Smart Guys 15:33

Vance K. Jackson leads readers in this heart-transforming devotional. God draws close to the humble. God promotes the humble. God enlarges the humble. God expands the borders of the humble. Choose to kill pride. Abase yourself. Choose to sow the gifts, talents and abilities that God has given you into His Kingdom. Build for God’s Glory. Let God lead your heart as you read this life transforming devotional.

We need wisdom every day as we navigate tricky situations. This short 5-day plan by Jean E. Jones looks to the book of Proverbs to find wisdom. You’ll discover how to read Proverbs, who the righteous are, what the fear of the Lord is, and several sources of wisdom.

Discipleship works against fear. As we obey God’s commands, we entrust ourselves to him. Like the students attending the schools founded by D. L. Moody in Northfield, MA, God’s people “are encouraged to test the meaning and value of the Bible’s teachings experimentally, by acting upon them, and living them out.” As we “test experimentally” the word of God, we will find that we will have fewer and fewer reasons to be afraid. You can get an expanded version of this plan at moodycenter.org/fear.

Proverbs is the greatest book of wisdom ever written, mostly penned by the wisest man to ever live. God gave his servant Solomon this wisdom to pass along to us, his servants, who continue the ministry of Jesus, the embodiment of wisdom, until he returns in full glory. This 13–day reading plan, inspired by The Passion Translation Proverbs: Wisdom from Above, includes the sayings of Solomon from Proverbs 10-22.