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God's Word is not a historical textbook. It's not a nonfiction book. It's way more than that. The Bible is a talking book, in which, as we see from the Psalmist in Psalm 119:176, God seeks us. God seeks us through His Word! We talk about that today and more on this episode of 'FRIDAY MOOD'. xplusone.org

In western Christianity it is very easy to be led by behavior modification rather than the Lord's changing of your heart. We commonly think behavior change leads to life change. This misconception causes us to place band-aid's on internal bleeding, which does us no good. Proverbs 4:20-27 shows us the importance of the heart, as it directly impacts our thoughts, words, and actions; it shows...

We often get caught up in thinking of where we want to be and where want to go and how we want to grow. It is so easy to get caught up in self, in our character and deeds, causing us to neglect the Lord's character and deeds. Be encouraged to recount the Lord's wondrous deeds today. xplusone.org

Remember the greek mythical character Medusa? How when someone looked at her they were turned to stone? Solomon makes a similar case today in Proverbs 4:10-19 for the path of the wicked, encouraging his audience to stay away from that path at all costs (lest their hearts become hardened like stone), and to embrace/walk a different path - that of wisdom.

What’s your ripple effect? How would you describe it? How does your presence and your life impact those around you? In Hebrews 10:24-25, we are given some direction as to what our ripple effect as believers should be on our world and on each other. Tune in to find out what that is! xplusone.org

What is God's design for the family? In this episode of the X+1 Podcast, we explore how wisdom is multigenerational, uncovering its importance in our roles as grandparents, parents, and children. Check out the website! xplusone.org

Today we round off Proverbs 3, and we do so by shifting our focus from our vertical relationship with God to our horizontal relationship with others, specifically with our neighbors. Enjoy the podcast :) If you have any questions, please email me @ xplusonepodcast@gmail.com

What would your life look like if you put as much emphasis on wisdom as Solomon did? Would you live in greater life? Greater security? Greater peace? There's a reason Solomon places so much emphasis on wisdom, and in today's verses he shows us more reasons why we should 'keep sound wisdom and discretion' all our days. Enjoy :) If you have any questions, you can email xplusonepodcas...

What competes with Jesus to be your first? is is that cup of coffee? Is it your phone? Is it scrolling through social media? Is it family/friends? Is it work? Truth is, we all struggle to give God our very very first moments in the morning. But as I've experienced, when we do, the days are so precious and the Lord's work in your heart is even more so. We talk about that on today's podc...

HAPPY FRIDAY!!! On today's episode, we look at the connection between Proverbs 3:19-20 & Proverbs 24:3-4. Both sets of Scripture utilize the same agents in the same order, and thus produce very similar meanings. Be encouraged today to build, establish, and fill your house with wisdom. Enjoy the podcast :) If you have any questions, you can email @ xplusonepodcast@gmail.com

In today's podcast episode, we look at Proverbs 3:19-20, where Solomon shows us the value of wisdom to the LORD. Enjoy the podcast :) If you have any questions, you can email @ xplusonepodcast@gmail.com

Happy Friday!!! On today's episode of 'FRIDAY MOOD', we build off of the other podcast series 'Pursuing Wisdom in Proverbs' by looking at the VERY STRONG connection between Proverbs 3:16, and Proverbs 22:4; the connection between wisdom, humility, and fear of the Lord. enjoy the episode :)

We tend to daydream about what we desire most. So what do you daydream about most? Is it money? Relationships? Success? You see it’s in our pattern of thought that our greatest desires are revealed. It’s in our daydreams, in our thoughts, where we can find out what we treasure most. In Proverbs 3:13-18, Solomon shows us what we should treasure & desire above all things. He shows us what we sho...

Submission. Discipline. Correction. You read those words and how do you react? Do they have a more negative or positive connotation to them? Most people despise those words and what they mean to us. But are we to despise them? Or should we love them? In today's verses, Solomon shows us that asking God for less discipline & less correction, by refusing to submit to His authority, we are act...

Happy FRIDAY!!!! On today's episode of 'FRIDAY MOOD', we look at and remind ourselves of the many names of God, which say. it. all. Enjoy the podcast :)

Verses 5-10 in Proverbs 3 contain some of the most commonly quoted verses in the whole book by Christians. They're very popular & in many ways they are to Christ’s disciples what the wedding ceremony is to newlyweds, as they show us the vows we must keep in our covenant relationship with the LORD. If you have any questions, you can email me @ xplusonepodcast@gmail.com

It is wild to think that the Pharisees, the most 'religious' people, looked Jesus face to face their whole lives & NEVER worshiped Him as Christ! They say history repeats itself...we are subject to doing the same if we are not careful. We talk about that & the FedEx logo (because of course) on today's episode. Enjoy! If you have questions, you can email me @ xplusonepodcast@gma...

Welcome to Proverbs 3!!! Today we move from focusing on the outer life to the inner life, further exploring how this journey for wisdom isn't about behavior modification; it's about transformation of the heart. Enjoy the podcast :) If you have any questions, you can email me @ xplusonepodcast@gmail.com

Sin actively deceives. It actively deceives our hearts & is actively at war with our spirit. And if sin is active continually & not occasionally, should we not also be active continually & not occasionally in exhorting one another according to the Word of God? Enjoy the podcast :) If you have any questions, you can email me @ xplusonepodcast@gmail.com

In Proverbs 2:11-22, Solomon gives us two illustrations of two groups of people that serve as warnings to our walk with wisdom. And who are those groups of people? Evil men and evil women. Shocker!!!! But Solomon provides these illustrations to give us more than a warning...he provides them to show us that wisdom delivers; Wisdom delivers from the way of evil men and evil women. To that we discuss...

'The world has yet to see what God can do with a man fully consecrated to Him'. Those are the words of DL Moody, and they could not be more spot on. What would your life look like if you lived fully surrendered to the Lord? No strings attached, no holding on to anything...what would it look like? We talk about those questions and more, looking to Jesus Christ in Luke 22, on today's epi...

Have you ever been offered or told of something great and your initial reaction was 'Why'? Like 'Why should I care about that' 'Why should that be of any importance to me?'. In truth, we've all asked those questions because we are skeptical people and always want to know the why behind anything. Solomon, the writer of Proverbs, understood this, and that is why today he...

We are incomplete people and we know it...that's why we seek completion in our work, in our romantic partners, in our success, our friends, our family, etc. But Scripture tells us we won't find a sense of completion in those people and places. Why? Because Scripture says in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 that completion is found elsewhere. Enjoy the podcast :) If you have any questions or comments on t...

Have you ever wondered what it looks like to grow in understanding of the fear of the LORD? Or have you wondered what it looks like to grow in wisdom & the knowledge of God? Solomon in Proverbs 2:1-5 answers those questions by giving us six disciplines needed to 'understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God' (v5). Enjoy the episode :) If you have any questions/thoughts...

Happy Friday!!! Today we pose a question that will change your interactions with people...do I meet you praying? Enjoy the podcast :)