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<v SPEAKER_00>Good morning, First Baptist Wimberly.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is Mike Gibbons.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Welcome to Friday.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Hey, summer before last, we spent some time in the Psalms.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And this Sunday we are returning to one Psalm before Pastor Aaron continues in Nehemiah.

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<v SPEAKER_00>We're going to look at Psalm 90.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Now, in that Psalm, verse 12 is the hinge, as we will see on Sunday.

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<v SPEAKER_00>But let me read verse 12.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So, teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Let's focus on that one phrase.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Get a heart of wisdom.

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<v SPEAKER_00>As disciples of Christ, isn't that our desire?

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<v SPEAKER_00>For me, as I grow older, that is especially the case.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I want to go grow wiser.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I certainly don't want to grow more like the fool that Proverbs speaks of.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I want to walk the last leg of this journey in a manner worthy of the Lord.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And that only comes through wisdom.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And to do this, we must come to terms, as the verse says, with the brevity of life.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Teach us to number our days.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Our perspective needs to be shaped by God's perspective.

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<v SPEAKER_00>God is from everlasting to everlasting.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Our life is like grass that fades and withers, as Psalm 90 says earlier.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Our perspective needs to be one like God's eternal.

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<v SPEAKER_00>It also requires us to never forget the power of this everlasting God.

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<v SPEAKER_00>In considering this, we live in appropriate fear of Him, which is the beginning of wisdom.

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<v SPEAKER_00>The fear of the Lord should lead us to take refuge in the deliverance that Jesus has bought us through his perfect life, death, and resurrection.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is the heart of wisdom that leads to a life of wisdom.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Now no one ever arrives at a point where they possess a heart and mind full of this wisdom.

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<v SPEAKER_00>But we press on to make it our own because Christ Jesus has made us his own.

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<v SPEAKER_00>As you prepare for Sunday, would you read through Psalm 90?

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<v SPEAKER_00>May we all get a heart of wisdom during our brief time in this temporary home called Earth.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is Mike Gibbons, and I love being your pastor.