Prayer for today I
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If we hope to do anything useful in this world, we need God's wisdom. 
The good news is, if we ask for wisdom, God will not hold back. 
James 1:5 promises God will give wisdom to anyone who asks for it. 
We ought to pray like this (based on the definition of wisdom as
in James 3:17,18):
Lord, make me hungry for a pure heart.
Lord, help me be a peacemaker, not a peace-breaker.
Lord, give me grace to reply gently when I feel like blowing my top.
Lord, deliver me from feeling like I always need to defend myself.
Lord, open my eyes to see the hurting people who need my help.
Lord, set me free from partiality and favoritism.
Lord, make me a person whose life is an open book.
Lord, use me to plant seeds that will reap a great harvest for you.
- From Sermon by Ray Prichard - Seven Marks of God's Wisdom (July 15, 2017)