Wisdom to Discern

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV) To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

In June 2008, Bishop Paul S. Morton and the leadership of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship consecrated me along with eight other candidates into the office of Bishop. The nine of us made memories and established a bond that we’ll always remember. The process leading up to our consecration was one of the most trying periods of my life. We received lectures and were responsible for regurgitating six years of information in about six months. Needless to say, we had to depend upon one another to complete our assignment. Although we interacted with one another quite often during that period, I haven’t had the privilege of spending much time with either one of them since then—not because we don’t love or respect one another—but because God orchestrated our paths to be close for that particular season.

There are people, places, and professions that we’re called to for a lifetime. But there are other things that God only intended to occupy our time, “for a season.” A mistake that many believers make is to put a lifetime tag on relationships that God only designed to be seasonal. And in the words of my covenant brother Bishop Michael Priester, “If you leave spoiled milk in the refrigerator too long, it will start affecting the other items inside it.” The Bible declares that, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1)

During this season, ask The Lord for wisdom to discern which things (and people) are in your life for a season verses those that you’re connected to for life.

Let’s Pray: “Father, give us the wisdom and the courage to discern those things that are seasonal and those things that are to be for a lifetime, in Jesus’ Name, amen.”

Daily Prayer:
“Oh, that You would bless me indeed,
and enlarge my territory,
that Your hand would be with me,
and that You would keep me from evil,
that I may not cause pain!”

The Prayer of Jabez, I Chronicles 4:10

Daily Confession:

Father, I thank You for making me the head and not the tail

Above only and not beneath

The lender and not the borrower

The conqueror and not the conquered



I thank You for giving me all things that pertain unto life and godliness

And for delivering my life from death and destruction

So that I shall live and not die to declare your works



I thank You that no sickness shall live in my body today

For by Your Stripes I'm healed

I confess that I will not be stressed, oppressed, or depressed

Because You're keeping me in perfect peace as my mind is stayed on Thee



I confess that there shall not be any lack in my life today

For my God shall supply all my needs according to His Riches in Glory by Christ Jesus

Thank You that all things are working together for my good

And that You always cause me to triumph



This is the day that you have made

I will rejoice and be glad in it

In Jesus, Name, amen.



Questions of the Day

Scripture Knowledge

1. What city was Jesus born?



2. What kind of building was He born in?



3. What kind of crib was He laid in at birth?



4. Where did He die?



5. Whose tomb did He borrow after He died?



6. Why did He borrow a tomb verses purchase one for Himself?