WISE

PSALM 97:11 (MSG)
Light-seeds are planted in the souls of God’s people,
Joy-seeds are planted in good heart-soil.

MATTHEW 25:1-2 (CEV)
The kingdom of heaven is like what happened one night when ten young women took their oil lamps and went to a wedding to meet the groom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
Allow God to plant his wisdom in you so that when the time comes you're prepared to do the right thing. 
 
DAILY FODDER
What keeps you from doing the right thing?

PRAYER
God, I'm grateful for your influence in my life. I confess, though, that I have my moments when I get distracted from the task at hand and make the wrong call. Continue to plant and nurture your wisdom in my life so that I'm prepared to respond with righteousness to everything. Amen.

THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
     we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
     so that everything that happens here will align
     with what is happening in heaven.

Give us enough food for today.

Forgive us our wrongdoing,
     and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you would protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.

GOD'S KNOWLEDGE

PSALM 139:4 (NLT)
You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, LORD.

1 CORINTHIANS 4:5 (NLT)
For he will bring our darkest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. Then God will give to each one whatever praise is due.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
Go with God's flow; his knowledge and understanding of everything and everyone is mind-boggling. 
 
DAILY FODDER
What do you wish that God didn't know?

PRAYER
Jesus, thank you for learning the language of my life. Translate my garbled thoughts into your language of love. Let my stuttering pride become songs of praise to you. Help the movement of my limbs thyme with the words of my lips. Today I will use the grammar of grace to converse with the people around me. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)

THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
     we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
     so that everything that happens here will align
     with what is happening in heaven.

Give us enough food for today.

Forgive us our wrongdoing,
     and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you would protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.

REST

GENESIS 2:3 (NLT)
God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.

PHILIPPIANS 4:7 (MSG)
Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
There is a benefit to putting everything into God's hands and resting with him.
 
DAILY FODDER
What do you need to let go of and let God handle?

PRAYER
Lord, I confess that I like to be busy. Then I feel important, wanted, and needed. My credo is: If I don't do it, it won't get done! But you are the God of rest and renewal, my creator and redeemer. Grant me your peace. As your child of the sabbath, help me rest in your family of faithful workers. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)

THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
     we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
     so that everything that happens here will align
     with what is happening in heaven.

Give us enough food for today.

Forgive us our wrongdoing,
     and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you would protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.

GOD LISTENS

PSALM 38:9 (NLT)
You know what I long for, Lord;
you hear my every sigh.

1 JOHN 5:14 (CEB)
This is the confidence that we have in our relationship with God: If we ask for anything in agreement with his will, he listens to us.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
God listens.
 
DAILY FODDER
What a radical idea—that a deity would care or even listen to what mortals have to say.  

PRAYER
Thank you, God, for caring enough to tune into what is important to me. I realize that much of what I say is childish babbel to you. But you understand and respond lovingly. Help me to tune into what you're saying so that my longings and prayers match up with your will. I expect that will lead to even more fruitful conversations. Amen.

THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
     we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
     so that everything that happens here will align
     with what is happening in heaven.

Give us enough food for today.

Forgive us our wrongdoing,
     and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you would protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.