Wisdom and Knowledge

"Knowledge puffs up; love builds up."

Go to God First

When sick, ask God for healing before you go the doctor. When depressed, ask God for energy before you seek a mental health professional. When poor, ask God for your needs before you seek financial assistance. No, he won’t always help you, but He will do it often enough to have amazing faith-building stories, and your whole life will be a testimony to God’s provision.

One for My Children

The Kimes self-confidence is both our blessing and our curse. We will step out and do things that no one else will do and be assured of our own success. However, eventually, the people around us get tired of warning about the cliff we have been skirting for so many years. When we finally fall, they will only return to say, “I told you so.”

I Wish I Obeyed This Advice I Came Up With

Just when everyone is clamoring after you and needing you so they can get close to God—that’s when you need to take a break to rest in God. Don’t wait until you are so exhausted you can’t hear God’s voice. Turn off the phone, lock the door, get off the computer, and stay quiet before God. Don’t return until God says, “Go”.

Enemies and "Friends" of God

Loudly pray blessings on those who undermine all you do for Jesus—it’ll really bug them. Pray quiet blessings of repentance on those who in Jesus’ name undermine the good you do for Him—God will speak to them in a way you cannot.

Prayer for the Prayerless

Pray for those whom no “good Christian” would never in their right minds pray for. As soon as you meet someone who seems ignorantly opposed to God’s ways, begin praying for them. It may take years, but God will grasp that person and never let them go.

Heretics v. Hypocrites

Don’t weep for those who loudly reject Jesus and embrace his opposite—they have never really left Him. Rather weep for those who in Jesus’ name do the actions Jesus opposes—they have never really known Him. And they cause the world to forget who He really is.