God's Word on That

Tag: guidance

  • Praying for Discernment

    Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your promise to instruct me and teach me the way in which I should go; that You will counsel me with Your eye upon me (Psalm 32:8).  Teach me Your ways so I may know You and continue to find favor with You (Exodus 33:13).  Give me an understanding heart that openly responds to the wisdom and direction I receive from You (1 Kings 3:9), so I can become responsive and obedient to all Your Will (Proverbs 3:1).

    Let us continually ask for discernment to know the path He wants us to take.

    Your Word tells us that if one rebukes a discerning man, he will gain knowledge (Proverbs 19:25), for knowledge comes easily to the discerning (Proverbs 14:6). I am Your servant; please, give me a discerning heart that I may understand Your statues (Psalm 119:125). For You, through Your Word, give wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning (Daniel 2:21).

    You promised to guide me in the way of wisdom, Lord, so when I walk, my steps will not be hampered; and when I run, I will not stumble.  My path will be clear, and open to me (Proverbs 4:11-12).  In turn, I promise to let my eyes look straight ahead with fixed purpose and to keep my gaze straight before me (Proverbs 4:25), looking to Jesus, the Author of all faith (Hebrews 12:2).  With Your wisdom beside me and Your Spirit leading me, I will consider well the path of my feet, and I will let all my ways be established and ordered aright. I will not swerve to the right or the left; I will keep my foot from evil (Proverbs 4:26-27). My faithful Father, when I should turn to the right or to the left, please cause my ears to hear a voice behind me saying, “this is the way; walk in it” (Isaiah 30:21). Please, guide me to follow Your paths.

    A wise man’s heart discerns both the proper time and the proper procedure; for there is a proper time and procedure for every matter (Ecclesiastes 8:5-6). You inform us that whoever keeps the law is a discerning son (Proverbs 28:7). Your Word promises me, Lord, that You always order the steps of a good person, and You delight in the way of a person who follows You (Psalm 37:23).  With all my heart, Father, I want to follow Your ways; to be the kind of person who brings joy and delight to Your heart (Psalm 149:4).  That I may walk, live and conduct myself in a manner worthy of You, Lord, fully pleasing You and desiring to please You in all things, steadily growing and increasing in Your knowledge (Colossians 1:10).

    Your Word tells me: One is mature who, by constant use, has trained himself to distinguish good from evil (Hebrews 5:14). Please teach me to discern between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves You and the one who does not (Malachi 3:18).

    I humbly ask that You always guide me with Your good judgment and teach me Your ways (Psalm 25:9).  O Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressor [the devil] (Psalm 27:11). Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemy — make straight Your way before me (Psalm 5:8). You are my God forever and ever.  Please be my guide even to the end (Psalm 48:14).  Cause me to know the way in which I should walk for to You I lift up my soul (Psalm 143:8). 

    Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; may Your good Spirit lead me on level ground (Psalm 143:10). You promised to guide me with Your counsel (Psalm 73:24); that everywhere Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast (Psalm 139:10); You will guide my feet into the path of peace (Luke 1:79).

    Jesus has been made unto me wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:30), and now I listen to Your Word, so I may add to my learning. This will develop a discerning heart in me that I may be guided by Your wisdom (Proverbs 1:5). Attend to my prayer, dearest Father, as I inclined my ear and my mind to Your Word (Proverbs 4:20).

  • Praying for Guidance

    Lord God, Your Word tells me to trust in You with all my heart and not lean on my own understanding. In all my ways I aim to acknowledge You, then You will make my paths straight (Proverbs 3:5-6). You tell us that the mind of man can plan a course, but You direct his steps (Proverbs 16:9). O loving Lord, please direct my steps and lead me down the paths of righteousness for Your name’s sake (Psalm 23:3)

    God our Father promises to be a light to our path.

    Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105).  You are my lamp, O Lord; You turn my darkness into light (2 Samuel 22:29). Lord, You have brought light to my life. My God, You light up my darkness (Psalm 18:28). Please help me to understand that, because I am Yours, Light is shining in my darkness whether or not I can behold it or understand it.

    Your Word says: I am the Lord, your God, who teaches you for your benefit and profit, who leads you in the way you should go (Isaiah 48:17). For the sake of Your name, O Lord, lead me and guide me (Psalm 31:3). O Lord, please guide me continually, satisfy my soul in this parched land, and make fat my bones (strengthen my frame); and I shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring whose waters never run dry (Isaiah 58:11).

    You stated that in Your unfailing love You will lead the people You have redeemed. In Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling (Exodus 15:13). You have compassion for us, and so will guide us and lead us beside springs of water (Isaiah 49:10).

    You have given me the Holy Spirit to guide me into all truth (John 16:13).  Thank You for His guiding presence in my life. So, send forth Your light and Your truth, O Lord. Let them guide me; let them bring me to Your holy mountain, to the place where You dwell (Psalm 43:3).

    Give Your servant an understanding heart that I may always be able to discern between good and evil (1 Kings 3:9). So that I may be able to discern what is best, that I may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ’s return (Philippians 1:10).

    Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that the Holy Spirit clearly says in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons (1 Timothy 4:1). As the time of Your return approaches, there will be increasing deception and literally twisted doctrines taught by angels of darkness. Please develop a higher level of discernment in me, my Lord. Teach me to know truth so well that I will quickly recognize the most finely crafted lie. Help me never to abandon the faith to follow a lie.