have a wonderful instinct about things.  They can discover everything except the obvious.

I have found from costly experience that it is much easier to analyze the facts after writing them down. In fact, merely writing the facts on a piece of paper and stating our problem clearly goes a long way toward helping us reach a sensible decision. As Charles Kettering puts it: "A problem well stated is a problem half solved.

Science," said the French philosopher Valéry, "is a collection of successful recipes.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

What is the problem? What is the CAUSE of the problem? What are all possible solutions to the problem? What solution do you suggest?

I often think if I had known these things sooner, how different my business would be today.

You were not born with judgment. That comes only with experience

He is not just nice, he is brilliant. He is the smartest man who ever lived. He is now supervising the entire course of world history (Rev. 1:5) while simultaneously preparing the rest of the universe for our future role in it (John 14:2). He always has the best information on everything and certainly also on the things that matter most in human life. Let us now hear his teachings on who has the good life, on who is among the truly blessed.

Commitment is not sustained by confusion but by insight. The person who is uninformed or confused will inevitably be unstable and vulnerable in action, thought and feeling.

Remember, in Colossians we are told that in him are hidden "all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (2:3). And, of course, it's perfectly logical that the reason all the treasures are hidden in him is because he made everything. So if you're engaged in research in some field, you should take him in as your partner, because he really does know what makes things work. Regardless of what you're working on, Jesus has the knowledge required to solve your problems.

Today there is no foundation. Ultimately what rules in a discipline today is the social pressure of the best professional opinion, and that changes.

If you believe God has told you to do something, ask him to confirm it to you three times: through his word, through circumstances, and through other people who may know nothing of the situation. "This precept of three witnesses is not a law, but it is a good rule of thumb in an area where rules of thumb are badly needed".