LIVE WISELY
PSALM 119:66 (CEV)
Give me wisdom and good sense.
I trust your commands.
JAMES 3:13 (MSG)
Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here’s what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Build your reputation on wise actions.
PRAYER
Generous God, thank you for the direction you have provided for us -- direction that leads us into full and wise lives. I confess, though, that I'm more concerned about the appearance of wisdom than about living wisely. Give me more than words. Set me up for success in wise living. Through your intervention in my life, I'm going to walk the talk. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
