Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 9.  I will then give a brief description of this short proverb.  The first 12 verses speak of having the Fear of the Lord and of the importance of walking in wisdom.  The last 6 verses speak of living in folly - or, basically, living your life as though God doesn't exist.  If you live your life...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 8.  I will then key in on verse 13 - The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.  Several things I would like to say about this verse.  First, if God hates something, so should we.  God says that we are to hate evil.  God doesn't...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be reading Proverb 7.  I will then key in on verse 27 - Her house is the way to hell, Descending to the chambers of death.  I cannot overemphasize enough how important it is to set up safeguards in your life to help you avoid falling into temptation.  Many people that felt they could not fall into temptation in this area...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 6.  I will then introduce a special guest, Nate Carter.  He was on the June 7th podcast - so it has been almost six months to the day since his first appearance.  He will share about life, his marriage his church position, his parenting and then he will lead the audience in the sinner's prayer.

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 5.  I will then key in on verse 19:  As a loving deer and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love.  Friends, in proverbs 2, 5 & 7, it talks about the temptation that can come from people of the opposite sex.  Whether you are a man or w...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 2.  I will then key in on verse 6:  For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.  Today I am going to demonstrate how you find out what your gifting are.  I am going to give my testimony of how I became a teacher.  James 3:1 tells us that teachers are going to...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 30.  I will then key in on verse 5:  Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.  Friends, this should be an encouragement to all of you to have a desire to read the Bible.  The fact that every word is pure is so comforting to me.  The second part of that...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 29.  I will then invite my guest for the day - Quasar Brown, a fellow 2nd year student at Charis Bible College.  Quasar will tell us about his childhood, his coming to know the Lord, what brought him to Charis and how the Lord has been working in his life.  He talks about how he is bringing Jesus int...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 28.  I will then key in on verse 9:  One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.  Friends, we need to follow the laws of the land that we live in.  If we do NOT follow the laws of the land, then even our prayers will be hindered, as they would be an abomin...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 25.  I will then key in on verse 11 - A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold In setting of silver.  We are to choose our words carefully.  The book of James, chapter 3: verses 5-13 tell us how severe our words can be and how, in and of ourselves, we will have great difficulty controlling our tong...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill & Judy Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 24.  I will then go over verses 13 & 14 - My son, eat honey because it is good, And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste;  So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul;  If you have found it, there is a prospect.  Instead of honey we will talk about turkey, mashed potato...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 23.  I will then key in on verses 15 & 16:  My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice - indeed, I myself; Yes, my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak right things.  Friends, God rejoices when the words of our mouth speak "right things."  When I think of this, I think of...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 22.  I will then introduce you to my special guest Giuseppe, who I also had on my May 10th podcast.  He will be over his favorite verses from Proverb 22: verses 24 & 25.  He will then share all the things that God has been doing in his life since his graduation from Charis Bible College in May of...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be reading Proverb 21.  We will then key in on verse 3:  To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.  I will then share from the letter to the church in Thessalonica: 1 Thessalonians:  5:verses 16-18 - Always be joyful; Never stop praying; Be thankful in all circumstances for this i...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 18.  I will key in on verse 15:  The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.  I looked up the word prudent and found out its meaning:  having or showing good judgement and restraint, especially in conduct or speech.  I then looked up synonyms for pr...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 17.  I will then key in on verse 17:  A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.  There is no greater example of true friendship than the relationship David (the future king of Israel) had with Jonathon (the son of the current king of Israel) - King Saul.  We will pick up...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 16.  I will then key in on verse 7:  When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.  As Jesus's time on Earth was coming to an end, he wanted to do something that would rattle his disciples.  In John Chapter 13, verses 1-17 I will read this passage of scrip...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 15.  I will then introduce you to my guest, Jennifer Carroll.  She is the wife of Dusty - who was on last week on November 8th.  If you didn't get a chance to listen to him, I invite you to do so.  Jennifer will discuss her testimony - how she came from an abusive relationship and how one day, s...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 14.  I will then key in on verse 2:  He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.  I believe that I fit into this category.  I walk with uprightness, living my life each day becoming more and more like Jesus.  I "fear" the Lord - not in a...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 11.  I will then key in on the first part of verse 3:  The integrity of the upright will guide them.  Friends, regardless of what is going on in our lives we can choose to have integrity and do the right thing!  I will then read Job Chapter 27 in its entirety.  Three things we can learn fro...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 10.  I will then key in on verse 10:  He who walks with integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will become known.  I will then go over the dictionary definition of integrity.  When I think of the word integrity, I automatically think of the man Job, in the Old Testament.  I...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 9.  I will then key in on verse 10:  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.  I will refer back to Proverb 1:7 which states that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.  I will then go over the progression that must take pl...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 8.  I will then introduce my guest for the day - Dusty Carroll.  He is the owner of Dusty's Tree Service.  Dusty gives a wonderful testimony which talks about his early childhood, receiving Jesus as his Lord and Savior, his testimony of background in both alcohol and drugs, and having been in and out...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be reading Proverb 7 in its entirety.  Upon completion I will mention that five verses of this proverb talk about seeking wisdom, and obeying the commandments of God and 22 verses on the crafty harlot.  Temptation is very real and can come in many forms.  I will mention Joseph in the 39th chapter of the book of Genesis. &...

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 4.  I will then key in on verse 7:  Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom.  Proverb 4 is primarily talking about the benefits that come is you have wisdom in your life.  It is one of the most impassioned of all of the chapters of Proverbs.  I will then go over James 1: verse 5...