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Wisdom Prayer

Is It Important to Honor Your Parents?

Is It Important to Honor Your Parents?

Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for children, so they will honor their parents. In Jesus’s name, amen.

The notes in the English Standard Version of the Bible under Proverbs 22-25 tell us: “Saying Sixteen. Acquiring wisdom is a duty in that it is the best way one can fulfill the command to honor one’s parents.”

Proverbs 23:22-25 (ESV) deals with the dynamic relationship between parents and their children.

“Listen to your father who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.”

Honoring parents is the fifth of the Ten Commandments. Yet, this command is ignored by many in modern society.

Take a step closer to following God’s preferred plan, and do something to honor your parents today.

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The Sum of Your Word Is Truth!

The Sum of Your Word Is Truth!

Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for those who know the sum of your word is the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In Jesus’s name, amen.

Imagine you are a witness in a trial. Bibles are still used in courtrooms for swearing in witnesses. Will you take your oath seriously?

The psalmist is confident in God’s word as exhibited in Psalm 119:153-160 (ESV).

“Look on my affliction and deliver me,
for I do not forget your law.
Plead my cause and redeem me;
give me life according to your promise!
Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they do not seek your statutes.
Great is your mercy, O Lord;
give me life according to your rules.
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
but I do not swerve from your testimonies.
I look at the faithless with disgust,
because they do not keep your commands.
Consider how I love your precepts!
Give me life according to your steadfast love.
The sum of your word is truth,
and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.”

Where do you stand with regard to the Bible? Do you believe it is true, or is it just a book of stories? Will you tell the truth if you swear on a Bible? God’s word is truth. Trust it. Read it. Live by it.

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Do You Rejoice in the Truth?

Do You Rejoice in the Truth?

Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for those who rejoice in the truth. In Jesus’ name, amen.

What power believers have! It says in John 8:32 (ESV):

“The truth will set you free.”

When we realize the world is preoccupied with moral relativism, truth sometimes seems to have a definition in flux.

Apostle Paul writes about love in 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 (ESV):

“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.”

Don’t get sidetracked by the culture’s values. Scripture is the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

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Honor Parents!

Honor Parents!

Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for children, so they can have good relationships with their parents.

The notes in the English Standard Version of the Bible under Proverbs 22-25 tell us: “Saying Sixteen. Acquiring wisdom is a duty in that it is the best way one can fulfill the command to honor one’s parents.”

This accounts for the idea of buying truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 23:22-25 (ESV) deals with the dynamic relationship between parents and their children.

“Listen to your father who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.”

Honoring parents is mentioned as the fifth in the Ten Commandments. How is it, this command is ignored my many in modern society?

Take a step closer to following God’s preferred way, and do something today to honor parents.

Tell me what you think in the comments below.

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Wisdom Prayer

The Sum of Your Word Is Truth?

The Sum of Your Word Is Truth?

Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for those who know the sum of your word is the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Imagine you are a witness in a trial. Bibles are still used in courtrooms for swearing in witnesses. Will you take your oath seriously?

The psalmist is confident in God’s word. “Your righteous rules endures forever.”

Psalm 119:153-160 (ESV)

“Look on my affliction and deliver me,
for I do not forget your law.
Plead my cause and redeem me;
give me life according to your promise!
Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they do not seek your statutes.
Great is your mercy, O Lord;
give me life according to your rules.
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
but I do not swerve from your testimonies.
I look at the faithless with disgust,
because they do not keep your commands.
Consider how I love your precepts!
Give me life according to your steadfast love.
The sum of your word is truth,
and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.”

Where do you stand with regard to the Bible? Do you believe it is true, or is it just a book of stories? Will you tell the truth if you swear on a Bible? God’s word is truth. Trust it. Read it. Live by it.

Tell me what you think in the comments below.

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Cry Out for God?

Cry Out for God?

Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for those who cry out to you for help. In Jesus’ name, amen.

People can cry out the God for a million different reasons. It can be in desperation, in defeat, at a moment of loss, or in a crisis. Whatever the circumstances, God is aware.

Psalm 119:145-152 (ESV) begins with a whole hearted cry to the Lord.

“With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord!
I will keep your statutes.
I call to you; save me,
that I may observe your testimonies.
I rise before dawn and cry for help;
I hope in your words.
My eyes are awake before the watches of the night,
that I may meditate on your promise.
Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;
O Lord, according to your justice give me life.
They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;
they are far from your law.
But you are near, O Lord,
and all your commandments are true.
Long have I known from your testimonies
that you have founded them forever.”

Are you at a point where you are crying out to God? If not, consider approaching holy God with reverence and honor. If yes, you are crying out, I believe God led you to read this post. Jesus Christ said in John 14:6 (ESV), “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Will you trust his holy and inspired word? It is okay to cry out like the psalmist. Live expecting God to intervene in yours and other’s lives.

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