1 Kings 3:1-6

 The number one thing we have to guard our self against is deception. 

 Prayer is foundational! Jesus didn’t walk around telling people He loved them. He proved it with His actions! He walked it out. We have to humble ourselves. God cannot help you outside of a relationship. Ask for a discerning, hearing heart, like Solomon did. 

 True wisdom begins with an attitude of humility. You won’t get anywhere with God, with pride in your heart.  Arrogance is a disease that makes everyone sick other than the person that has it.  We must admit that we need His help.  Pride says you can do life without God. There are things God knows that you don’t know. And the way He reveals it to you is from the inside out, not the outside in. Everything about your Christian experience flows out of your relationship with God. Divine healing flows out of that vine of relationship. The peace of God flows out of that vine of relationship. Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself or your own gifts.  It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. 

 1 Kings 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore. 

 Solomon was just like you and I, until he got into this relationship with God. Wisdom took him over and began to doing things in Him. And when She did things IN him, it started showing up OUTSIDE of him. His expansion on the outside was a result of the expansion on the inside. Your heart is the centerpiece of your life. Why? Because that’s what God looks at all the time.  God gave Solomon largeness of heart! On the inside he was vast with vision.  Wisdom knows everything! She has leadership skills, organizational skills. She has council! God can give you one idea and change the whole course of a nation! But to access these things, you have to enter into a relationship with Her so that She can begin to work that in you! The fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom. When Wisdom comes into your life, there’s nothing higher, nor more valuable.  She is unmatched! Whatever you are after, She can give it to you. She will put such favor on your life that people will want to get around you to hear what you have to say, and the reason for that, is because you have something to say! There’s a difference between saying something and having something to say. You have something to say because you are in a relationship with someone who knows more than anyone else!  Its amazing! We are living so far below what’s in us, because we don’t know WHO is in us.  The reason people fear the devil in their lives, is because they don’t know they have authority over him.   If you know you have authority over all sickness and disease, you will never fear it another day in your life. But,  you fear it because you don’t know who you are and Who lives in you. The reason you don’t know who you are and Who’s in you, is because you don’t have a strong relationship with God.  Don’t settle for a shallow relationship! Give your relationship with God more time! If you want more of God in your life, you’ve got to give God more of your life.  When you enter into a relationship with God, something supernatural happens. Your wants will change. You will want to pray! You will see the goodness! The reason you are limited to your outside life, is because you have limited Who dwells in you.  The reason you have limited Her who dwells in you, is because you don’t turn Her loose in your life. Turn Her lose to enlarge your heart and blossom your understanding.  She can give you life on the inside like no man can give you.  If you will establish a time to let Her pray for you, no one can stop you. It’s so important to discipline yourself! God does not get disappointed in you if you don’t give Him time. God gets ecstatic when you give Him 5 minutes. He gets thrilled when you want to spend time with Him. There’s nothing that gives Him more joy, than to spend some time with you.  If you will give your relationship time, you will see your life differently, you will see the world differently, you will see others differently.  There is a place in God, that you can bring people out of their mess through prayer. People are bound by deception now more than ever. Jesus is the only One who can supply you with stability. 

 Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.