April 10, 2025 • 20 mins
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We often confusing having knowledge with possessing wisdom. But true wisdom requires discernment to recognize truth and the discipline to apply it in our daily lives. Wisdom isn't acquired overnight —it's cultivated through relationships with those who've walked the path before us.
When we begin to grow in wisdom, we naturally desire to share what we've learned with those we love. Like the woman in Proverbs 9 who calls others to her table, we want to give others the wisdom God has given us. But sharing wisdom requires humility and patience, recognizing that sometimes others need to stumble themselves before they can value what we offer. The beauty of this process is that we don't need to have everything figured out to guide others—we simply need to be a few steps ahead, close enough to extend a hand while continuing our own journey.
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Audrey (00:00):
Hey friend, welcome back to Grace For my Home.
I know life's busy and ourhearts can get so cluttered with
all of the distractions and allof the demands and the things
that are pulling on us forattention.
But right here, right now, inthis space, let's slow down,
(00:20):
let's take a deep breath andturn our eyes back on Jesus.
I'm so glad that you've joinedme here again today.
Today, I want to talk with youabout being a woman of wisdom
and sharing that wisdom withother people.
And to start that conversation,I want to read to you from
(00:41):
Proverbs.
Proverbs, chapter nine.
I want to read to you the firstsix verses and I'm going to
read from the Amplified Version.
It says Wisdom has built herspacious and sufficient house.
She has hewn out and set up herseven pillars.
She has prepared her food.
She has mixed her wine.
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She has also set her table.
She has sent out her maidens.
She calls from the highestplaces of the city Whoever is
naive or inexperienced let himturn in here.
As for him who lacksunderstanding, she says come,
eat my food and drink the wine Ihave mixed, and accept my gifts
(01:24):
.
Leave behind your foolishnessand the foolish and live and
walk in the way of insight andunderstanding.
And I love the way here thatwisdom is personified as a woman
, because we as women have agreat capacity to hold wisdom,
(01:49):
to learn wisdom and to grow inwisdom.
So in Proverbs 9, wisdom is awoman who is making a meal.
She's preparing a table, andshe first.
Well, first, let's back up.
First she makes a house.
She has set up seven pillars,she has made a space, she's made
a place, and that's hard work.
(02:09):
You know, it's hard to build ahouse, it's hard to make a place
where others can come in and besafe and secure and have
covering over them and have aplace to rest.
And as moms, as women, that'swhat we do.
We make a place, we make ahouse, a home, right, and so
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that's work, that's a lot ofwork, and after we make the
space, we fill it with goodthings, and that's what she's
done.
She's preparing her table, sheis making her food, she's mixing
her wine, she's setting thetable, and then she goes out and
she calls others, and she callsthem in so they too can enjoy
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the things she's prepared, thethings she's learned.
She doesn't want them to beunwise, she wants them to be
wise the way she is and shecalls out to them.
Wisdom is calling, it's alwayscalling.
God wants us to be wise people.
He doesn't want us to befoolish.
One of the things I've learnedabout growing in wisdom is well,
(03:16):
first of all, like I mentioned,it's work.
It's really easy not to grow inwisdom.
You just live.
You know, you never learn, younever grow.
To grow in wisdom means thatyou are constantly gathering
pearls of wisdom, and I want tomake a distinction there.
You know, wisdom isn't knowledge.
(03:37):
It's not just knowing things.
You know.
We live in an age, we're in ageneration right now, where we
think that we know more than anyother generation that has lived
, because we have Google andanything we want to know.
All we have to do is go andtype it in on our phones and
it's there.
We know it.
But wisdom isn't knowledge,it's not information.
(04:01):
It's not information.
Wisdom is knowing truth,recognizing truth when we hear
it and applying truth to oureveryday lives.
So see, there's a lot ofknowledge out there, but it
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takes wisdom to know what's trueand what's not true.
And then the next step is notjust knowing and recognizing.
Ok, this is true, this is nottrue.
But how to take what is trueand apply it to my life.
That takes time.
That's not something you canlearn in a seminar or something
you can sit down in a weekendand go from an unwise to a wise
person in a day or two.
(04:44):
Learning to become wise,becoming a wise person, is a
lifetime effort and we learn itin relationship.
