{"id":9560,"date":"2021-02-28T13:07:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T18:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=9560"},"modified":"2021-02-28T13:07:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T18:07:30","slug":"besensiblebewise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2021\/02\/besensiblebewise\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Sensible-Be Wise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>2021 THEME: Life on the Edge<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Series: Life Matters<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>TITLE:\u00a0 Be Sensible-Be Wise<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Scripture: Eccl. 10<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It is possible to live our entire lives from the wrong (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>perspective<\/strong><\/span>). Believing we are right, we can be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BE SENSIBLE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Three main categories of wisdom vs folly:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Advantages vs Disadvantages<\/strong><\/span>)\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIt is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.\u201d Pr.17:12 (NLT)\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cFools\u2019 words get them into constant quarrels; they are asking for a beating.\u201d Pr.18:6 (NLT)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Humility and Patience<\/strong><\/span>) vs. Popularity and Partiality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Risks vs. Stupidity<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>II.\u00a0\u00a0 BE WISE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Two advantages of being wise:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wisdom prepares the way for (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>success<\/strong><\/span>).\u00a0 (v.10) \u201cUsing a dull ax requires great strength so sharpen the blade. That\u2019s the value of wisdom; it helps you succeed.\u201d (NLT)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wisdom (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>thinks ahead<\/strong><\/span>), before the fact.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\n<p>Theme: Life on the Edge \/ Series: The Agony and the Ecstasy<\/p>\n<p>Title: The Shadow of the Cross- Psalm 130<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 THEME: Life on the Edge Series: Life Matters TITLE:\u00a0 Be Sensible-Be Wise Scripture: Eccl. 10 &nbsp; It is possible to live our entire lives from the wrong (perspective). Believing we are right, we can be wrong. &nbsp; I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BE SENSIBLE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Three main categories of wisdom vs folly: 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Advantages vs Disadvantages)\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIt is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2021\/02\/besensiblebewise\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9561,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9560\/revisions\/9561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}