50 Days of Wisdom
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Wisdom is a skill in living that begins with fearing God, then progresses to guarding your mind, choosing your companions, controlling your body, monitoring your words, pursuing your work, managing your money, and loving your neighbor. Very simple. But that’s it. And when you’ve done that, you’ve learned wisdom. It’s vital to be taught wisdom. For example, as a father, if I fail to teach my son to fear God, the devil will teach him to hate God. If I fail to teach my son to guard his mind, the devil will teach him to have an open mind. If I fail to teach my son to obey his parents, the devil will teach him to rebel and break his parents’ hearts. If I fail to teach my son to select his companions carefully, the devil will choose them for him. If I fail to teach my son to control his body, the devil will gladly teach him to give it completely over to his lusts. If I fail to teach my children to enjoy speech that is honorable to God, the devil will fill their mouths with filth. If I fail to teach my children to pursue their work, the devil will make them lazy. If I fail to teach them to manage their money, the devil will teach them to waste it on riotous living. If I fail to teach them to love their neighbor, the devil will gladly teach them to love only themselves.
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Producing a Healthy Child
We have a tremendous gift from God in our children. They are to bring us immense joy. They are to bring us delight, blessing, happiness, fulfillment, comfort, consolation, and satisfaction. But we’re looking at a society where children, for many people, are a pain and a disaster. They break their parents’ hearts with their drinking, their drugs, their sexual promiscuity, their moderate or extreme criminal behavior, their lack of values, and their lack of honor and regard for their parents. They shame their parents. They terrorize their parents in some cases. They manipulate and monopolize the home. That’s not God’s intention. How are you going to take that little savage, as cute and cuddly as he or she is, and guarantee that this one will be a joy to you? Here’s the principle stated in verse 4. Negatively, “Do not provoke your children to anger.” Positively, “Bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” That’s it. It isn’t that complicated. Listen to what two Harvard sociologists presented as four necessary factors to prevent delinquent, antisocial, dysfunctional children: The first factor is the father's discipline. It must be firm, fair, and consistent. Two: the mother’s supervision. Three: the father and mother’s demonstrated affection. And four: the family’s cohesiveness— time spent together. It took Harvard sociologists to figure that out? That the father is in charge of the discipline, that the mother is there to supervise, that the two are to love each other, and that the family is to be together— that guarantees that you’re not going to raise a delinquent? How hard is that? That’s precisely what the Bible says. The husband is the head of the family. The mother nourishes and cherishes her children. The husband and wife are to love each other, and they are to do things together as a family. That’s so basic. But that’s what makes healthy children. According to Paul Meier, M.D., five factors sum up the key to healthy parent/child relationships: One, love. Parents show love to each other and their children. Two, discipline. Setting a standard and making people live by it or pay the consequence. Three, consistency. Consistency is critical. When you’re dealing with a child, it isn’t important that you be perfect; no one expects that. But it is important that you be consistent. Both parents need to stick together, use the same rules, and consistently enforce those rules so that a child doesn’t get away with something one time and get punished for the same thing another time; it needs to be consistent. The fourth is an example to follow. And the fifth is a man at the head of the home. So the doctor says, love, discipline, consistency, example, and a man at the head of the home. Those are all Biblical principles. God never intended a home without a man. Why do you think in the Old Testament that if a husband died, the wife would immediately marry his next of kin? Undoubtedly, this was partly done to safeguard her but primarily to ensure the presence of a father in the household. Because the vast majority of dysfunctional people will grow up in homes where there was no father or the father was absent or weak and the mother was dominating. So both parents must be properly involved to produce a healthy child. Repent and believe! GTY.org (80-69) - Shade for Our Children – 80-69
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February 24, 2026
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