James 3; Romans 6; James 3 &4

Hallelujah, Father, today I put the wisdom of the world behind me. I reckon myself dead to worldly lust and dead to envy and self-seeking. Now, Father, I have your divine wisdom.

Your wisdom is from above, and it is pure and peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

I draw near to you, Father, and you draw near to me. You show me my past when I was a slave to sin. You show me, not to depress me, but to inspire me to humility and to want the joyful life and communion that comes from obedience.

I do lament how selfish and lost I was. It does make me mourn when I see how I hurt folks. It scares me to remember how I rebelled against you, Father. But now, it also makes me thankful to you, Lord, for your patience and mercy to me.

So, I cleanse my hands, and I purify my heart. I accept your grace and receive your forgiveness and your cleansing, and I move on following you carefully in humility and thanksgiving.

Daniel 2; 1 Corinthians 1; Daniel 3, 5, &6

Father, you are God. Blessed be your name forever and ever. Wisdom and might are yours. You change the times and the seasons. You remove kings, and you raise up kings. You give wisdom to your people, and you give knowledge to those with understanding.

You reveal deep and secret things. You know all that goes on. You see in the darkness, and light dwells with you.

I thank you and praise you, Father. You have saved me and put me in Christ. Christ is made wisdom and righteousness for me. In Christ my life has been redeemed.

Truly, Father, you are the God of gods, the Lord of kings. You deliver your people. You deliver yours from the fiery furnace, and you delivered me from bondage to my fleshly lust. There is no other God who delivers like you.

Your signs, oh Lord, are great. Your wonders are mighty. Your kingdom is everlasting, and your dominion is from generation to generation.

Your spirit is in me, and light and understanding and excellent wisdom are in me. You rule the kingdom of men, Lord, and you appoint over it whomever you want. You, Father, hold my breath in your hand, and you own all of me.

I glorify you as God and Savior and Holy Spirit.

Jeremiah 9 &1; 1 Peter 1; Jeremiah 17

I thank you, Father, that through your scripture and your indwelling spirit, you have given me some understanding and knowledge of you, not just intellectual facts but also personal communion and love from you and for you. I glory in that, Father. I delight in you and your friendship and lordship.

You, Father, exercise loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. You knew me before you formed me in the womb. Before I was born, you sanctified me and ordained me as an instrument in your kingdom.

You delivered me from bondage to sin and set me into Christ’s body, the church, to grow, and to root out, and to build and plant, to water and to encourage.

I trust in you, and I am blessed. My hope is in you, Lord, and it is a living hope. I am like a tree planted by the waters. My roots are spread out. I do not fear when the heat comes; my leaf stays green. I am not anxious about “what if”, and I continue to bear fruit.

Colossians 2; John 3; 1 Corinthians 1; Proverbs 3

Thank you, Father, that by your grace through faith, I have been saved. I am born again. I have been born once of the flesh, and, by the grace of the Lord Jesus, I have been born again by the supernatural filling and power of God the Spirit.

Father, you have made Christ, who now dwells in me, to be wisdom, righteousness, redemption, and sanctification for me. In the process of filling me and transforming me, you have chastened me and corrected me, and I thank you for that, because you love me just as a father loves his child in whom he delights.

So, I am happy and thankful that Christ’s person and wisdom is present in me. I thank you that I have gained understanding. The proceeds of these are better than the profits of silver or the gains of gold.

Nothing I can think of having compares to the benefit of your divine presence in my life and your claim on my life. Through your gift of yourself, Lord, I have length of days and a path of peace. You are eternal life for me.

I keep my eyes on your word, Lord, and I am filled with wisdom and discretion. They are life to my soul. I walk safely with you, Lord. My foot does not stumble. I do not fear. My sleep is sweet. Thank you, Lord.

Proverbs 14

Father, I thank you for your divine wisdom that now fills me through the person of your Holy Spirit. I build my house, my household, and my life now carefully with your leadership. I seek understanding from you in every situation so that I know what to do and what not to do.

There is often a way which seems right to us as humans, but it is not right, and it’s end is the way of death. You fill me with prudence, Lord, and I consider well my steps.

I have a reverent fear of you, Father. I do not want to disappoint you. I am pleased and careful to stay away from evil.

