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    Whispers of Wisdom: A Thirty Day Challenge to See Beyond the Everyday
    Whispers of Wisdom: A Thirty Day Challenge to See Beyond the Everyday
    Whispers of Wisdom: A Thirty Day Challenge to See Beyond the Everyday
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    Whispers of Wisdom: A Thirty Day Challenge to See Beyond the Everyday

    By Geri Ann Privette

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    WHISPERS OF WISDOM is no ordinary devotional. Candid and sensitive, Geri Ann writes from life experiences because it speaks to the heart of each of us. And God, in His wisdom, has chosen to use these times to speak volumes. Take the challenge to use this book over the next thirty days as a turning point in your walk with Christ. Allow His Word to be perfected in you as you hear His whispers of wisdom.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 23, 2010
    ISBN9781468568110
    Whispers of Wisdom: A Thirty Day Challenge to See Beyond the Everyday
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    Geri Ann Privette

    Geri Ann Privette is the Vice President and co-pastor of Turning Point International Ministries, Inc., a non-profit organization and church in Weston, FL. Graduating from RHEMA Bible Training Center in Tulsa, OK, in 1994, Geri Ann and her husband, Rev. Phil Privette, Jr., spent the next 15 years on the pastoral staff of Victory Life Church in Virginia. She has taught in Bible school and in services both foreign and domestic, co-owned a professional dance ministry, and has served as editor of church publications, Accounts Director and Arts Department Director. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for two other ministries and is on the Outreach Committee of the Sheinberg Family YMCA of Weston. Her passion to see the body of Christ rise up to its full potential, to see "the kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven", is at the center of Phil and Geri Ann's ministry.

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      Whispers of Wisdom - Geri Ann Privette

      AuthorHouse™

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.authorhouse.com

      Phone: 1-800-839-8640

      © 2010 Geri Ann Privette. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse

      ISBN: 978-1-4490-3673-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-6811-0 (eBook)

      Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are taken from the New International Version of the Bible.

      Bloomington, Indiana

      Contents

      CHOICES

      TOMORROW

      SACRIFICE

      GROWING UP

      THE PRODIGAL

      THE RACE

      RAIN ON ME

      PERFECTION

      BATTLES

      WALLS

      WORDS

      PERSPECTIVE

      STABILITY

      HYPOCRISY

      DUPLICITY

      UPON THIS ROCK

      HUMILITY

      LOOK UP

      ANXIETY

      A SERVANT’S HEART

      LOVE LETTERS

      GIFTS

      HE STILL MOVES

      THE PAST

      A WALK TO REMEMBER

      BIRDS

      WOUNDS

      DUST

      JUSTIFICATION

      ENCOURAGEMENT

      Special Thanks

      To My Parents, from whom I inherited a love of reading and writing and by whom I have always been encouraged to reach for the stars,

      To My Husband, whose constant love for me makes me want to be a better woman, a better mom, and a better servant of My King;

      To My Girls, from whom many life lessons have been learned and explored;

      And especially,

      To My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who decided to use a simple vessel to pour His love through to all who wish to partake.

      Enjoy…

      DAY 1

      CHOICES

      Choices. From the moment the alarm cracks the silence, choices resound. Do I hit snooze once more or get out of bed? Choices. As your feet touch the hard, uninviting floor, decisions abound. Red or blue shirt? Cereal or breakfast waffle? Radio or CD?

      Whether great or small, insignificant or life-changing, choices face you in a variety of ways. In extreme measures and in moves made out of habit.      Many of these choices will never change history. They won’t make the paper or be announced publicly. They may not address the issues of the day, but they will affect your future. Because with each choice comes the distinct opportunity to be obedient.

      Do I slow for the yellow light or race through the red?

      Do I wear my seatbelt or remain most comfortable without the strap at my chest?

      Do I heed the urgency of the Spirit to witness to this one or do I remain silent?

      Choices. History was no different. Abraham faced a choice. To remain on the porch, bags packed, wondering which direction to take or to step out headlong into the unknown. He could have stayed where he was. His home was quite comfortable. No hard ground. No bugs swarming around his head at night. No flat bread for breakfast. But he decided to trust the voice of God. Go. Where? I’ll show you when you get there.

      Choices. Judas had a choice. He was part of the twelve yet he didn’t quite fit in. He walked the same path yet his detour was irreversible. The thirty pieces of silver were so inviting yet weighed so heavily at his belt. Can I ever be forgiven? Never. His final choice: Death.

      Choices. Jesus had a choice. But He was the Son of God, born with a death sentence on His head, you may say. True. But in his humanity, glory removed, he was Jesus – on this earth – with a choice.

      A choice to heal. A choice to feel compassion. A choice to grant mercy and forgiveness. A choice to die.

      Results. They always follow choices. Good or bad. Insignificant or life-changing. Your choices result in your future.

      The result of Jesus? Life. Everlasting. As good as it gets. More abundant. Victorious.

      Make the choice.

      Quiet Times

      Scripture:      I set before you life and death…Now choose life. (Deuteronomy 30:19)

      Application: Every decision is based on a belief, even if that belief is, in itself, a deception. You can believe the outcome is more important than the means of getting there and make detrimental decisions. Or you can believe that the Spirit in you is stronger than any temptation, any material gain, or any worldly wisdom. Think about the choices you make today and determine not to follow your own heart but the heart of God.

      DAY 2

      TOMORROW

      Throughout all of history, throughout all the spans of time, and forever into eternity there abides one moment, one word that will never become reality.

      It evades us all as our best laid plans remain dormant at its feet. Our visions and dreams never coming into existence because of its false hope. Our resolutions never attained. Our discipline fallen short.

      What escapes the biggest and the best of us, the young and old alike, is tomorrow. At the moment we believe tomorrow has arrived, it is called today and tomorrow remains forever unattainable.

      Why do we lie our hopes at its doorstep? Why do we constantly wait for the one thing better which never comes? Why do we excitedly anticipate its arrival when all too soon our vision is blurred to the fact that it has eluded us once again?

      Because of its falsehood, Jesus abhorred tomorrow. He told us to seek salvation while it is called today because He knew we would never come face to face with this enemy of discipline.

      Tomorrow. The one who remains so elusive continually calls us to obey.

      It can wait.

      You’re too tired.

      There’s always next time.

      But the boy on the bike who was hit by a car will never get his turn. The girl whose body was eaten by disease won’t hear her mother’s next words. The elderly man who gently drifts into the next dimension will not get a second chance.

      Tomorrow is an enemy that lies in wait to devour the best of intentions. It

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