Today I offer a prayer for understanding God’s word. I’ve personally been struggling with a few passages recently, and need all the wisdom and guidance the Spirit can give me.
Father God, almighty Lord and King, we come before You today a humble and simple people. Father we lack understanding, and our own wisdom is insufficient, so we call upon the Spirit of truth to come, to guide us in all truth, and declare to us the things that are to come. May we who are of the Spirit, be taught the truth by the wisdom of the Spirit, and not the wisdom of mankind. For we know Your word is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. We know that all of Your words, even scripture, are breathed out by You and profitable for our teaching, reproof, correction and training in righteousness, making us equipped and confident for every good work. Please help us to present ourselves to You as ones who are approved, as workers who do not need to be ashamed, as we learn to rightly handle Your word of truth. Father, to You be all glory, honor, and praise, forever and ever, amen.
Jn 16:13, 1 Cor 2:13, Heb 4:12, 2 Tim 3:16, 2 Tim 2:15
~ Conqueror in Training