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Published: July 15, 2012, 2:51 a.m.

Join us this week as lead Pastor, Shane Frazier, continus our series Proverbs with a message on wisdom.

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(2 Chronicles 1:10)\xa0Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?\u201d

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(Proverbs 8:1-5) Listen as Wisdom calls out! Hear as understanding raises her voice! On the hilltop along the road, she takes her stand at the crossroads. By the gates at the entrance to the town, on the road leading in, she cries aloud, \u201cI call to you, to all of you! I raise my voice to all people. You simple people, use good judgment. You foolish people, show some understanding.\u201d

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Title of message: Find Wisdom Find Life

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(Proverbs 4:23) Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

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(Proverbs 4:23) (GNT) Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

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Thoughts that lead to an affair:

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1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 I deserve to be happy

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2.\xa0\xa0\xa0 I need another person to make me happy

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3.\xa0\xa0\xa0 I married the wrong person so I deserve to start over

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4.\xa0\xa0\xa0 I\u2019m not good at marriage so I want out

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12 Steps to an affair.

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1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 You lean away from your marriage.

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\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 2.\xa0\xa0\xa0 You notice someone else.

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3.\xa0\xa0\xa0 You take innocent meetings too far.

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4.\xa0\xa0\xa0 You replace innocent meetings with intentional meetings.

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5.\xa0\xa0\xa0 You try hard to set up purposeful conversations with the person.

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6.\xa0\xa0\xa0 You change the conversation to feelings.

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7.\xa0\xa0\xa0 You have isolated meetings with this person.

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8.\xa0\xa0\xa0 You have isolated meetings for pleasure.

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9.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your embraces become affectionate and playful.

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10.\xa0 Your embraces become passionate.

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11.\xa0 You commit adultery.

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12. The affair is made public.

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Sin will take you farther than you want to go and cost you more than you are willing to pay.\xa0

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(Proverbs 5:7-14) (MSG) So, my friend, listen closely; don't treat my words casually. Keep your distance from such a woman; absolutely stay out of her neighborhood.\xa0

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(Proverbs 5:7-14) (MSG) You don't want to squander your wonderful life, to waste your precious life among the hardhearted. Why should you allow strangers to take advantage of you?\xa0 Why be exploited by those who care nothing for you?

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(Proverbs 5:7-14) (MSG) You don't want to end your life full of regrets, nothing but sin and bones, Saying, "Oh, why didn't I do what they told me? Why did I reject a disciplined life? Why didn't I listen to my mentors, or take my teachers seriously? My life is ruined! I haven't one blessed thing to show for my life!"

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Sin grows in the dark.\xa0 Sin dies in the light.\xa0

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(Daniel 11:35) And some of the wise will fall victim to persecution. In this way, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come.

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(Proverbs 5:15-17)\xa0 Drink water from your own well\u2014share your love only with your wife. Why spill the water of your springs in the streets, having sex with just anyone? You should reserve it for yourselves. Never share it with strangers.

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(Proverbs 5:18-20) Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. She is a loving deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts satisfy you always. May you always be captivated by her love. Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman, or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?

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What captivates you?\xa0

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How to affair proof your marriage:

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1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Pray together

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2.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Date each other

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3.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Talk openly about sexual temptations

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4.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Stay accountable

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5.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Praise one another

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(Proverbs 8:32-33) (NLT) \u201cAnd so, my children, listen to me, for all who follow my ways are joyful. Listen to my instruction and be wise. Don\u2019t ignore it.

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(Proverbs 8:34-36) (NLT) Joyful are those who listen to me, watching for me daily at my gates, waiting for me outside my home! For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord. But those who miss me injure themselves. All who hate me love death.\u201d