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Embrace the power of prayer and seek wisdom from God with a faithful heart. Develop endurance through trials and let God's wisdom shape your decisions. Stay steadfast in faith to receive the pure and loving guidance from the divine source. Trust in God's unchanging nature and receive the best in His perfect timing. Ask in faith, surrender your will, and follow God's guidance step by step. Reflect God's love and grow in maturity through seeking His wisdom.
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5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 6 But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. 7 Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, andthey are unstable in everything they do.
Context of Asking for Wisdom 2 Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
Testing X Faith + Patience - Doubt = Maturity
1. God’s heart to provide wisdom What that wisdom look like: 3:13-18 Pure Peace Loving Gentle at all times Willing to Yield to others Full of Mercy & Good Deeds No Favoritism Sincere
2. Our need for a solid “ASK” in faith Purify Your “Ask” 5a – Recognize your own inability to guide your life (Surrender your Will moment by moment) 5b- Definitely pray to God for His guidance 6a- Confidently expect God to guide you 6-8- Follow step by step. Don’t turn back
17 Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.
God’s heart to give the best Our faith reflects that we view God as He is filled with Love for us and only doing what is best in His time that we will grow up in Him to full maturity. 4. Our need to seek the Giver
Lord, I lack wisdom so I am asking you for the Godly wisdom that you give generously. I trust on your promise that you are giving Godly wisdom to me. Lord, I ask in full faith and I refuse to doubt and be unstable. Thanks in advance for the wisdom about ____________ that is on the way. Application