January 23, 2024 - Proverbs‬ ‭23:12, 15, 19, 23

“Pay close attention to the teaching that corrects you, and open your heart to every word of instruction. My beloved child, when your heart is full of wisdom, my heart is full of gladness. As you listen to me, my beloved child, you will grow in wisdom and your heart will be drawn into understanding, which will empower you to make right decisions. Embrace the truth and hold it close. Don’t let go of wisdom, instruction, and life-giving understanding.” Proverbs 23:12, 15, 19, 23 TPT

Lord, help us always to seek out your instructions. When we hear truth, if there is any place in us that is out of alignment, show us where we need to align our lives to it. When we are corrected by others let us walk in humility and accept it with gratitude for being able to learn and grow. Never let pride and our need to be right rise in us. Keep our hearts always in a teachable place ready to make the changes needed to really see growth.

Lord, we want to make your heart glad. Help us learn to know your voice and listen for it intently. Let us gain wisdom in our hearts. Grow it in us and let it flow out of us freely. We thank you that you are giving us the power to make right decisions. Draw us into your understanding. We want more of you, Lord.

Lord, let your truth be like a gulp of oxygen after being trapped underwater - something we are desperate for and can’t live without. Make it something that we value dearly. We never want to push it aside for the desires of our flesh or for some counterfeit the enemy would want to give us. Lord, let us always be pursuing you, your wisdom, instruction, and life-giving understanding above all else. Lord, we want you and your ways to be the most treasured things in our lives. Lord, we thank you that you want to pour yourself out over us. You want to give us more of yourself and see us grow in you.

In Jesus name, amen.