Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.”—Matthew 22:29 (NLT)
Heavenly Father,
Give me that deep desire to know and understand the Scriptures—so I would no longer live my life in ignorance, but would walk fully in the power of Your Word.
Show me how my lack of
knowledge of what Your Word says—and my lack of understanding as to how it
relates to me personally in the particular circumstances of my life—leads me
down paths of sin and error; how it leads me away from You.
Grant me an insatiable
hunger and thirst to understand everything You have for me in Your Word, so my
path might be made straight—as I submit myself to Your amazing plans and
purposes for me.
Help my faith in Your
power to be enlarged as You open the treasures of Your Word to me by Your Holy
Spirit—as You pull back the dark veil of my ignorance and show me the glorious
Truth of Your Word.
And grant that I might
personally experience more of Your power at work in me, through me, and all
around me—as through Your Word I seek to deepen my relationship with You and
come to know You more personally and intimately.
Give me that deep desire to know and understand the Scriptures—so I would no longer live my life in ignorance, but would walk fully in the power of Your Word.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
