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ePray | Episode 21| August 25, 2025
\nLectio Divina: Wisdom & Guidance<\/strong>
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Lectio Divina: Wisdom & Guidance
\nDate: August 25, 2025
\nScripture: James 3:17<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jen Hubbard<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part 1: Inward Focus<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Welcome everyone to our weekly epray. Thank you for joining us in this time of prayer and reflection. Our theme for this month is wisdom and guidance. As we begin our time, I invite you to take a few deep breaths to focus and turn your eyes toward Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let us begin by remembering the Lord\u2019s Prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n

So pray this way:<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Father<\/span> in heaven, may your name be honoured,<\/span> may your kingdom come,<\/span>
\n<\/span>may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Give us today our daily bread,<\/span> and forgive us our debts,<\/span> as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.<\/span> And do not lead us into temptation,<\/span> but deliver us from the evil one.<\/span> \u201cFor if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. <\/span>\u00a0<\/b>But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins. Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Lord\u2019s Prayer directs us to look toward God for wisdom and guidance–in all things–in what we hope for, in what He gives us to eat, in the ways we engage with others. God\u2019s heart and joy is to direct us, and we are to turn our eyes to him as our focus and our guide.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, our scripture is James 3:17. As I read the Scripture, turn your thoughts quietly toward the Lord, asking him to open your heart and ears to his voice and word. If you feel comfortable, open your hands in front of you, prepared to receive what God might have for you today. Speak to us, Lord Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

James 3:17 NET<\/span><\/p>\n

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating,<\/span> full of mercy and good fruit,<\/span>\u00a0impartial, and not hypocritical. <\/span>And the fruit that consists of righteousness<\/span> is planted <\/span>in peace among<\/span>\u00a0those who make peace.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wisdom from God satisfies us and makes a way for us to feel secure, even when it\u2019s hard. What distracts you from hearing God\u2019s wisdom?\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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We all have well-meaning friends and voices who offer us \u2018wisdom\u2019. But how do you discern if it matches God\u2019s wisdom and invitation for you?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Pause<\/span><\/p>\n

As you reread our verse for today, ask God to highlight for you how His wisdom is already showing up in your life.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Pause\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Part 2: Outward Focus<\/b><\/p>\n

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Where do our young people gather wisdom? Most often from friends, sometimes from adults and too many times from the web. Most don\u2019t know there\u2019s a better–higher–place to gather wisdom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As we reread this passage, can you think of one young person in your life who needs to hear this word? Someone who especially needs God\u2019s love and compassion right now–love and compassion that will open the door to God\u2019s wisdom in their lives?<\/span><\/p>\n

James 3:17 NET<\/span><\/p>\n

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating,<\/span> full of mercy and good fruit,<\/span>\u00a0impartial, and not hypocritical. <\/span>And the fruit that consists of righteousness<\/span> is planted <\/span>in peace among<\/span>\u00a0those who make peace.<\/span><\/p>\n

With that name in mind, ask God to highlight for you how you can be an image of God\u2019s wisdom in their world. Ask God to give that teen eyes to see and ears to hear His wisdom.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Pause<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Part 3: Wesleyan Covenant Prayer<\/b><\/p>\n

We end this time together with the Wesleyan Covenant Prayer:<\/p>\n


\n<\/span>I am no longer my own, but yours.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Put me to what you will, place me with whom you will.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Put me to doing, put me to suffering.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Let me be put to work for you or set aside for you, praised for you or criticized for you.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Let me be full, let me be empty.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Let me have all things, let me have nothing.<\/span>
\n<\/span>I freely and fully surrender all things to your glory and service.<\/span>
\n<\/span>And now, O wonderful and holy God, Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer, You are mine, and I am yours.<\/span>
\n<\/span>So be it.<\/span>
\n<\/span>And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it also be made in heaven.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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