You hear how she isn't justgoing on the street corner and
passing out wisdom.
She's calling those who wouldbecome wise to come in and
fellowship with her, to have ameal, to sit down.
(05:06):
You know we learn wisdom inmoments like that.
We learn to be wise when we arearound wise people, when we sit
down and we sup with them andwe fellowship with them and we
have relationship with them.
Wisdom is transferred and welearn because we seek wisdom.
(05:28):
You know, if we don't wantwisdom, we don't have to worry
about it, because wisdom has tobe sought.
You know.
It says in James if any manlacks wisdom, let him ask.
Let him ask of God and God willgive it.
He'll give it freely, but youhave to ask and God will give it
.
He'll give it freely, but youhave to ask, you have to seek it
, you have to desire to be awise person.
(05:49):
In order to become a wise personand I think that's important
you know, wisdom goes and calls,and I've.
You know, I've found that asyou learn things, as you become
a wise person, there is such adesire in your heart to share
the things that God teaches youwith others, especially those
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that you love, because when welove people, we want to save
them from as much pain as we canright.
I mean, we've been through somethings, we've hurt in certain
areas, we've fallen, and we'velearned from those things and we
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would love to save those thatwe love from hurting in those
areas.
So we share our wisdom withthem.
Now, sometimes, best case, theytake that wisdom, they take
those words and they take themto heart and they remember them
and they apply them to their ownlife.
But more times than not, theyhave to fall themselves, they
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have to feel some painthemselves in order to recognize
the value of the wisdom thatwe're sharing with them.
And so, as women of wisdom, yes, there is a desire to share
what God has shown us.
I think that's a godly desire.
I think he puts that in ourhearts to share with those that
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we love what God has taught usthe wisdom he shared with us,
but God has to prepare theirhearts to receive and appreciate
the wisdom that he gives us.
We can call them, we can say,hey, listen, I have something
really important to tell you.
And we can share that wisdom inthe context of relationship.
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But God has to prepare thatheart in the context of
relationship.
But God has to prepare thatheart.
You know, god has to teach themto be discerning, to know the
difference between what is trueand what's not true and to
desire the truth and to learnhow to apply that wisdom just
the same way we did.
But as a mom, you know, one ofmy biggest desires is to teach
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my children wisdom, is to givethem as much as they will allow.
And so that's what we do.
And you know, I see myself inthis woman in Proverbs 9.
And you know, she's making ameal, and not just a small meal.
She's making a banquet, she'sprepared her home.
(08:16):
She's prepared her home, she ispreparing her food, she's
mixing her wine, she's settingher table and then she's sending
her girls out to say come, come, everything's ready.
If you've ever fixed a big mealfor a lot of people, you know
like, maybe you've hostedThanksgiving or Christmas at
(08:36):
your home or a birthday party orcelebration.
There's a lot that goes intothat.
You know there's a lot ofplanning.
There's a lot of.
You know there's timelines.
You've got to get the timelineright.
You've got to get the.
You know the preparation.
You know sometimes you makethings ahead.
Sometimes things can't be madeuntil the last minute.
You've got to make sure all theinvitations go out.
(08:58):
You got to make sure that youknow who's bringing what, if
somebody's helping you with thatmeal.
And then, of course, you got toclean the house and get
everything ready.
And then, when everything isjust so, you know you light the
candles and you bring everybodyand you cut on the music and you
set the tone.
And that's what it's like for usas women of wisdom.
(09:20):
We are preparing, we're makinga place and we are inviting
people to come alongside of usto learn from us.
We're preparing for them mealsthat, hopefully, will give them
the strength and the wisdom andthe understanding that they need
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to grow in wisdom and grace andstrength.
You know, when we serve ourfamily a natural meal that gives
them the energy for the nextday and the next day we can
serve them more than just anatural meal.
But we serve them a spiritualmeal where we share with them
wisdom, when we share with themthe things that the Lord has
(10:03):
been teaching us or showing us,then we're giving them spiritual
food and we're giving themsomething that's going to last a
lot longer than a natural meal.
It's going to help them grow.
It's going to help them becomewise.
Even though they may notappreciate it today, there'll be
a day when they'll look backand they'll remember those
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nuggets that we dropped.
They'll remember those meals.
