{"id":129070,"date":"2021-09-28T04:37:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T09:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=129070"},"modified":"2021-09-27T07:00:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T12:00:19","slug":"28-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/28\/28-l\/","title":{"rendered":"28.l “Powers of discernment trained by constant practice”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Philippians 3:15\u00a0 <\/span>Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Romans 15:1<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Hebrews 5:14<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>1 Corinthians 14:20<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Galatians 5:10<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 25:8-9<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.\u00a0\u00a0He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Proverbs 2:3-6<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,\u00a0\u00a0if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,\u00a0\u00a0then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.\u00a0\u00a0For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>James 1:5<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mature, strong, trained, confident, humble, and with constant practice able to distinguish good from evil are all words used to convey the importance of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding in the life of a Christian. Have you ever heard a child say, \u201cI can do it myself\u201d, or \u201cI want to do it myself\u201d, for a task that is beyond their ability to do?\u00a0 <\/span>They are not physically mature enough to execute what they want to do.\u00a0 <\/span>They are more than willing to try but not mature enough to know their limitations.\u00a0 <\/span>The opposite is true as well when you hear a child say, \u201cI can\u2019t do it\u201d, \u201cI won\u2019t even try to do it\u201d, for tasks that are well within their ability to do them.\u00a0 <\/span>They are physically able but mentally they are not mature enough. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being strong means that a person has the physical and mental ability combined with maturity so that they are able to stand up to obstacles and opposition.\u00a0 <\/span>An immature person will think they have the strength (they do not have) for a task they are facing. They will go headlong into a mental or physical battle for which they are not strong enough to overcome.\u00a0 <\/span>Others use their strength for very immature things. Having physical and mental strength but lacking mature wisdom, knowledge, and understanding is what you see in the world.\u00a0 <\/span>These are those who shun God, reject Jesus Christ, and live in self-reliance and self-confidence. There is no surrender, humility, or acknowledgment of God.\u00a0 <\/span>As Christians, we are tempted to think we are stronger and more mature than we are.\u00a0 <\/span>When this happens we start relying on ourselves rather than the strength of the Holy Spirit. When we rely on ourselves we become self-reliant and self-confident which is neither humble nor surrendered. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We need constant practice at doing what is right, good, and true.\u00a0 <\/span>This is what yields maturity.\u00a0 <\/span>How do we put into practice that which we have chosen to neglect? How do we become strong in things of God when all we practice day in and day out are things of this world?\u00a0 <\/span>We can be very mature in things of this world and even be seen as having wisdom, worldly speaking, but in the things of God we are immature, weak, and void of Godly wisdom and strength.\u00a0 <\/span>It is sad to see those who are years into being a born-again Christian acting, speaking, and thinking like infants. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is in humble surrendered reliance in God with heart deep desire and seeking His wisdom, knowledge, and understanding that we will find the path that waters our souls and matures our thoughts, speech, and actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philippians 3:15\u00a0 Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained. \u00a0Romans 15:1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to … Continue reading “28.l “Powers of discernment trained by constant practice””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[204,15383,4316,15384,164,15000,163,12264,76,171,11788,336,1286,15385,283,4033,5830,14999,774,2535,5711,289,8654,186,775,126,4622,1968,118],"class_list":["post-129070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-confidence","tag-constant-practice","tag-discernment","tag-distinguish","tag-evil","tag-failings","tag-fear-of-the-lord","tag-gives-generously","tag-god","tag-good","tag-hidden-treasures","tag-humble","tag-insight","tag-instructs","tag-knowledge","tag-leads","tag-mature","tag-obligation","tag-right","tag-search","tag-solid-food","tag-strong","tag-thinking","tag-trained","tag-true","tag-understanding","tag-understanding-with-their-heart","tag-weak","tag-wisdom"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129070"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129151,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129070\/revisions\/129151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}