Week: Learning & Wisdom
Each day we will simply pray (P.R.A.Y.) together.
P: PAUSING to be still.
R: REJOICING with a Memory Verse and REFLECTING on some verses from the Bible.
A: ASKING God to help us and others.
Y: saying YES to God’s ways.
We start by pausing and taking a deep breath:
In and out.
In and out.
We remember that God is here, and so together we prepare ourselves to be with God.
Pause
Lord God, we look forward to discovering more of Your wisdom in the Old Testament. Show us the way You want us to live, and help us to walk in Your ways today.
We REJOICE and celebrate God’s goodness with this week’s memory verse:
Read by Annika
James 1:5
But if any of you needs wisdom, you should ask God for it. He is generous to everyone and will give you wisdom without criticising you.
James 1:5 (NCV)
God, help us to remember Your Word.
Today, we’re REFLECTING on how valuable wisdom is for our lives.
Read by Annika
Proverbs 2:1-5
My child, listen to what I say
and remember what I command you.
Listen carefully to wisdom;
set your mind on understanding.
Cry out for wisdom,
and beg for understanding.
Search for it like silver,
and hunt for it like hidden treasure.
Then you will understand respect for the Lord,
and you will find that you know God.
Proverbs 2:1-5 (NCV)
Wisdom is so precious we should search for it, just like we might if we were hunting for silver or hidden treasure. Remember what we heard on Monday, that wisdom is about knowing what is right and how we should act on it. Well, today, we’ve also heard that wisdom helps us to know God better. Surely that’s something worth searching for each and every day?
The writer of today’s proverb says that wisdom is valuable. Let’s press pause and talk about today’s question, which is: What other things in our lives would we describe as ‘valuable’?
And now, we ASK God to help us and others,
Heavenly Father, when we think of the things we value most in our lives, we want to value Your wisdom even more. We ASK You to help us to understand how important Your wisdom is for our lives.
Silver was worth a lot of money when the Bible was written, but wisdom, says today’s writer, is far more valuable. In the New Testament, Jesus talks about this and warns us that money can easily become the thing that we search for instead. It can become the thing we want more than anything else.
God of all wisdom, we ASK that you would free us from the love of money. We pray for ourselves, for our churches, for the politicians and other leaders in our nations to be more generous and less selfish, to be more compassionate and less greedy. Help us all to seek your wisdom, so that we can all live well in the world.
As we read the Bible again, let’s listen for a word or a phrase that the Holy Spirit might want to say to us from today’s verses.
Proverbs 2:1-5
My child, listen to what I say
and remember what I command you.
Listen carefully to wisdom;
set your mind on understanding.
Cry out for wisdom,
and beg for understanding.
Search for it like silver,
and hunt for it like hidden treasure.
Then you will understand respect for the Lord,
and you will find that you know God.
Proverbs 2:1-5 (NCV)
What word or phrase stood out from today’s Bible verses?
And now, let’s say YES to God together.
Loving God, thank You for the wisdom that we’ve heard from Your Word today. We say YES to walking the way that You want us to. We say YES to valuing Your wisdom above all else for our lives.
After enjoying this time with God and each other, let’s say our memory verse together:
James 1:5
But if any of you needs wisdom, you should ask God for it. He is generous to everyone and will give you wisdom without criticising you.
James 1:5 (NCV)
Let’s put a hand on our heart.
Father God, fill us with Your love. Help us to love You, and everything that You’ve made.
Let’s point to our eyes.
Lord Jesus, help us to see You, and to see others the way that You see them too.
Let’s point to our ears.
Holy Spirit, help us to hear You, and give us courage to do what You say.
Phil lives close to a beach in the north of England with his wife, his daughters and his dogs. Phil works for 24-7 Prayer, mostly doing Lectio stuff, and helping to run Prayer Spaces in Schools. He runs a lot, usually for long distances. He likes curry, mountains, reading books and he still plays Pokemon Go.
Annika is 10 years old and lives in Melbourne, Australia with her parents and older brother and sister. Annika enjoys playing Cricket and Aussie Rules Football and loves going to watch her favourite team play football. Annika also learns the drums and enjoys making up her own beats!