They'll remember those thingsthat we taught them.
It will help them, hopefully,stay on the road of wisdom and
not be foolish.
But to be wise, isn't that good?
We are passing on wisdom to thenext generation.
And guys, this isn't just momsand children.
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This is a Titus 2 woman.
She's passing on what she haslearned.
Now this is Ruth and Naomi.
Naomi is passing on to Ruthwhat she's learned, what she
knows about the Lord, what sheknows about serving him, and
that's how God passes on wisdomfrom one generation to the next.
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It's through fellowship, it'sthrough love, it's through
growing in grace and growing inwisdom ourselves that we have
something worth passing on tothe next generation and guys,
it's so good.
Isn't that a blessing?
Isn't that a blessing to beable to pass on to those we love
the wisdom that God has trustedus with, and that's one of the
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reasons that we learn.
There's a saying in learning Iteach and in teaching I learn.
I spent 12 years as a homeschoolmom and at the time, you know,
I thought I was teaching mychildren and I was, but there
was a lot more going on.
I was also being reminded as Iwas teaching them.
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I was having to find the things.
What do I want to teach them?
You know, what are the things Iwant to make sure that I pass
on to them?
It made me dig deep.
It made me think about okay,what do I believe and why do I
believe it, and how can I sharethat in bite-sized pieces to
these that I love?
How can I share with them myfaith?
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How can I share with them whatI believe?
It forced me to get real and tofind out exactly what I believe
, because it's hard to teachsomebody something if you don't
know what you believe yourself.
I was constantly reminding themof these principles, and what
it did was not only was Iteaching them, but I was
reminding myself.
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And so when you know, it's sofunny, a lot of times people
think of teaching children, asyou know, that's just that's
child's play or that's, that'snot that important.
And and maybe you don't feelthat way I hope you don't feel
that way but you know, a lot oftimes in our churches people see
those who do the children'sministry as maybe just not as
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spiritual or as important.
But I'm going to tell you thatis where the life is and you
know, but it's almost seen likeit's child's play.
Right, because we're teachingchildren.
But how many times did I sitdown with my children to teach
them something?
And you know and of course youknow, I know this, this is the
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teacher telling the student whatthey should do and how they
should act or how they should be.
And the Holy Spirit so manytimes.
I cannot tell you how manytimes he would put his finger on
my heart and say are you doingthat, audrey?
Are you living that out?
Is that real for you?
Are you just telling them youdo this?
But, mama, but it doesn'treally apply to adults.
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And you know, the Lord showedme time and time again this that
you're teaching your childrenis only as real to them as as it
is real to you.
If it is not important to you,if it is not something that
you're doing and you're actuallyliving out, then it really has
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no influence in their life,because they're going to learn
not what you're telling them,but what you're showing them and
they're going to.
What they're going to learn isthat this is important to say we
believe, but it's not really.
Is that this is important tosay we believe, but it's not
really important to do.
This is what we say.
It's not necessarily what we do.
So the Lord so many times hadto remind me.
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Give them a living example, showthem this is not just what we
teach our kids, this is how welive.
And it kept me on my toes andit kept me in the word and it
kept me.
It helped me not to what's thehow am I trying?
What am I trying to say?
It helped me not to be have myhead in the clouds.
It helped me to learn to bevery practical in the things I
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was teaching my children andthat if I wasn't walking in it,
if it wasn't real in my life,then I could not teach that
right then I had to put it awayuntil it became real in my life.
And that's what wisdom is.
It's not just what we say webelieve, it's who we are, it's
how we're walking.
And you know, and that's thewonderful thing about teaching
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others is we don't have to haveit all together before we start
teaching others.
We just have to be a littleahead of them on the road right.
It's kind of like showingsomebody the path.
You don't have to be at the endof the path.
Actually it's probably betterthat you're not at the end of
the path, because they may notcan see you or hear you.
If you're just a little furtherahead of them, maybe even close
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enough that you can grab theirhand and show them, then you can
lead them down the path.
And so we don't have to have itall together, we don't have to
have arrived, we just have to bewilling to be on the path and
growing and walking in the truthand we can bring those we love
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with us.
And I hope today's message hasbeen encouraging to you and not
too rambly.
I can get rambly, I don't meanto, but I love you and I want
you to get this.
