Kemi cme ck d
told me no, at least I had been bold enough to ask. The gnaw-
ig eelig ow hd ee tied. O the other hd, I elt
dismay at the prospect o what she might say. What i she did
say no in the ace o what I had heard rom God? What then?
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Kemi returned a ew minutes later, interrupting my thoughts.
Lookig up, I w hocked to ee the codece o her ce.
She id, To e hoet, ir, Ive kow out thi or ome
time ow.
Suddenly I elt awkward. I swallowed hard and asked, Oh,
relly? Do you eve kow my lt me?
She miled d dmitted, No.
At this point I elt compelled to say, Well, youd better
ler it ecue it will oo e your lt me.
Kemi pued or momet, miled d let.Sitting in the same chair or the rest o the evening, I
kept thinking, What have I just done? But in spite o the
trgee o the evet tht hd tke plce, I elt pece.
It eemed right ecue it w rightthough ot i the wy
your mind can manipulate you into believing something
because you want it so badly. This was a peace that came
rom oeyig God.Kemi d I were mrried te week lter21 yer go t
the time o thi writig. I m coviced tht widom guided
me in the important decision o whom to marry, and I am
grateul. Wisdoms voice went beyond the thoughts o a con-
ciece or good doe o commo ee. I ct, i thi ce
widom wet out o it wy to precrie uuul coure
o ctio. I received reveltio, my iter gve cormtiothrough drem, I let the Word o God guide me through
the story o nding Isaacs bride, and wisdom was conrmed
y Kemi frmtive wer.
Learning to gather wisdom rom these sources was not
itteou or me y y me. I hd pet yer d-
ig out how widom worked d prcticig it pplictio.
During this time I began to learn how wisdom could be mea-
sured out even to a young adult like me. I kept placing mysel
i the receivig poitio o herig God directio, dig
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how that direction should work in my lie and walking in
oediece to ee widom ruit.
The reo I elieve I did ot mke wrog choice i tht
early in my walk with God, I had decided to ollow wisdoms
whispera determination I have thanked God or continually.
Wisdom did not just help me nd the answer; it taught me the
right quetio to k. Widom lerted me whe omethig
did not seem right and set me at peace when everything came
ito ligmet.
The wy God led me i thi deciio, ot to metio howI repoded, my eem uelievle. But I elieve mot o u
c experiece more o uch pecic d prcticl method
o receivig God widomi oly we udertd how. At
the very let, I thik you c relte to my eekig the Lord
or guidance and to the peace I elt at responding to the
guidce I received.
Wisdom to Change Your World
Imgie wht dierece jut mll portio o godly wi-
dom could make in your lie. Think about how it might aect
your creer or impct your choice o mte. Imgie riig
your kids using a good dose o godly wisdom. Godly wisdom
improve your lie regrdle o your proeio, your milysituation and your personal circumstances. Once you have it,
problems become easier to solvea result everyone can enjoy.
Mot o u pprecite widom vlue to certi degree,
but we tend to underestimate its true worth. I would like
to how you how importt widom i. I ct, I hope tht
by the time you read the last page o this book, you will
experience an exponential increase in how you plug in to
wisdom and operate in its wake. We will also explore wis-
dom eet. God wt to le you through Hi git o
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widom. Through redig thee pge, I hope your cpcity
to receive those blessings will increase. As you understand
wisdoms inestimable importance to your lie, I hope you will
put coiderle time d eergy ito eekig it.
Perhp you, too, hve experieced time whe you kew
that a decision you had to make would impact the rest o your
lie. You my eve e chlleged with uch deciio you
red thi. You cot igore your choice; they td eore
you d demd repoe. But eyod mkig idividul
deciio, you hve God-give detiy. God h purpoeor you, a path or you alone to walk on this planet. You
must make many determinations along the way, and some
o thoe will either urther or hider God purpoe or you.
Hi widom c keep you o trck.
You and I must depend on and trust Gods wisdom. It
really is not that difcult. How can we nd it? Wisdom is
ot eluive. It my pper hidde, ut it wit egerly to ediscovered. Wisdom has much to say. It stands ready to guide
u i ech d every deciio. Followig godly widom will
llow u to hu regret.
I the chpter tht ollow, I will ope up my lie to how
you how wisdom has worked or me. At times I listened to the
iight I received; t time I did ot d eded up pyig the
consequences. Through my experiences and through teachingrom Scripture, I will help you learn to tap in to wisdoms
iexhutile reource o you c receive guidce d d
answers. I believe you will be able to put every lesson I learned
to ue i your ow lie. You jut eed ew priciple, ome
practice time and the ability to know wisdom when you see it.
