Foolish? or Wise?

Whose words matter to you? Whose counsel carries weight with you?

Every time you open your mouth you are counseling!

Every time you speak, you are interpreting your world, and you are saying something about what others ought to believe and/or do.

If you say, “what did you think about the game last night?!” you are first suggesting that the game last night was important (and it may have been – in its own way); and you are suggesting that it matters (at least to you) what the other person thought about the game last night!

The way that you think about yourself and your place in the universe shapes what you say to others; it shapes how you hear what others say to you..

For those who are in Christ, the gospel – the good news – of what Jesus has done in history has become the story of our life.

We have a new identity in Christ. We have a new story. We are no longer who we once were.

2 Chronicles 10-11 is all about retelling our story in a gospel-centered way...