I want you to see that you area wise woman, growing in wisdom,
daily learning, applying,falling, getting back up,
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learning from that, and it'snatural to want to pass that
along to those that you love.
And God is going to teach ushow to do that, little by little
by little, and he's going tohelp us to be real in it so that
there's real power behind it,so that we're women of integrity
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integrity and we're going toenjoy the fellowship that comes
with that.
You know, building a home, notonly does it bless those who
live under your roof, but itblesses you too.
You know, we create somethingbeautiful, but we also get to
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live in it, and there is nogreater joy for me on this side
of heaven, I think than to beable to look back and say Lord,
thank you for this home that youhelped me create, because I
didn't have the wisdom to do it.
It had to be you, lord, and Ilove you very much.
I have some exciting thingscoming down the pike.
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I'm working on our first Biblestudy I'm going to I have
decided I'm going to do a Biblestudy on the book of Ruth
because that has been verypopular, as I've thrown out
there.
You know, and I've asked peoplewhat do you want to to learn
about?
A lot of people have said Ruthand and I love the book of Ruth.
It's a beautiful book and soI'm working on that now and I'll
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have more information on thatas time goes on.
Before we go, I'd like to say aprayer for you today and just
bless you, father.
I thank you for these ladieswho are doing the work of the
ministry in their homes, intheir communities, in their
churches, that, lord, they arelife givers and you are bubbling
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up inside of them life and,lord, you're going to show them
how to pour out that life, lord,that it brings joy to them and
to their own families.
But, lord, it's not just forthem, it's for others, and I
pray, lord, that you would showthem the wisdom that you've
taught them.
Sometimes we have to bereminded that you have done a
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work in us and, lord, show us,show them, how to share that
with others and help them findothers that need it.
Well, sometimes it just feelslike nobody needs what we have.
God, help them find an outletwhere they can share the good
things that you've done in theirlife with other people, and we
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just thank you for it.
We thank you that, lord, yourgrace is more than enough.
In Jesus name, amen.
That's it for today, but don'tlet this conversation stop here.
Take what you've heard, sitwith it, wrestle with it, pray
over it, because truth isn'tjust something that we listen to
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, it's something that we live,it's something that we become.
And if today's episode spokewith you, please share it with a
friend, and, as always, I'mcheering you on as we walk this
journey of faith together, onestep at a time.
Until next time, stay rooted,stay faithful and keep your eyes
on Him.
Hey friend, welcome back to Grace For my Home.
I know life's busy and ourhearts can get so cluttered with
all of the distractions and allof the demands and the things
that are pulling on us forattention.
But right here, right now, inthis space, let's slow down,
(00:20):
let's take a deep breath andturn our eyes back on Jesus.
I'm so glad that you've joinedme here again today.
Today, I want to talk with youabout being a woman of wisdom
and sharing that wisdom withother people.
And to start that conversation,I want to read to you from
(00:41):
Proverbs.
Proverbs, chapter nine.
I want to read to you the firstsix verses and I'm going to
read from the Amplified Version.
It says Wisdom has built herspacious and sufficient house.
She has hewn out and set up herseven pillars.
She has prepared her food.
She has mixed her wine.
(01:02):
She has also set her table.
She has sent out her maidens.
She calls from the highestplaces of the city Whoever is
naive or inexperienced let himturn in here.
As for him who lacksunderstanding, she says come,
eat my food and drink the wine Ihave mixed, and accept my gifts
(01:24):
.
Leave behind your foolishnessand the foolish and live and
walk in the way of insight andunderstanding.
And I love the way here thatwisdom is personified as a woman
, because we as women have agreat capacity to hold wisdom,
(01:49):
to learn wisdom and to grow inwisdom.
So in Proverbs 9, wisdom is awoman who is making a meal.
She's preparing a table, andshe first.
Well, first, let's back up.
First she makes a house.
She has set up seven pillars,she has made a space, she's made
a place, and that's hard work.
(02:09):
You know, it's hard to build ahouse, it's hard to make a place
where others can come in and besafe and secure and have
covering over them and have aplace to rest.
And as moms, as women, that'swhat we do.
We make a place, we make ahouse, a home, right, and so
(02:30):
that's work, that's a lot ofwork, and after we make the
space, we fill it with goodthings, and that's what she's
done.