I am happy to help those who are poorer than me. My obedience to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, gives me a strong, steadfast trust in you: in your mercies, in your power, and in your faithfulness.

You, oh Lord, are the place of refuge for my soul in this foolish and nasty world. You, oh Lord, are the fountain of life to me when, all around me, so many are choosing and even promoting death. You are great and mighty, Lord, and you guard over me. Thank you!

1 Corinthians 1

I thank you, Father, for your grace which you have given to me by Christ Jesus. I have been enriched in every way by him, in all utterance and knowledge. So, I come up short in no gift as I live daily in the revelation of your presence and character in me, Lord Jesus.

You, Lord Jesus, confirm my salvation and your gracious love for me. Our father has called me into fellowship with you, Lord Jesus, and through you, I am blameless before God, our father.

I am sanctified by you, Lord, and placed as a member in your body, the church. I am joined together with other believers in the same mind and in the same judgment. We may differ on details of faith, but we all agree on the sovereign saving effect of your sacrifice on the cross, Lord Jesus.

The message of your cross, Lord, is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is your divine, beautiful, loving power. It stumbles and crushes those who believe in any other power.

1 Corinthians 2

Father, I thank you for the privilege of communion with you through your spirit. Your Holy Spirit reveals your thoughts and will to me. Your Holy Spirit testifies and shows me your love and your provision into my life of things so good that they are beyond my experience and even my imagination.

Holy Spirit, you search me, and you show me what is really in my heart. You show me the inconsistencies that abound in my love for others. You straighten me out. You show me when I am being worldly, and you grant me repentance. You make known to me the things that have been freely given to me by God, my father.

Now, by your presence in me, Holy Spirit, I can test and compare spiritual things. You teach me to discern the things that are going on and determine the real “reality” of circumstances. Through your eternal presence and communion, I have the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 1; Colossians 1; 1 Corinthians 1&2; Colossians 1; 1 Corinthians 2

Father, my flesh is weak, but I see in your scripture that no flesh will glory in your presence. Instead, it is Christ who is the glory, and it is Christ in me who is my hope of glory.

Christ in me has become wisdom, righteousness, redemption, and sanctification for me. My faith is not in the wisdom of men but in your power, Father. Your scripture is a demonstration of your wisdom and spiritual power.

Your wisdom seems like foolishness to the world, but the alleged wisdom of the rulers of this age is coming to nothing. It is your wisdom, that is hidden in a mystery, that will prevail, and only your people will see the answer to the mystery which is Christ in me the hope of glory.

For you have written to me that my, “Eye has not seen, nor has my ear heard, nor can I dream of the things you have prepared for me in love”.

John 17, Colossians 1; 1 Corinthians 14

Lord Jesus, you have declared the name of the Father to me. You have shown me the Father, and you have prayed that the love with which the Father loved you would be in me and that you would be in me.

So, I am filled with divine love. A perfect love fills me and now can flow out of me to those around me. Christ is in me and that is glorious.

Thank you, Father, for your love and for the gift of your spirit. Fill me with your word and wisdom that I would speak edification, exhortation, and comfort to all who I speak with. I am zealous to be used by you to edify and encourage others and to be a way of your blessing to your church.

I pray in your spirit, your spirit prays in me, and I also pray with understanding. I sing and muse to you in the Spirit, and I sing to you with understanding.

Thank you, Holy Spirit, that by your lead, I am mature. All that I do is for edification and evangelism, and it is done in your order, Father. You, Lord, are the God of peace.

1 John 4; 1 Corinthians 13; 1 John 4

Now, I know, from your scripture and from communion with your Holy Spirit, that I am loved perfectly and unconditionally by you, Father.

Though I may be gifted and generous and do all kinds of godly “service” for you, if I do not have love, as you would define love, I am just a clanging bell, and my service is nothing, and it profits me nothing.

By your grace, Father, led by your spirit, I am patient. I do not envy. I’m not puffed up or rude. I am not easily provoked, instead I am calm, gentle, and a good listener.

I rejoice in the truth. I bear all things. I believe your sovereignty and promises. I have steadfast hope in your kingdom purpose and mercy for me and others. I endure all things with peace and perseverance.

I do not worry about anything, because love, your divine eternal love, is now in me forever through the presence of your Holy Spirit and the living power of your word. Your love in me drives out fear and worry and fills me with divine peace and sure hope.