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March 17
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“Pride leads to conflict; those who take advice are wise.” (Proverbs 13:10, NLT)

Taking advice — particularly when it differs from our preferred course of action — is difficult. Can you recall any time when you did take inconvenient advice to heart?  Do you remember how the mere act of heeding that advice saved you a heap of trouble and conflict?

Perhaps the hardest advice to swallow is “unsolicited advice.”  However, even in such cases, consider the heart of the source. Someone who has your best interests at heart will not only give you their best advice, but will personally stand with you in their counsel.

Wise up!  Don’t let your pride get in the way of a saving word.  – Luther

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January 30
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“I have more understanding then the elders, for I obey your precepts.” (Psalm 119:100, NIV)

Most people gain knowledge through the so-called “school of hard knocks,” and they obtain understanding through trial and error.   However, there is an easier, faster, and less painful way to acquire the wisdom of the sages: Obedience to God’s word.

It feeds our ego to “be in charge,” but we must resist this Sirens call. None of us are clever enough, often enough, to consider all of the angles in a decision; but through simple obedience to even the most mundane of God’s commandments, the grace, the peace, and the life we seek will come to us.  – Luther

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January 5
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“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. . .” (Psalm 1:1a, KJV)

There is a lot of bad advice out there. Some of it is “conventional wisdom.” Some of it is based on superstition.  Some of it is based on half-truths. All of it is beneath the disciple of Jesus.

The children of God have a higher, truer, more enduring counsel: The word of God.

Obtaining the counsel (advice) that blesses us, and those around us, is not difficult to obtain; but it challenges our resolve to spend time in the study of the holy scriptures.

Like an attentive father to his child, the Lord God will guide our steps toward everlasting life, peace, and joy; the things that ungodly counsel promises, but never delivers.  – Luther

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