Knowledge is power. The difference between failure and success is information. There are two ways to learn. You can learn from your own mistakes; this is called experience. Or you can learn from the mistakes of others; this is called wisdom.
Use your local church library, bookstores, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs, videos and available seminars.
“Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.”
(Proverbs 10:14)
“And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.”
(Proverbs 24:4)
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”
(Hosea 4:6)
“The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.”
(Proverbs 15:14)