Proverbs Prayers: Praying the Wisdom of Proverbs for Your Life
By John Mason
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John Mason
John Mason es un ministro y orador internacional. Es fundador y presidente de Insight Internacional, una fundación dedicada a ayudar a las personas para que usen todos sus dones y talentos mientras cumplen el plan de Dios para sus vidas.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Challenged in reading this book of Proverbs formatted for a daily read through the 31 chapters of the New American Standard Version ~
From the backcover, "Its daily practical guidance offers tols to make the right choices, size up a situation, make fewer careless mistakes, and avoid unnecessary trouble.."
Each day's reading is followed by a prayer crafted from the wisdom gleaned ..
It's a lovely addition to daily spiritual inspiration from cover to content ~
Designed for reading invitation with refreshing cover, compact size, stylized torn edged pages, good font and size of type, including a gift giving frontispiece and proverbs principles for life, essential character keys: achievement, advice, anger, character, compassion, gossip, patience, peace, etc.
Definitely recommended~
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Proverbs Prayers - John Mason
© 2012 by John Mason
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It’s easy to dedicate this book to the greatest family on earth. To my wife, Linda, thanks for being my best friend and for laughing with me every day. To Michelle, for being someone who always has a song in her heart. To Greg, for his peaceful persistence. To Mike, for his unique creativity. To Dave, for his boundless energy. To my parents, Lorene and my late father Chester, for their love, prayers, and support.
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Introduction
Proverbs 1
Proverbs 2
Proverbs 3
Proverbs 4
Proverbs 5
Proverbs 6
Proverbs 7
Proverbs 8
Proverbs 9
Proverbs 10
Proverbs 11
Proverbs 12
Proverbs 13
Proverbs 14
Proverbs 15
Proverbs 16
Proverbs 17
Proverbs 18
Proverbs 19
Proverbs 20
Proverbs 21
Proverbs 22
Proverbs 23
Proverbs 24
Proverbs 25
Proverbs 26
Proverbs 27
Proverbs 28
Proverbs 29
Proverbs 30
Proverbs 31
Proverbs Principles
A Final Word
About the Author
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Proverbs 4:7
The beginning of wisdom is:
Acquire wisdom; and with all your acquiring,
get understanding.
Introduction
Think about it. If you could pick one spiritual goal for your life, what would it be? For many people, it would be praying and reading their Bible every day, especially the book of Proverbs. Several years ago, when I was reading through the Bible, I felt the Lord challenging me to pray the words I had just read. When I did, something happened. The words came alive. As I continued this, His Word became clearer and I began to see changes in my life—good changes!
Proverbs Prayers is a book written to help you pray these Scriptures too. God can change you when you open your life to Him. When you read each proverb and pray the corresponding prayer, you will be asking the Lord to cause every promise and principle from that chapter to come alive in your life. As you do, I believe God is going to show you some things you’ve never seen before. You will pray about things that you may have been unaware of or have been avoiding (for example, anger, lust, your words). And at the end of thirty-one days, wisdom will be your friend.
Thank you for giving me the privilege of sharing God’s Word with you.
Get ready to grow!
Proverbs 1
¹The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: ²To know wisdom and instruction, to discern the sayings of understanding, ³to receive instruction in wise behavior, righteousness, justice and equity; ⁴to give prudence to the naive, to the youth knowledge and discretion, ⁵a wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel, ⁶to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles. ⁷The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. ⁸Hear, my son, your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching; ⁹indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head and ornaments about your neck. ¹⁰My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. ¹¹If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause; ¹²let us swallow them alive like Sheol, even whole, as those who go down to the pit; ¹³we will find all kinds of precious wealth, we will fill our houses with spoil; ¹⁴throw in your lot with us, we shall all have one purse,
¹⁵my son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path, ¹⁶for their feet run to evil and they hasten to shed blood. ¹⁷Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net in the sight of any bird; ¹⁸but they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. ¹⁹So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; it takes away the life of its possessors. ²⁰Wisdom shouts in the street, she lifts her voice in the square; ²¹at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings: ²²How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing and fools hate knowledge? ²³Turn to my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. ²⁴Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; ²⁵and you neglected all my counsel and did not want my reproof; ²⁶I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, ²⁷when your dread comes like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. ²⁸Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but they will not find me, ²⁹because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord. ³⁰They would not accept my counsel, they spurned all my reproof. ³¹So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way and be satiated with their own devices. ³²For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them. ³³But he who listens to me shall live securely and will be at ease from the dread of evil.
Proverbs 1
prayer
Thank you, Lord, for Your wisdom in Proverbs. I am forever appreciative of the life-giving instruction and understanding this precious book brings to me. I know You want it to be an indispensable part of my life, so I ask You to help me hear Your words today. As I do, I will increase in learning.
Help me remember my mother and father’s wise words. Lead me to receive wise advice and have an appropriate reverence for You in my life. When I do, You will entrust supernatural information to me. Help me avoid being foolish by rejecting Your wisdom and instruction.
Open my eyes to see when sinners cross my path simply to tempt me. If that happens, I choose to immediately take a stand and say no. When they talk persuasively and promise all kinds of success to me, I trust You will stand by me in opposition to them. I don’t want to become one of them. Direct my steps and keep me far away from these harmful associations. Keep my feet from heading in the wrong direction.
Lord, are there sinners in my life right now who are trying to persuade me to do the wrong thing? Please show me who they are. I need Your help to keep me free from their influence.
Help me to avoid greed, because this kind of selfishness takes away the life that is inside me. Instead, let me conquer greed by becoming a giver.
Is there any area of greed in my life today, Lord? Please show me. Send opportunities for me to give today. I ask to be sensitive to hear what wisdom has to say. I don’t want to be foolish by hating knowledge. It is my desire to heed Your warning and to change through wisdom’s lessons. Pour Your Spirit on me and show me Your words.
Lord, I choose to listen to Your wisdom today. I will not disdain or disregard it. As I do, I trust You will keep me from tragedy and terror. Because I fear You and love knowledge, I am confident You will hear me when I call to You. When I seek You diligently, I will find You. What a privilege it is to follow You and Your wisdom.
Father, help me listen clearly to Your wisdom so I can dwell safely and securely, without fear of evil.
Proverbs 2
¹My son, if you will receive my words and treasure my commandments within you, ²make your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding; ³for if you cry for discernment, lift your voice for understanding; ⁴if you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures; ⁵then you will discern the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God. ⁶For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. ⁷He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, ⁸guarding the paths of justice, and He preserves the way of His godly ones. ⁹Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity and every good course. ¹⁰For wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be