PrayerBits for Wednesday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Wednesday

Scripture lesson: Proverbs 2:1-11 Listen to Wisdom

 

Time to reflect: We all naturally think we are naturally wise. We feel like we can rely on our own intelligence and instincts. But this passage (and surely experience) teaches us that we gain wisdom (not just learning but wisdom) by work and by listening to outside voices, especially God's.

Moving through the day: Pledge yourself for the day to stop before every significant decision and think about what God's wisdom might suggest in the situation.

Scripture:

My heart is steadfast, O God;
       I will sing and make music with all my soul.

  Awake, harp and lyre!
       I will awaken the dawn.

  I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations;
       I will sing of you among the peoples.

  For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
       your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

PrayerBits for Tuesday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Tuesday

Scripture lesson: Proverbs 1:20-23 Wisdom

Time to reflect: Proverbs often uses a personification of Wisdom as a woman, but a woman ignored by all the stupid people. Those rejecting wisdom are put into three categories: those who like things simple, the cynical and those who hate knowledge. In our society, where do you see these three reactions?

Moving through the day: Meditate on which of these three reactions you tend toward. Pray for God's wisdom and the ability and willingness to grasp it.

Scripture:

Wisdom calls aloud in the street,
       she raises her voice in the public squares;

  at the head of the noisy streets she cries out,
       in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:

  "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways?
       How long will mockers delight in mockery
       and fools hate knowledge?

If you had responded to my rebuke,
       I would have poured out my heart to you
       and made my thoughts known to you.