She's preparing her table, sheis making her food, she's mixing
her wine, she's setting thetable, and then she goes out and
she calls others, and she callsthem in so they too can enjoy
(02:54):
the things she's prepared, thethings she's learned.
She doesn't want them to beunwise, she wants them to be
wise the way she is and shecalls out to them.
Wisdom is calling, it's alwayscalling.
God wants us to be wise people.
He doesn't want us to befoolish.
One of the things I've learnedabout growing in wisdom is well,
(03:16):
first of all, like I mentioned,it's work.
It's really easy not to grow inwisdom.
You just live.
You know, you never learn, younever grow.
To grow in wisdom means thatyou are constantly gathering
pearls of wisdom, and I want tomake a distinction there.
You know, wisdom isn't knowledge.
(03:37):
It's not just knowing things.
You know.
We live in an age, we're in ageneration right now, where we
think that we know more than anyother generation that has lived
, because we have Google andanything we want to know.
All we have to do is go andtype it in on our phones and
it's there.
We know it.
But wisdom isn't knowledge,it's not information.
(04:01):
It's not information.
Wisdom is knowing truth,recognizing truth when we hear
it and applying truth to oureveryday lives.
So see, there's a lot ofknowledge out there, but it
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takes wisdom to know what's trueand what's not true.
And then the next step is notjust knowing and recognizing.
Ok, this is true, this is nottrue.
But how to take what is trueand apply it to my life.
That takes time.
That's not something you canlearn in a seminar or something
you can sit down in a weekendand go from an unwise to a wise
person in a day or two.
(04:44):
Learning to become wise,becoming a wise person, is a
lifetime effort and we learn itin relationship.
You hear how she isn't justgoing on the street corner and
passing out wisdom.
She's calling those who wouldbecome wise to come in and
fellowship with her, to have ameal, to sit down.
(05:06):
You know we learn wisdom inmoments like that.
We learn to be wise when we arearound wise people, when we sit
down and we sup with them andwe fellowship with them and we
have relationship with them.
Wisdom is transferred and welearn because we seek wisdom.
(05:28):
You know, if we don't wantwisdom, we don't have to worry
about it, because wisdom has tobe sought.
You know.
It says in James if any manlacks wisdom, let him ask.
Let him ask of God and God willgive it.
He'll give it freely, but youhave to ask and God will give it
.
He'll give it freely, but youhave to ask, you have to seek it
, you have to desire to be awise person.
(05:49):
In order to become a wise personand I think that's important
you know, wisdom goes and calls,and I've.
You know, I've found that asyou learn things, as you become
a wise person, there is such adesire in your heart to share
the things that God teaches youwith others, especially those
(06:10):
that you love, because when welove people, we want to save
them from as much pain as we canright.
I mean, we've been through somethings, we've hurt in certain
areas, we've fallen, and we'velearned from those things and we
(06:30):
would love to save those thatwe love from hurting in those
areas.
So we share our wisdom withthem.
Now, sometimes, best case, theytake that wisdom, they take
those words and they take themto heart and they remember them
and they apply them to their ownlife.
But more times than not, theyhave to fall themselves, they
(06:52):
have to feel some painthemselves in order to recognize
the value of the wisdom thatwe're sharing with them.
And so, as women of wisdom, yes, there is a desire to share
what God has shown us.
I think that's a godly desire.
I think he puts that in ourhearts to share with those that
(07:13):
we love what God has taught usthe wisdom he shared with us,
but God has to prepare theirhearts to receive and appreciate
the wisdom that he gives us.
We can call them, we can say,hey, listen, I have something
really important to tell you.
And we can share that wisdom inthe context of relationship.
(07:34):
But God has to prepare thatheart in the context of
relationship.
But God has to prepare thatheart.
You know, god has to teach themto be discerning, to know the
difference between what is trueand what's not true and to
desire the truth and to learnhow to apply that wisdom just
the same way we did.
But as a mom, you know, one ofmy biggest desires is to teach
(07:55):
my children wisdom, is to givethem as much as they will allow.
And so that's what we do.
And you know, I see myself inthis woman in Proverbs 9.
And you know, she's making ameal, and not just a small meal.
