House of Wisdom

House of Wisdom
Proverbs 24:3-4

Life is a story – His story

• Life doesn’t come to us as a math problem.
  • It comes to us the way a story does, scene by scene.
  • Life unfolds like a drama.
    • Each day has a beginning and an end.
    • Sometimes like a tragedy, sometimes like a comedy.

“What sort of tale have we fallen into?”
~ Sam to Frodo in Lord of the Rings

“With every step of our lives we enter into the middle of some story which we are certain to misunderstand.”
~ G.K. Chesterton

Sermon in a sentence
Begin to believe that the Kingdom of God can come in such a way that your heart, your home, and your household can become a haven on earth.

"God has placed eternity in our hearts!" - Eccleseastes 3:11

What Does God Say?

• The Speaking Voice ~ The Storyteller
  • Source – Genesis 1 – God said, God saw!
  • Hebrews 1:1-3a – Creative & sustaining power

“God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power.” - Hebrews 1:1-3a

• The Speaking Voice
  • Source – Genesis 1 – God said, God saw!
  • Hebrews 1:1-3a – Creative & sustaining power
• “He thundered His Law to Moses, but it wasn't His last word. He spoke mightily through the prophets, but His greatest revelation was still ahead: Jesus!
• John 1:17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.”

Building Relationships
Wisdom & Understanding

• What is the key to developing a relationship with another person?
  • CONVERSATION
• What are the two important ingredients of communication?
  • TALKING & LISTENING
• The goal of any communicator is not to speak well, rather it is to be?
  • HEARD