Ever feel relationally distant from your kids, like you’re living under the same roof but not really connecting? The answer is often a positive disruption: an intentional break from the normal routine that opens the door to real conversation. Gathering your family around God’s Word is one of the best disruptions there is. In these verses, a grandfather’s words passed down through a father make a bold claim: wisdom is worth more than anything else you could chase.
In this episode, you’ll learn how to teach Proverbs 4:5–9 to your children, so they go after wisdom, hold on to it, and understand that a life following God is worth more than any crown this world can offer.
In this episode:
✅ Why “get wisdom” means you have to go after it: wisdom doesn’t just happen to you
✅ The two-step process of losing wisdom: first we forget, then we turn away
✅ How not to forget: repetition, using it, and memorizing it
✅ What isn’t valued as precious ends up being deliberately turned away from
✅ Wisdom pictured as a faithful woman to love (and a preview of the forbidden woman in chapter 5)
✅ The promise: hold on to wisdom, and it protects you from dangers you can’t see ahead
✅ Wisdom starts with desire, so what are young people really chasing?
✅ Prizing wisdom highly means making God most important in your life
✅ Don’t exalt yourself; let God do the lifting
✅ Something more meaningful than being a king or queen of this world: following God with your life
Family discussion questions:
“How has God’s wisdom helped you, or helped our family?”
“If you could be a king or queen, what would you want? What does God say is worth more?”
Also in this episode: Tips from Ep. 28, The Power of Momentum: Refusing Distraction & Utilizing Momentum to Accelerate Growth: fight for your focus, do the hardest thing first, and build momentum on God’s wisdom, not your own (Proverbs 3:1–8).
Resources:
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