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Proverbs – Sayings Of SolomonSample

DAY 8 OF 13

Wisdom's Heart Transplant

Whenever our Father speaks to us about our hearts, it is always an invitation to intimacy. He never expects us to isolate ourselves and somehow exert enough force on our hearts to make them acceptable to him.

He is not just our God, but also our Father and Maker. He understands the intricacies of our hearts, and he knows that we have no power to change them. Only he has that ability.

Our Father’s method for transforming our hearts is not like the instructor who lectures and assigns homework to be done independently. Instead, he pulls us into his embrace and reveals his heart to us. That moment of revelation becomes our moment of transformation, in which our heart becomes like his, not through our work, but through our relationship of love.

So when Proverbs 17 describes the kind of heart required for reigning in life, it also describes the heart of our Father. Here are some of the highlights from The Passion Translation:

• A “purified” heart (v. 3); a heart that has been refined through the fire of God’s jealous love

• A “humble” heart (v. 10); a heart that delights in understanding

• A truthful, rather than a “perverse” heart (v. 20); a heart that never lies and always tells the truth

• A “cheerful” heart (v. 22); joy in our hearts releases healing to our souls and bodies

• An “understanding” heart (v. 27); a heart filled with God’s peace at all times

These descriptions are a gateway to revelation, but only intimacy with our Father will impart these virtues to our heart.

Choose one of these five virtues of the heart and meditate on how your Father embodies it to the fullest. Ask him to reveal himself to you in this way so that you may become more like him. Journal about your experience.

Scripture

Proverbs 17

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About this Plan

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. When Solomon pens a proverb, there is more than meets the eye! Who are these proverbs written to? This compilation of wisdom’s words is written to you! Throughout the book, we find words like “Listen, my sons. Listen, my daughters.” The book of Proverbs is written to us as sons and daughters of the living God. The teaching we receive is not from a distant god who tells us we’d better live right, or else. These are personal words of love and tenderness from our wise Father, the Father of eternity, who speaks right into our hearts with healing, radiant words. Receive deeply the words of the kind Father of heaven as though he were speaking directly to you. This 13–day reading plan, inspired by The Passion Translation Proverbs: Wisdom from Above, includes the sayings of Solomon from Proverbs 10-22.

We would like to thank Dr. Brian Simmons, The Passion Translation, and BroadStreet Publishing for this plan. For more information, please visit: http://www.thepassiontranslation.com

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