Prayers & Promises for Wisdom E-Book

BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC

• Herausgeber: BroadStreet Publishing Group, LLC
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Serie: Prayers & Promises
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Seitenzahl: 78

Beschreibung

When life asks unending questions and you begin to feel overwhelmed by the many decisions you have to make, bring all of your concerns to God.  You can take comfort knowing that he is the author and creator of all that exists, and he care deeply for you. He always knows what is best.   Prayers & Promises for Wisdom incorporates seventy different themes to help you receive inspiration found in the promises of God's Word. Uplifting prayers and questions offer an opportunity for deeper reflection.   Begin to experience underlying joy and peace as you let the wise and wonderful promises of God guide you.  

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CONTENTS

Acceptance

Anger

Anxiety

Assurance

Belief

Boldness

Change

Children

Comfort

Confidence

Contentment

Courage

Courtesy

Creativity

Deliverance

Depression

Eternity

Excellence

Faith

Faithfulness

Fear

Forgiveness

Freedom

Friendship

Generosity

Gentleness

Goodness

Grace

Grief

Guidance

Guilt

Health

Honesty

Hope

Humility

Identity

Inspiration

Integrity

Joy

Justice

Kindness

Loneliness

Love

Patience

Peace

Perseverance

Prayer

Protection

Provision

Purpose

Relaxation

Relationships

Reliability

Relief

Respect

Restoration

Reward

Safety

Satisfaction

Serving

Strength

Stress

Teaching

Thankfulness

Trust

Truth

Understanding

Victory

Wholeness

Worry

INTRODUCTION

When life asks unending questions and you begin to

feel overwhelmed by the many decisions you have to

make, bring all of your concerns to God. You can take

comfort knowing that he is the author and creator of

all that exists, and he cares deeply for you. He always

knows what is best.

Prayers & Promises for Wisdom incorporates seventy

different themes to help you receive the inspiration

found in the promises of God’s Word. Uplifting prayers

and questions offer an opportunity for deeper reflection.

Begin to experience underlying joy and peace as you

let the wise and wonderful promises of God guide you.

ACCEPTANCE

“The Father gives me the people who are mine.

Every one of them will come to me,

and I will always accept them.”

JOHN 6:37 NCV

The LORD does not see as man sees;

for man looks at the outward appearance,

but the LORD looks at the heart.

1 SAMUEL 16:7 NKJV

If God is for us, who can be against us?

ROMANS 8:31 ESV

Before he made the world, God chose us to be his very

own through what Christ would do for us; he decided

then to make us holy in his eyes, without a single fault—

we who stand before him covered with his love.

EPHESIANS 1:4 TLB

Lord, your kindness toward me abounds as I sit here and know that I am forever accepted by you—nothing can change that. You know the list of fear, the lack of faith, stacked against me, yet you still choose to call me your own. As this truth sinks in my heart, help me to accept with the same love my family in Christ. Though I disagree with people, help me to lay down my rights, as you did yours, to serve in love. I need more of your love-fueled wisdom to show me how to navigate these relationships well.

When you apply God’s wisdom in situations, how are you more accepting of others?

ANGER

Don’t get angry.

Don’t be upset; it only leads to trouble.

Evil people will be sent away,

but those who trust the LORD will inherit the land.

PSALM 37:8-9 NCV

Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak

and slow to become angry, because human anger

does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

JAMES 1:19-20 NIV

“Don’t sin by letting anger control you.”

Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry.

EPHESIANS 4:26 NLT

I want to grow in wisdom, Lord. Your Word tells me that one who is quick-tempered is foolish—the opposite of wisdom! I don’t want to be a person controlled by anger. Search me, oh God, and find within me the root of this outrage. Help me consider my ways, to pause before I speak, and to slow down enough to understand what is going on in my heart. Dig out of my heart any roots of bitterness. May the only thing that controls me be your Spirit. Let my responses to those around me produce righteousness.