She's making a banquet, she'sprepared her home.
(08:16):
She's prepared her home, she ispreparing her food, she's
mixing her wine, she's settingher table and then she's sending
her girls out to say come, come, everything's ready.
If you've ever fixed a big mealfor a lot of people, you know
like, maybe you've hostedThanksgiving or Christmas at
(08:36):
your home or a birthday party orcelebration.
There's a lot that goes intothat.
You know there's a lot ofplanning.
There's a lot of.
You know there's timelines.
You've got to get the timelineright.
You've got to get the.
You know the preparation.
You know sometimes you makethings ahead.
Sometimes things can't be madeuntil the last minute.
You've got to make sure all theinvitations go out.
(08:58):
You got to make sure that youknow who's bringing what, if
somebody's helping you with thatmeal.
And then, of course, you got toclean the house and get
everything ready.
And then, when everything isjust so, you know you light the
candles and you bring everybodyand you cut on the music and you
set the tone.
And that's what it's like for usas women of wisdom.
(09:20):
We are preparing, we're makinga place and we are inviting
people to come alongside of usto learn from us.
We're preparing for them mealsthat, hopefully, will give them
the strength and the wisdom andthe understanding that they need
(09:42):
to grow in wisdom and grace andstrength.
You know, when we serve ourfamily a natural meal that gives
them the energy for the nextday and the next day we can
serve them more than just anatural meal.
But we serve them a spiritualmeal where we share with them
wisdom, when we share with themthe things that the Lord has
(10:03):
been teaching us or showing us,then we're giving them spiritual
food and we're giving themsomething that's going to last a
lot longer than a natural meal.
It's going to help them grow.
It's going to help them becomewise.
Even though they may notappreciate it today, there'll be
a day when they'll look backand they'll remember those
(10:24):
nuggets that we dropped.
They'll remember those meals.
They'll remember those thingsthat we taught them.
It will help them, hopefully,stay on the road of wisdom and
not be foolish.
But to be wise, isn't that good?
We are passing on wisdom to thenext generation.
And guys, this isn't just momsand children.
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This is a Titus 2 woman.
She's passing on what she haslearned.
Now this is Ruth and Naomi.
Naomi is passing on to Ruthwhat she's learned, what she
knows about the Lord, what sheknows about serving him, and
that's how God passes on wisdomfrom one generation to the next.
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It's through fellowship, it'sthrough love, it's through
growing in grace and growing inwisdom ourselves that we have
something worth passing on tothe next generation and guys,
it's so good.
Isn't that a blessing?
Isn't that a blessing to beable to pass on to those we love
the wisdom that God has trustedus with, and that's one of the
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reasons that we learn.
There's a saying in learning Iteach and in teaching I learn.
I spent 12 years as a homeschoolmom and at the time, you know,
I thought I was teaching mychildren and I was, but there
was a lot more going on.
I was also being reminded as Iwas teaching them.
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I was having to find the things.
What do I want to teach them?
You know, what are the things Iwant to make sure that I pass
on to them?
It made me dig deep.
It made me think about okay,what do I believe and why do I
believe it, and how can I sharethat in bite-sized pieces to
these that I love?
How can I share with them myfaith?
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How can I share with them whatI believe?
It forced me to get real and tofind out exactly what I believe
, because it's hard to teachsomebody something if you don't
know what you believe yourself.
I was constantly reminding themof these principles, and what
it did was not only was Iteaching them, but I was
reminding myself.
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And so when you know, it's sofunny, a lot of times people
think of teaching children, asyou know, that's just that's
child's play or that's, that'snot that important.
And and maybe you don't feelthat way I hope you don't feel
that way but you know, a lot oftimes in our churches people see
those who do the children'sministry as maybe just not as
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spiritual or as important.
But I'm going to tell you thatis where the life is and you
know, but it's almost seen likeit's child's play.
Right, because we're teachingchildren.
But how many times did I sitdown with my children to teach
them something?
And you know and of course youknow, I know this, this is the
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teacher telling the student whatthey should do and how they
should act or how they should be.
And the Holy Spirit so manytimes.
I cannot tell you how manytimes he would put his finger on
my heart and say are you doingthat, audrey?
Are you living that out?
Is that real for you?
Are you just telling them youdo this?
