The God Who Meets You Where You Are #3

“When You drift and need to refocus”

 

 

“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives gener­ously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.  But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.  Those who doubt should not think they will receive anything from the Lord; they are double-minded and unstable in all they do.”     

                                                                                       James 1:5-8 (TNIV)

 

THE PROBLEM:  ________________________________________

 

“A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.”    James 1:8 (KJV)

 

THE PRESCRIPTION:  ____________________________________

 

“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives gener­ously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” 

                                                                                           James 1:5 (TNIV)

 

Three Steps to Getting Wisdom

 

STEP ONE:  ____________________________________________

 

“If any of you lacks wisdom…”                                   James 1:5a (TNIV)

 

“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom”                                                                        Proverbs 11:2 (NIV)

 

STEP TWO:  ____________________________________________

 

“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God …” 

                                                                                        James 1:5a (TNIV)

 

“It is the Lord who gives wisdom; from Him comes knowledge and understanding”                                                             Proverbs 2:6 (TEV)

 

STEP THREE:  __________________________________________

 

“But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt…”

                                                                                        James 1:6a (TNIV)

 

“… the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.”                                                                   James 1:6b (TNIV)

 

THE PROMISE:  _________________________________________

 

“… ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”                                                     James 1:5b (TNIV)

 

Two Considerations About Decision Making:

 

1. God does not want to ___________________________________

 

2. God’s wisdom is found __________________________________

 

“Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path”

                                                                                    Psalm 119:105 (NLT)