Lady Wisdom Builds a House!: Building and Leading Well by Establishing Habits of Wisdom

By Dr. Catherine Constant

Do you want to discover your entrepreneurial spirit and gain life strategies for success? Lady Wisdom tells us that wise planning builds any enterprise. The structure becomes strong through common sense and will be successful. It will be established and profit for generations to come if the leader keeps abreast of the facts. Allowing our Creator God to provide the blueprint for our destiny through wisdom lifestyle strategies will unfold creative concepts and innovation that will transform our world for God’s glory.
Lady Wisdom Builds a House!, a 101-day devotional/journal, focuses on the messages of the book of Proverbs and can be read by all. It offers a guide for day-to-day mindful living, providing wisdom and daily prayers for readers. Readers will appreciate the encouragement and practical advice provided by the wise words of Proverbs, as well as the inspirational and uplifting daily messages.
The Lady Wisdom Speaks series of devotional/journals use biblical, mindfulness meditation, coupled with journaling, to assist in understanding wisdom principles. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding (Proverbs 4:7 KJV).

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Apr 8, 2020
• ISBN: 9781973689621

Dr. Catherine Constant

Dr. Catherine Constant is an educational advisor and wisdom coach for her own entrepreneurial business, where she provides mentoring, teaching, and coaching to individuals and organizations. Dr. Constant is presently pursuing the call in the marketplace and beyond to equip others for God’s kingdom work. She is also an associate minister at Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Boston, where she is exercising her different gifts, talents, and abilities to uplift others.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Building the Foundation of Love

