“The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”

“I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.

 “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ 14Is anything too hard for the Lord? 

Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”

Lord God my Father,

Keep me from thinking for you and allow me to know your plan will be done without my doubt. Give me discernment to do your will with full delight in my heart, keep me motivated. Keep me from trying to understand how you will achieve your goal, just make me obedient.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

 I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

There Abram called on the name of the Lord.

Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.

“Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. 14But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. 

Lord God my Father,

Your word is the only Truth that is. Help me to know it and call on you in all matters. Protect me from the wicked ways of my thoughts, keep me from sin. Help me to trust in your plan without question.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

“Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

“Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?

You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

 “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. 

Lord God my Father,

I am nothing without your heart in me. Help me to gain your wisdom by becoming still enough to know you. Your way is perfect and I am made stronger in my struggles. Show me how to put your will first and keep my emotions in check so I don’t distort your way. Make me wise and show me when to reveal it and not before.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: 2“Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? 3Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

Lord God my Father,

You are creator and sustainer of literally all things. As you make your way known to me, keep me humble. Help me to not own your wisdom but to allow it to rest on me. My way is arrogant and self serving, your way is perfect, without distraction or compromise. Any understanding I struggle for distorts your design.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker. 4Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.

Lord God my Father,

Keep me from arrogance and keep me from thinking I am wise at all. Only by being still can I hear your wisdom, it is all from you. Keep me from being more important to me than to you.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay, 17what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver. 18The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman. 19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

“The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”

Lord God my Father,

You are provider and designer. Life happens on purpose, help me to allow your purpose for all my struggles to overwhelm my desire to understand. Help me to truly know you are God and in control to reveal your Glory in my surrender. Give me strength to not have an opinion above your design.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

“So how can you console me with your nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!”

I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

13“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.

Lord God my Father,

Surround me with Godly people that seek your wisdom and make me wise. Your way is Truth and Peace, yet struggle makes it’s way to me. Help me to process conflict so I may honor you and put your words in my mouth and your Peace in my heart.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone. 5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me, 6then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.

“If you say, ‘How we will hound him, since the root of the trouble lies in him,’ 29you should fear the sword yourselves; for wrath will bring punishment by the sword, and then you will know that there is judgment.”

“My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed. 3I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.

Lord God my Father,

You are the only judge, I pray I am walking in your direction, lessoning my errors daily. Lord God, speak to my heart and help me to know where I stray and bring me back to your path. Keep me from judgment of others and show me how to walk in confidence with you alone. Make still the storm in my desire to think so I don’t turn change your desire with mine.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.

Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

He makes nations great, and destroys them he enlarges nations, and disperses them. 24He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste. 25They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

Lord God my Father,

You are Truth and Life, your way is perfect. Help me to not judge but allow you to. Allow your Peace to rest on me so my way is in your design and protect me from the distractions that want my attention. Allow this day to rest on me with gratitude and my opinion not important to me so I may take in all things, weighing it with your Truth. So I may learn and grow in wisdom.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

“Teach me, and I will be quiet show me where I have been wrong. 25How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove? 26Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind?

His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?

Lord God my Father,

You are almighty and perfect. Help me to agree with you in all things. Show me your way and open my eyes to see as you do and protect me from doubt. Your wisdom and power leads to Peace. My struggles reveal my weakness.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen