{"id":5818,"date":"2025-04-10T10:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=5818"},"modified":"2025-04-10T10:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:55:45","slug":"purity-of-heavenly-wisdom-abraham-v-varghese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2025\/04\/10\/purity-of-heavenly-wisdom-abraham-v-varghese\/","title":{"rendered":"Purity of Heavenly Wisdom (Abraham V. Varghese)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>James 3: 17-18<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this world filled with trials and temptations, we need\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to be guided by the wisdom that comes from Christ.\u00a0 His divine wisdom leads us in the right path and\u00a0 anchors us in truth. While worldly desires may draw us\u00a0 away from our Heavenly Father, the wisdom of Christ\u00a0 draws us nearer to Him, helping us make sound\u00a0 decisions and nurturing pure, uplifting thoughts that\u00a0 enrich our lives. Only Christ can empower us to live a\u00a0 life free from negative thoughts and selfish desires. His\u00a0 wisdom is unfailing\u2014it never leads us astray but\u00a0 continually directs us toward a faithful and righteous\u00a0 Christian life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CLOSING PRAYER\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our dear Father in Heaven,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We come into Your holy presence with open and\u00a0 humble hearts. Please fill us with Your heavenly\u00a0 wisdom and everlasting joy. Keep us close to You\u00a0 always, and help us tonever forget the sacrifice Your\u00a0 Son made for us on the cross.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lord Jesus, wherever we may be, watch over our lives\u00a0 and protect us. Help us to walkin obedience to Your\u00a0 commandments and to love You more deeply than\u00a0 anything else in this world. Amen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James 3: 17-18 In this world filled with trials and temptations, we need\u00a0 to be guided by the wisdom that comes from Christ.\u00a0 His divine wisdom leads us in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lent-reflections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/images-5.jpg?fit=284%2C177&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5820,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818\/revisions\/5820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}