How does the wisdom of God help you from responding in anger?

ANXIETY

You will keep in perfect peace

those whose minds are steadfast,

because they trust in you.

ISAIAH 26:3 NIV

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled.

Trust in God, and trust also in me.”

JOHN 14:1 NLT

Give all your worries to him,

because he cares about you.

1 PETER 5:7 NCV

I call out to the LORD when I’m in trouble,

and he answers me.

PSALM 120:1 NIRV

I sit before you, compassionate Father, with hands open, palms up. This is the posture of release, and I release my anxiety to you. Calm my body; still my soul. This burden I hand to you. I also come, in full expectation for you to give me the wisdom for this situation that is causing me unease. Walk with me step by step, hand in hand. Bring freedom from the fear that threatens to ensnare me on this journey. I want to tell you what I’m thankful for right now as I war against the anxiety. I remember how much I have to be grateful for and how faithful you have been to me in the past.

What steps can you take to be less anxious and more trusting?

ASSURANCE

To him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we

ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work

within us, to him be glory… for ever and ever! Amen.

EPHESIANS 3:20–21 NIV

All of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ

with a resounding “Yes!”

2 CORINTHIANS 1:20 NLT

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

HEBREWS 13:8 NASB

These things I have written to you who believe in the

name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have

eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the

name of the Son of God.

1 JOHN 5:13 NKJV

Father, doubt is a storm that seems as though it can capsize me. When guided by my own feelings and thoughts, I may surely drown. You are firm ground; your words are a lighthouse. Your power can stop the waves and bring my soul to stillness. Let these verses and your whole Word be stepping stones to dry land. Keep them near my heart and let them pour from my lips. I choose truth to lead the way in dark times. Let faith arise, grow, and bear fruit—a confident assurance of your work in me. Thank you for your Spirit within me, sealing me until the end.

How does believing God’s promises cause you to feel reassured?

BELIEF

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only

Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have

eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world

to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

Whoever believes in him is not condemned.”

JOHN 3:16, 18 NIV

To all who did accept him and believe in him

he gave the right to become children of God.

JOHN 1:12 NCV

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,

and you will be saved,

you and your household.

ACTS 16:31 NKJV

“All things are possible to him who believes.”

MARK 9:23 NASB

God of miracles, of all-power and wisdom and might, I remind myself today of who you are. I ponder the powerful works you have done through the ages, and in my own life. Let this stir up belief inside of me. Help my unbelief! Your Word says that belief comes by hearing the Word of God. Help me apply this truth by giving me an appetite for your Word—an insatiable hunger. Soften my heart to be able to receive your truth. Let not the seeds of wisdom fall on soil that isn’t ready to receive.

How does God’s wisdom help strengthen your belief in God?

BOLDNESS

He proclaimed the kingdom of God

and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—

with all boldness and without hindrance!

ACTS 28:31 NIV

Sinners run away even when no one is chasing them.

But those who do what is right are as bold as lions.

PROVERBS 28:1 NIRV

On the day I called you, you answered me.

You made me strong and brave.

PSALM 138:3 NCV

Let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God.

There we will receive his mercy,

and we will find grace to help us

when we need it most.

HEBREWS 4:16 NLT

You are the God of all access. Through your work on the cross, Jesus, I can now approach the throne with complete confidence that you want me there, you hear me, and you care deeply about my needs. Help me to view you as full of mercy and grace, since my tendency is to shy away in fear. Free me from the bondage of fear that separates me from you. This portrait of you on the throne full of mercy and grace reassures me that you have my best interest in mind. Help me pray unaltered and unashamed, wait with patience, and then act in the wisdom of your Word.

Why do you need wisdom to be bold?

CHANGE

Look! I tell you this secret:

We will not all sleep in death,

but we will all be changed.

1 CORINTHIANS 15:51 NCV

He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them

into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power

with which he will bring everything under his control.

PHILIPPIANS 3:21 NLT

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

HEBREWS 13:8 NIRV