Prayer Journey—Search Me

Only you dear God know my inmost being. You are righteous and just, pure in your judgement. Show me your ways. Show me how to draw closer to you. Help me to sift out anything that is not worthy of your work. This day and every day, help me to sort through the distractions that […]

Prayer Journey—Far Greater

Thank you dear God for your wisdom. Your purposes, your insight far exceeds anything I can imagine. Help me not to be distracted by my desires, my wants, my view of things. Continue to fill me with your wisdom. Guide me through each day with its trials, roadblocks and adversaries that try to push me […]

Prayer Journey—Eternal Righteousness

Dear God, you are eternal. I am temporal. Yet you offer me eternal life through your son Jesus. No status, no position, no power on this earth can compare to your eternal power and the hope you give. Everything on this earth will pass away, but you reign forever and ever. Teach me your righteousness. […]

Finding Wisdom Among Deceit

In life, we are often faced with choices about which path to follow. People can give us a lot of advice on which choice to make, but some of this advice can steer us down the wrong path. Sometimes people with malicious intent can seem well-meaning and authentic, but their true motive is to deceive […]

Vignettes—If Only

If only there was wisdom to help me understand. If only there was someone to provide counsel for difficult decisions. If only there was someone to provide strength to do the right thing. If only people would not judge just by what they see or hear. If only there was someone who would see me […]

Prayer Journey–Who knows?

Why do I listen to what others say about me and not what you say about me dear God? You intimately know me and who I am. You know my every move, my thoughts, and my faults. You created me, made me who I am, brought me to this point in my life. While others […]

Prayer Journey — Joy of the Lord

May your Spirit dear God fill me with your joy. Let me not be focused on the temporal joys of this earth, but on your eternal joy. Help me to discern what is life-giving and what is destructive. Help me to see through the facade of the evil one’s deceit that seeks to draw me […]

Prayer Journey — Guidance

May I rest in you dear God. You are everlasting. Your truth is eternal. Your hope never fails. From the beginning of the earth to this moment, you have been present. You make yourself known to the generations. Fill me with your wisdom. Guide me as I seek to tell others about the hope you […]

Prayer Journey — Your Grace

Help me this week to be light to those who are lost in darkness. Fill me with your wisdom dear God so that I can bring your hope to the hopeless. Guide me in how I can best serve you. Make your path evident to me dear Lord. Help me to not get caught in […]

Your Close Friend Wisdom

God’s wisdom is not a passive thing. It is something that you must accept and maintain. Proverbs 4 provides advice on how to nurture God’s wisdom within you. This proverb is written as a father giving advice to his child. “Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my […]