Day 20 of Prayer Guide - Wisdom for Your Body

Day Twenty

Wisdom for Your Body

Ecclesiastes 8:1b Wisdom brightens a man’s face and changes its hard appearance.

I feel distracted and disconnected. I know it shows on my face. People keep asking me if everything is okay. I paint on my best smile and chirp, “Of course.” This is supposed to be a time of excitement and I’m determined to play my part. If only I knew how to make that a reality.

Concerned one, come accept wisdom for your body.

Today I Pray for You:

·         To intimately know the One who first knew you.

·         To allow God’s wisdom to bathe your heart and transform your countenance.

Today You Pray:

God Who Sees, You look beyond my surface. You peer deep into my soul and know my deepest concerns. In You, I find life-altering wisdom.

Like a secret shared between old friends, Your knowledge dances in my heart and changes my perspective. Your wisdom softens my worry lines and sparkles my eyes. To know You is the realization of joy.

Day 19 of Prayer Guide - Wisdom for Your Mind

Day Nineteen

Wisdom for Your Mind

1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.

The advice rolls in as waves – unwavering, unrelenting. It pounds my brain with confusion and concern. So many voices call out opinions. They meet like the crash of cymbals, grinding and tearing at my confidence.

Confused one, come saturate your mind with wisdom.

Today I Pray for You:

·     To set aside lesser words so you can hear the Voice of a Whisper

·        To tune into unchanging knowledge that flows from the One Who’s always been.

Today You Pray:

God of Wisdom, I know not what to do. I strain to hear Your voice and realize it’s not what but Whom. You are wisdom. The more I know You, the closer I follow the One who directs my what.

Gently you set aside sources that tease my mind with man’s wisdom. There is a way that seems right to me but it’s not Your way. Your way is life, peace and rest.

Day 18 of Prayer Guide - Wisdom for Your Soul

Day Eighteen

Wisdom for Your Soul

Proverbs 24:14 Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

Priorities claw at the fabric of my soul. In constant conflict, they wrestle for time and attention. As soon as I pick up one activity, another is subject to neglect. In this three-ring circus of preparation is it possible to find time to meet with God?

Disconcerted one, come embrace wisdom for your soul.

Today I Pray for You:

·         To open wide the gates of your soul so wisdom may dwell there.

·         To know the Hope that blossoms from a garden of intimacy.

Today You Pray:

All Knowing One, You see my soul at war. Sift through the sands of my heart and bury the treasure of Your wisdom. Wisdom births future hope with echoes to a long known verse.

You have great plans for my life. Your design features both hope and future. This knowledge quiets the battle. Be the Master Architect of my soul today and leave the imprint of Your sweet touch there.

Day 17 of Prayer Guide - Wisdom for Your Heart

Day Seventeen

Wisdom for Your Heart

Psalm 90:12 Teach us to number our days aright, so we may gain a heart of wisdom.

An unwanted friend, uncertainty lingers in my heart. I wish the label were acquaintance or visitor but friend is the reference for someone invited often to visit. The invitation to hesitation has crippled me. How can I oust worry in favor of confidence?

Troubled one, come grasp wisdom for your heart.

Today I Pray for You:

·         To walk your priorities which garners the freedom of wisdom

·         To acknowledge and cast aside your indecision and embrace Wisdom

Today You Pray:

God of Certainty, I invite You to tread among my hesitation. When we walk in tandem, misgivings flee. My heart flourishes as Your instruction disables my doubt.

As I stand on Your wisdom, I can see over the wall of my indecision. My heart finds peace and rest among Wisdom’s annals.

Day 16 of Prayer Guide - Wisdom

Day Sixteen

Wisdom

Ephesians 1:17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

When one is having difficulty thinking straight, is applying wisdom even achievable? But I am desperate for it. Decisions abound. My heart aches as options tax my mind.

Troubled one, come transfer wisdom from the Source of all knowledge.

Today I Pray for You:

·    To grab more of Jesus so His wisdom will clutch your heart and mind.

·    That your first reaction asks for wisdom, not makes decisions.

Today You Pray:

Wonderful Counselor, how I need Your insight. The choices I face supersede my ability. My concern wells up and I feel paralyzed; unable to choose.

I’m casting my frailty on Your reason. Your thoughts are not mine. They are higher than mine and unthinkable. I want to know You more intimately today. As I draw tightly to Your side, God-honoring conclusions settle over my clouded mind.