Pearl of Wisdom 2023 • Week 33

True wealth does not come from seeking to be rich financially or materially, but it is found when we choose to serve and obey God with a pure heart by following after His will rather than money. Proverbs 28:20 (NKJV) "A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished." Matthew 6:24, 33 (NKJV) "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."

Pearl of Wisdom 2023 • Week 34

Receiving your spiritual leader and covering as a gift from God and doing your part to help bring his or her vision into fruition will eventually cause your own vision to come to pass. Ephesians 4:8, 11-12 (NKJV) Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,"

Pearl of Wisdom 2023 • Week 35

We should choose only to follow after and be mentored by spiritual leaders whose lives are characterized by faith, integrity, righteousness and consistency in both public and private. Hebrews 13:7 (NKJV) "Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct."

Pearl of Wisdom 2023 • Week 36

We should work towards getting and keeping our finances as well as the rest of our affairs in order; otherwise, we're simply taking life for granted. Proverbs 27:23-24 (NKJV) "Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, And attend to your herds; 24 For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations."

Pearl of Wisdom 2023 • Week 37

Like the pangs of childbirth, some pains in life are unexpected and almost unbearable, but once you go through it, there is palatial beauty and abundance on the other side. Psalm 144:12-15 (NKJV)

Pearl of Wisdom 2023 • Week 38

Learning how to cope with all kinds of pain keeps us emotionally whole and mentally sane. 2 Timothy 2:3-4 (NKJV) "You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Pearl of Wisdom 2023 • Week 39 NEW!

Our relationship with God always comes first, and family should always come before ministry. 1 Timothy 3:1-5 (NKJV) "This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence 5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);