The Woman Of Proverbs 31 - Her Legacy Of Prayer

The Woman of Proverbs 31 - Her Legacy Of Prayer

For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.

— Proverbs 8:11

REFLECT ON:	Proverbs 8:11 – 36.
PRAISE GOD:	For the gift of wisdom, which preserves, blesses, and even prolongs our life.
OFFER THANKS:	For the benefits of wisdom you have already tasted in your daily life.
CONFESS:	Any tendency to choose the wisdom of the world over the wisdom of God.
ASK GOD:	Every day to make you a woman who longs for wisdom, who prefers it to silver and gold.

Lift Your Heart

Proverbs is full of pithy statements that contain profound wisdom for daily life. Look through this book of Scripture and select a few favorites, then commit them to memory. Here’s a few to get you started:

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

— Proverbs 17:22

Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.

— Proverbs 18:2

Those who get wisdom love their own lives;
those who cherish understanding will soon prosper.

— Proverbs 19:8

Lord, you know better than I the kind of heart in which wisdom grows best — one in which patience, faith, and humility are there to nourish it. Help me cultivate a heart in which wisdom can quickly take root and flourish. Let wisdom be so much a part of my life that it produces a shelter for others.