Hello my friends and welcome back. I'm so glad you've joined me Carrie Greene here and we are

ready today to get our minds aligned with the truth of God. I want to welcome you wherever you may

be listing. There are people listening to the morning mindset all around the globe. I was just

looking at the map and I see that there are people in Zambia, there are people in Indonesia,

there are people in Libya, there are people in Paraguay, there are people in Ecuador,

people in the United States, all over the world. Thank you for joining me for the morning mindset.

This is a service we do for each other. Really think about that. Your alignment of your mind

with the Word of God and with God's mind is a service to other believers because we are one body.

We are growing together and as we all grow in maturity, the whole is built up.

Give that some thought today as you ponder the things that you hear. Today we are looking

at the book of Proverbs once again and we are wrapping up Proverbs chapter 8.

This is a chapter in which the writer Solomon has been personifying wisdom as a woman who is

instructing us, teaching us, Proverbs chapter 8 verses 32 through 36 are before us today.

She says, and now O suns, listen to me. Blessed are those who keep my ways. Here instruction

and be wise and do not neglect it. Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates,

waiting beside my doors. For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord.

But he who fails to find me injures himself. All who hate me love death.

Now that's kind of a downer bummer sort of a way to end the Proverbs, isn't it? I mean,

all who hate me love death but listen to the words, listen to the importance of what wisdom is

saying to us here. Let's walk back through it for a moment. First, she's pleading with us,

so to speak. Oh, my sons, my daughters, listen to me. Blessed are those who keep my ways. Do you

realize that if you learn how to discern what is wise and you begin applying that blessing will

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