S2. E31. The MOST important prayer to pray (feat. James 1:5)
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[00:00:00] and you can trust the wisdom of God because.
, Whose mouth is that wisdom coming from? It's coming from God's mouth. And his words are just, his words are not crooked or perverse. They are just, they are right. They are true. They are trustworthy. Wisdom is more precious than rubies, .
Hello. Hello. Welcome back to Your Daily Bread podcast. Today we are gonna be [00:01:00] talking about the most important prayer to pray This is the prayer of all prayers to pray to our King of Kings, our Lord of Lords. , I'm super excited to get into this. Father God, thank you so much for this day. Lord, thank you for your word, for making it so clear.
And thank you Lord for access. Lord, because of Jesus he has now made a way for us to have the Holy Spirit. We are never separated. From you, God again, and we can pray to you Lord, and we have the Holy Spirit, which is our wisest counsel, makes it so that we have the mind of Christ.
Lord, we praise you for wisdom. We praise you for your word. We pray you that you have an ear that leans into hear us, Lord, we praise you for hearing our prayer. Lord, I pray that everything that is said in this episode, is Holy Spirit led.
It's what you want to say through me. And Lord, thank you for choosing me as a vessel for you, [00:02:00] Lord, a mouthpiece for you and I pray that this episode is the perfect combination. Of grace and truth and conviction without any condemnation. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Today we are gonna be diving into James one five.
That gives us the most important prayer to pray other than like the our father. Because when the disciples ask the Lord how do we pray? Then he prayed the R five. So definitely need to be praying the R five. So maybe this is like number two. James one five starts off by saying
, If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
Such a person is [00:03:00] double-minded, in unstable, in all they do. Ouch. That is a lot. Uh, the word of the Lord, y'all. Wow. So what I love about this verse, and I reference this verse a lot on the podcast and I realize that we just never did an official episode on it, but I definitely want you to take this verse into your quiet time with the Lord and allow this to be your daily bread for this week.
Just James one five. When you ask the Lord for wisdom, he will give that to you generously. He won't find fault. And then James goes on to say, but you need to believe. You need to trust in the word that you've gotten from the Lord. Now, sometimes we hear a word from the Lord and that sparks some resistance, and that's okay.
You wanna work that out with the Lord. It's okay to have doubts and things come up, but you wanna work those out from the Lord. You don't wanna stay there, and if you get a word from the Lord, you really wanna work to trust in that rest and that be obedient. To that and recognize that [00:04:00] God has your best interest at heart and that his ways are higher than our ways, his thinking's higher than our thinking, that the Holy Spirit is our wisest council.
So when you ask for wisdom, you need to recognize like, Hey, this is coming from the wisest council. I shouldn't be relying on my own understanding or what this other person says when God has told me this, I need to trust. In this, so that will help you to not be double-minded and unstable and like floundering in the wind, like a plastic bag just flying in the wind.
You don't know, what way the wind is blowing. Like the Lord makes our crooked paths straight so you're not just floundering, flying off in the wind, but he helps to make your path straight and give you direction. He will order your steps. He delights in all those details of our lives. So praise God for that.
And so this is the most important prayer to pray because when you ask the [00:05:00] Lord for wisdom for what to do to, how to steward your body, to how to eat, to how to approach a conversation, how to set boundaries, like whatever you need asking for wisdom is so. I was gonna say like impressive to God, but we're not doing it to impress God, but God is like, yes.
Like he's so excited by it. And we see that , when Solomon asked for wisdom, Solomon could have asked for anything. And because he asked for wisdom, God was so pleased with that, that he said, I will give you wisdom and I will give you riches.
So God is going to give us wisdom generously. And there's blessings that come from that because it is such a humble prayer and you have that burning desire. Lord, what is your will for my life? What do you want? I desire what you want more than what I want. So order my steps and give me that wisdom.
, Such a powerful prayer to pray. And then we see in Proverbs eight. Verses six through 11, it says, listen, for I have trustworthy things to say. I [00:06:00] open my lips to speak What is right? My mouth speaks. What is true for my lips to test wickedness? All the words of my mouth are just, none of them is crooked or perverse to the discerning.
All of them are right. They are upright to those who have found knowledge. Choose my instruction instead of silver knowledge rather than choice. Gold for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her. How beautiful is that? Wisdom is more precious than rubies, and you can trust the wisdom of God because.
, Whose mouth is that wisdom coming from? It's coming from God's mouth. Right? And his words are just, his words are not crooked or perverse. They are just, they are right. They are true. They are trustworthy.
[00:07:00] So I pray that this week you can ask for wisdom and truly trust in that, in whatever you're facing with your health journey, with friendships, with your spiritual journey, or walk or with school, or with your family, what to eat, how to exercise. Ask the Lord for wisdom and he will give that to you generously, and trust in the word of the Lord and the wisdom from the Lord.
Your wisest counsel. and if you need help healing your relationship with food, go to the show notes and you can book a free 20 minute call with me to kickstart your journey to finding food freedom in Christ. cause I know it will be very fruitful for you.
Hope y'all have a great week and I'll see you next Wednesday.