1.       Love: Blessing of Energy

2.       Love: Agape Love

3.       Love: Trust and Revere the Lord

4.       Love: Love Speaks!

5.       Love: Living in Peace and Safety

6.       Love: Wisdom Granted!

7.       Love: Response of Love

8.       Love: Good Judgment

9.       Love: Wisdom and Common Sense

10.     Love: Cling to Wisdom

11.     Love: Real Living

Developing the Source of Joy

12.     Joy: Blessing of Joyfulness

13.     Joy: Drink from Your Own Well

14.     Joy: God’s Constant Delight

15.     Joy: Watching Daily for Lady Wisdom

16.     Joy: Right Living and Lasting Happiness

17.     Joy: Happy Memories, Good Name

18.     Joy: Joyful to Have Instructions

19.     Joy: Eternal Happiness

20.     Joy: Celebrating a Good Man

21.     Joy: The Lord’s Delight

Digging the Reservoir of Peace

22.     Peace: How to Be a Peacemaker

23.     Peace: Promoting Peace

24.     Peace: Pleasing God Leads to Peace

25.     Peace: How to Kill a Friendship

26.     Peace: Your Bad Temper Gets Nowhere

27.     Peace: Crust of Bread or Steak?

28.     Peace: How to Stop a Quarrel

29.     Peace: Stay Out of Danger

30.     Peace: Overlooking Insults Equals Blessings

31.     Peace: Drip! Drip! Drip!

Establishing the Supply of Goodness

32.     Goodness: Generosity

33.     Goodness: Wonderful Interest

34.     Goodness: Giving Ear to the Needy

35.     Goodness: Goodness, the Way to Find Life

36.     Goodness: Give and Get Freely

37.     Goodness: The Generous Person

38.     Goodness: Pleasant as Perfume

39.     Goodness: Work and Generosity

40.     Goodness: Needs Supplied!

41.     Goodness: Honor and Recognition

Planning and Developing Kingdom Building

42.     Kingdom Building: How to Have a Satisfying Life

43.     Kingdom Building: Learn from the Ant

44.     Kingdom Building: Wise Instructions Bring Wealth

45.     Kingdom Building: Managing Your Days

46.     Kingdom Building: While the Sun Shines

47.     Kingdom Building: Good Influencers

48.     Kingdom Building: Planning the Day’s Agenda

49.     Building Kingdom: Selling to the Merchants

50.     Building Kingdom: Entrepreneur

Refining with the Tool of Prayer

51.     Prayer: Moving to the Beat of God’s Heart!

52.     Prayer: Strength and Courage

53.     Prayer: God, Give Me Peace in My Heart!

54.     Prayer: Heal the Hidden Pain in my Soul

55.     Prayer: Attitude of Thanksgiving

56.     Prayer: Praying Spirit-led Prayers

57.     Prayer: Cultivate Your Gifts

58.     Prayer: Thank You, Lord, for Hope

59.     Prayer: Great Expectation

60.     Prayer: Giving Grace

61.     Prayer: Are You Mad at God?

62.     Prayer: Praising My Way to His Presence

63.     Prayer: Working from My Full Capacity

64.     Prayer: God Speaks in Different Ways

65.     Prayer: Willpower or Holy Spirit Power?

66.     Prayer: Take Time to Laugh

67.     Prayer: Lord, Transform My Life!

68.     Prayer: Words Are Containers of Power!

69.     Prayer: Enjoy Your Excellent Life with God

Strengthening with the Tool of Praise

70.     Praise: The First Step

71.     Praise: Words to Heart

72.     Praise: Young Man, Listen

73.     Praise: Treasure of Knowledge and Understanding

74.     Praise: My Shield and Protection

75.     Praise: Finding the Right Decision

76.     Praise: Center of Your Being

77.     Praise: Honor the Lord

78.     Praise: What Wisdom Gives

79.     Praise: Wisdom Tree of Life

Intensifying with the Tool of Thanksgiving

80.     Thanksgiving: Do You Have a Song of Thanksgiving?

81.     Thanksgiving: Recognizing the King

82.     Thanksgiving: A Time to Be with Jesus

83.     Thanksgiving: My Everyday Life Is an Offering!

84.     Thanksgiving: Thank You for Provision

85.     Thanksgiving: Giving Thanks for Our Leaders

86.     Thanksgiving: Different Perspectives Improve Our Lives

87.     Thanksgiving: How to Displace Worry

88.     Thanksgiving: There Is Power in Being Thankful!

Deepening with the Tool of Worship

89.     Worship: The Work of Worship

90.     Worship: The Heart of Worship

91.     Worship: Working for the King Is My Worship!

92.     Worship: Be Intentional in Your Worship!

93.     Worship: Cultivate Love through Worship

94.     Worship: Be a Blessing!

95.     Worship: God’s Word Will Always Prosper

96.     Worship: Entering into My Promised Land Is My Act of Worship!

97.     Worship: God’s Masterpiece

98.     Worship: Acknowledge the Lord by Your Worship

99.     Worship: Here Is My Worship!

100.     Worship: Private Walk with Jesus

Acknowledgments

I dedicate Lady Wisdom Builds a House! to my Wisdom Connection Internet Family (Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube) who inspire me to create and share my thoughts and writings. This book is also in recognition of my assignment to help believers, specifically women, draw closer to the Lord and live with courage, strength, and faith, knowing the Lord has blessings and purpose for them. In my book, I desire to encourage my readers to study the book of Proverbs and engage in self-reflection, leading to new perspectives in obtaining the life they desire and deserve.

To my family, Errol, Karen, and Stephen, I am grateful for your support and encouragement that you show me. I love you!

Most of all, I acknowledge my giver of wisdom, insight, and understanding, my heavenly Father. With great sincerity, I am thankful to God for giving me the capacity to write and share His heart concerning His desire for each one of us. I am grateful to Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior who provided the way for me to grow. I am also thankful for the guidance of Holy Spirit in leading and guiding me in this process of writing this devotional/journal, Lady Wisdom Builds a House!

Introduction

I am a blessed, wise, healthy, wealthy woman of integrity and prudence walking in serenity with dignity into my destiny with Jesus Christ. By utilizing my creative, inner genius, I am a builder of family, community, and business, establishing enterprises for now and generations to come.

• Wisdom has built her house (Proverbs 9:1 KJV).

• Wise people are builders—they build families, businesses, communities. And through intelligence and insight their enterprises are established and endure (Proverbs 24:3 TPT).

• Any enterprise is built by wise planning, becomes strong through common sense, and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the facts Proverbs 24:3–4 (TLB).

• For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land of brooks, pools, gushing springs, valleys and hills, it is a land of wheat and barley, of grapes vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olives, and honey; it is a land where food is plentiful and nothing is lacking; it is a land where iron is as common as stone and copper is abundant in the hills. When you have eaten your fill, bless the Lord your God for the good land he has given you (Deuteronomy 8:7–10 TLB).

Lady Wisdom tells us that wise planning builds any enterprise. The structure becomes strong through common sense and will be successful. It will be established and profit for generations to come if the leader keeps abreast of the facts. Building houses of applied knowledge and wisdom that meet the needs of our society today will stand the test of time. Allowing our Creator God to provide the blueprint for our destiny through wisdom lifestyle strategies will unfold creative concepts and innovation that will transform our world for God’s glory.

Why Did God Create You?

You are a gift to the world—created to worship. Like Jesus, each person is a gift. Father God intended that we bless the world with our lives. God is a God of intentionality and reasoning. He purposely placed each of us on this earth to fulfill His will and plan. We all have something special to offer the world. There is something uniquely assigned for each of us to be and to do. You are an exclusive gift designed for greatness.

Our lives are our gift back to God. It is present in the form of our worship. When we come into God’s presence, let our immediate response be to worship Him. We must tell others of who He is and what He has done. Let us react like the shepherds of Christmas and go back glorifying and praising God. Also, like the Magi, we can bow down and worship Jesus by opening our treasure chests and giving Him the gift of our worship.

The Bible, which is Jesus’s story, is a road map revealing His purpose and calling. We too have a destiny and a book written about us in heaven. Napoleon Hill called them envelops. God gave us a choice to decide our destiny. We are in full control to determine our destiny. Our mind is the most powerful tool we will ever work with. We must take control of our mind to see and connect the consequences with actions.

Thank God for a sound mind. The Holy Spirit is within you to give direction. Direct your mind and create your heaven with your gift of vision and voice. Visions are given to people who capture them and believe that what they perceive is possible. Your voice has been given to you to speak your world into existence and to speak forth your vision. Your words carry authority and power. Speak what God says about your destiny and you. Pray, meditate on God’s Word and promises to you, and allow Jesus’s favor, wisdom, and power to multiply and grow your dream into something beautiful.

Are you an entrepreneur? Do you want to create something new or expand an innovative idea? An entrepreneur takes on a business idea and is willing to risk failure to accomplish a purpose or dream. The beginning may be small and appear insignificant, but with the appropriate assessment, the idea can grow into something very profitable. Acknowledging a God-ordained idea, assignment, or business venture can lead to great increase, financial wealth, and prosperous