But, mama, but it doesn'treally apply to adults.
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And you know, the Lord showedme time and time again this that
you're teaching your childrenis only as real to them as as it
is real to you.
If it is not important to you,if it is not something that
you're doing and you're actuallyliving out, then it really has
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no influence in their life,because they're going to learn
not what you're telling them,but what you're showing them and
they're going to.
What they're going to learn isthat this is important to say we
believe, but it's not really.
Is that this is important tosay we believe, but it's not
really important to do.
This is what we say.
It's not necessarily what we do.
So the Lord so many times hadto remind me.
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Give them a living example, showthem this is not just what we
teach our kids, this is how welive.
And it kept me on my toes andit kept me in the word and it
kept me.
It helped me not to what's thehow am I trying?
What am I trying to say?
It helped me not to be have myhead in the clouds.
It helped me to learn to bevery practical in the things I
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was teaching my children andthat if I wasn't walking in it,
if it wasn't real in my life,then I could not teach that
right then I had to put it awayuntil it became real in my life.
And that's what wisdom is.
It's not just what we say webelieve, it's who we are, it's
how we're walking.
And you know, and that's thewonderful thing about teaching
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others is we don't have to haveit all together before we start
teaching others.
We just have to be a littleahead of them on the road right.
It's kind of like showingsomebody the path.
You don't have to be at the endof the path.
Actually it's probably betterthat you're not at the end of
the path, because they may notcan see you or hear you.
If you're just a little furtherahead of them, maybe even close
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enough that you can grab theirhand and show them, then you can
lead them down the path.
And so we don't have to have itall together, we don't have to
have arrived, we just have to bewilling to be on the path and
growing and walking in the truthand we can bring those we love
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with us.
And I hope today's message hasbeen encouraging to you and not
too rambly.
I can get rambly, I don't meanto, but I love you and I want
you to get this.
I want you to see that you area wise woman, growing in wisdom,
daily learning, applying,falling, getting back up,
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learning from that, and it'snatural to want to pass that
along to those that you love.
And God is going to teach ushow to do that, little by little
by little, and he's going tohelp us to be real in it so that
there's real power behind it,so that we're women of integrity
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integrity and we're going toenjoy the fellowship that comes
with that.
You know, building a home, notonly does it bless those who
live under your roof, but itblesses you too.
You know, we create somethingbeautiful, but we also get to
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live in it, and there is nogreater joy for me on this side
of heaven, I think than to beable to look back and say Lord,
thank you for this home that youhelped me create, because I
didn't have the wisdom to do it.
It had to be you, lord, and Ilove you very much.
I have some exciting thingscoming down the pike.
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I'm working on our first Biblestudy I'm going to I have
decided I'm going to do a Biblestudy on the book of Ruth
because that has been verypopular, as I've thrown out
there.
You know, and I've asked peoplewhat do you want to to learn
about?
A lot of people have said Ruthand and I love the book of Ruth.
It's a beautiful book and soI'm working on that now and I'll
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have more information on thatas time goes on.
Before we go, I'd like to say aprayer for you today and just
bless you, father.
I thank you for these ladieswho are doing the work of the
ministry in their homes, intheir communities, in their
churches, that, lord, they arelife givers and you are bubbling
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up inside of them life and,lord, you're going to show them
how to pour out that life, lord,that it brings joy to them and
to their own families.
But, lord, it's not just forthem, it's for others, and I
pray, lord, that you would showthem the wisdom that you've
taught them.
Sometimes we have to bereminded that you have done a
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work in us and, lord, show us,show them, how to share that
with others and help them findothers that need it.
Well, sometimes it just feelslike nobody needs what we have.
God, help them find an outletwhere they can share the good
things that you've done in theirlife with other people, and we
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just thank you for it.
We thank you that, lord, yourgrace is more than enough.
In Jesus name, amen.
That's it for today, but don'tlet this conversation stop here.
Take what you've heard, sitwith it, wrestle with it, pray
over it, because truth isn'tjust something that we listen to
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, it's something that we live,it's something that we become.
And if today's episode spokewith you, please share it with a
friend, and, as always, I'mcheering you on as we walk this
journey of faith together, onestep at a time.
Until next time, stay rooted,stay faithful and keep your eyes
on Him.
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