{"id":2197,"date":"2026-01-20T19:11:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2026-01-20T19:11:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:11:06","slug":"sharing-wisdom-a-tricky-task","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2197","title":{"rendered":"Sharing Wisdom &#8211; A Tricky Task"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 1\/18\/26 by Pastor Steve Shields. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sharing wisdom can be a challenge. <\/strong> It is hard for people to receive wisdom.  It&#8217;s important to think before we speak.  There is something about humankind that resists being given wisdom.  <strong>Even though it&#8217;s challenging, it&#8217;s our job to share.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SermonOnlySlide-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SermonOnlySlide-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SermonOnlySlide-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SermonOnlySlide-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SermonOnlySlide-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SermonOnlySlide.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The &#8220;Be&#8217;s&#8221; of sharing wisdom. <\/strong> Be prepared.  <strong>Be sure you have found Christ.<\/strong>  Take time to pray.  Look for needs and opportunities.  Have a thankful heart.  <strong>Be clear.<\/strong>  <strong>Be wise<\/strong> in how we behave, how we respond and in the words we choose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The four &#8220;bases&#8221; of sharing <\/strong>.  First, God loves us and has plans for us.  Second, we&#8217;ve done things we are ashamed of.  Third, Christ took our guilt and shame to the cross.  Home plate, turn away from evil and trust Christ to forgive your sins.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>God and God alone creates the opening.  Speaks to the heart.  Gives you the words.  Transforms life. <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1944\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2197-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260118SharingWisdomATrickyTask.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260118SharingWisdomATrickyTask.mp3\">https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260118SharingWisdomATrickyTask.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260118SharingWisdomATrickyTask.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=2197-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260118SharingWisdomATrickyTask.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20260118SharingWisdomATrickyTask.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 1\/18\/26 by Pastor Steve Shields. Sharing wisdom can be a challenge. It is hard for people to receive wisdom. It&#8217;s important to think before we speak. There is something about humankind that resists being given wisdom. Even though it&#8217;s challenging, it&#8217;s our job to share. The &#8220;Be&#8217;s&#8221; of sharing wisdom. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2197\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sharing Wisdom &#8211; A Tricky Task&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[106],"class_list":["post-2197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvIY-zr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2199,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions\/2199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}