I also will share how wisdom gives us insight. We will look
at the ruit o wisdom in terms o intelligence, communi-
cation and making the best choices. We will examine how
widom c crete olid reltiohip, how we eed widom
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to ulll our prioritie d how widom help u live ely
i trecherou world.
Udertdig the importce o widom i jut the rt
step in this adventure o discovering the secrets o biblical
widom. I m excited out tkig thi jourey with you. I
the ed, I elieve we ll will e wier reult.
The ext prt o our dveture together will ivolve u-
derstanding what wisdom will produce in us once we pos-
sess it. But beore we move into the next chapter, I would
like to mke ome decree with you cocerig widom. Iact, woven into the text o my chapters are both decrees
and prayers. My desire is that this book will impact your
hed d your hert. The pue we tke to reect, pry d
mke decree re deiged to iterrupt your tri o thought
so your knowledge is not limited to your head, but is also
etertied i your hert.
The decree we will mke re ttemet or declrtiotht pre our ith orwrd d cruh el-dout d er.
They help thoughts become more deeply planted in our
hearts. A armer does not leave seeds in the packets and hope
they will grow. Instead, he places the seeds in the ground
o they hve the potetil to grow. I the me wy, we ow
seedsour wordsby speaking them out to connect our
aith with Gods promises. This evokes authority both onerth d i heve.
I iclude the pryer o tht we tke momet to pue,
humble our hearts beore God and receive impartation o
the principles we just covered. The act o prayer creates a
widow or the Holy Spirit to move o our hert. Thi will
cause God to work in our lives long ater we nish going
through thi ook.
I have also included questions or meditation at the end o
ech chpter, log with ome prcticl tip. The quetio
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re ueul or idividul tudy or or mll group dicuio.
They will help you journal your adventure as you seek wisdom
o dily i. I ugget tht you devote mll oteook
to recording your thoughts on this journey as God unleashes
the power o more d more hevely iight i your lie.
The prcticl tip I iclude will provide ome extr tep
you c ollow i order to ctively put the priciple withi
ech chpter to ue i your dily lie. Some tip re ugge-
tions to use the material directly as leverage toward exercising
widom. Other tip will mke the priciple more cocrete I egge you i more pecic pect o thoe priciple.
Let mke thi rt declrtio together out puruig
widom d llowig it to trorm u.
Decree of Transformation
I decree that I will strongly pursue wisdom all my days.
I decree tht widom h the power to trorm me. I will
let wisdom transgure my lie so that my spirit shines like
the sun and becomes white as light. I decree that wisdom
will consume me like re to burn out the dross that keeps
me leig o my ow udertdig. My my tep e or-
dered so that I make divine connections and change the world
through the knowledge o God. Let it be so, Father. As I have
decreed, I elieve You will perorm thee thig ccordig toYour Word. I Jeu me, Ame.
Questionsfor Meditation
1. List at least three things you value in your lie. How did
treasuring these things aect your pursuit o them? Was
it eier to prctice, tudy or do whtever w required
to excel i thee re you vlued? Why? How?
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2. H there ever ee ythig i your lie tht you did
not value at rst, but began to value later? What caused
you to place greater value on it? How can you apply
tht chge i vlue to your puruit o widom?
3. Has there ever been a time when a wise thought came to
you out o the blue and helped you solve a perplexing
prolem? Jot dow ome thig you lered rom tht
experiece.
4. Hve you ever experieced time whe widom cted
as a sentry in your lie? When has wisdom emerged and
helped protect you rom impedig dger?
5. List three areas o your lie in which you could use more
widom right ow.
Practical tiPs
1. Whenever you are aced with perplexing problems,
chedule dedicted thik/medittio time. Thi could
be anywhere rom ten minutes to an hour. Remove your-
sel rom noisy, distracting settings and just ponder.
Perhp tke wlk i prk or log the wter. Get
wy omewhere to relx d ocu, to thik d pry.
2. From your answer to meditation question 2, think about
wht cue you to vlue certi thig. Coider the
methods you use to pursue them. Write out how you
can apply the same strategy to valuing and pursuing
widom.
3. Read and memorize wisdom quotes and literature. Start
with chpter dy rom the ook o Prover. There
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re 31 chpter, o you c red through the ook i
moth. Ater Prover, red through Eccleite d
Song o Songs. Then search or other wisdom literature.
You will d tht you turte your mid with uch
widom, it will emerge eeded d it you.
4. Stre d xiety ote drow out widom whiper.
Maintain a calm, peaceul inner lie as much as possible
y trutig God. Whe you egi to eel teio or
egtive emotio, tke momet to declre your truti God to your pirit.
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