Join us in today’s devotion and prayer-
Read Proverbs 30:1-17 in your favorite version or in the following KJV and then join us in praying below:
Proverbs 30:1-17
30 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment?
who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. (KJV)
Our Father,
We will praise your name now and forever.
You created and established the earth and all things, your name is Yahweh the great I Am, and the name of your son is Jesus.
You have blessed our lives through our faith in your Son Jesus, who came down from heaven to teach us, died on the cross for our sin and salvation, and ascended back into heaven to sit at your right hand and intercede continually for us.
Thank you Father for strengthening us when we are weary; for teaching us your wisdom and for helping us to live by your wisdom, understanding, and teaching.
Your Word is true and you have become our faithful parent and shield in this life and the life to come; having adopted us into your family through your Son Jesus who is the name above all others.
Please continue to discipline us in love and counsel us to follow your Word and teaching and not add our own philosophy and cultural ideas to it.
We will praise your name now and forever.
In Jesus Name, Amen.