“And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to
men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.  I
gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive
it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, for you are still fleshly.”  (1 Corinthians 3:1-3a)

There is a reality in our
spiritual being while upon this earth. 
We begin as babes.  Remember,
Jesus said we must be born again.  There
are many things an infant is unable to do. 
But, you are called to mature and in maturity there are things you will
be able to do.  We should endeavor
therefor to grow in this faith we have been given, knowing that the Lord has a
plan for each one of us.

Lord, I become proud and think that I know all I need to know.  One the one hand, I know You are Lord and
yes, this is what I need to know.  But on
the other hand, You have called for me to grow in wisdom.  Grow me Lord that I would, in You, abide,
learn, and gain the wisdom You will impart to me.  Help me not let myself hinder this journey
You have placed me upon.

Lord Jesus, You have taught us all that we need to know, yet like small children who must grow up, there are many things yet that I do not know how to do.  Grow me in wisdom that I would be able to live into the greater things You have in mind for me.  By Your leading and in Your grace, do as You will that I may grow in wisdom and understanding, fulfilling the will of the Father.  Amen.

“But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for
they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are
spiritually appraised.  But he who is
spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.  For who has known the mind of the Lord, that
he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.”  (1 Corinthians 2:14-16)

Those who are of the world think
the faithful are foolish.  “What do you
mean the Lord speaks to you?”  Do not
listen to the ones who cannot understand. 
Listen to the Spirit who guides and directs.  Know that in the Lord is life and it is found
in no other place.  Be guided by the One
who made you and not those who were made by Him but do not listen to Him.  He alone can guide in the way of life.

Lord, there are many voices around me. 
They vie for my attention and are constantly calling.  Cause me to hear Your voice above all other
voices that I would hear, listen and obey all that You speak.  Lead me in the way of everlasting life.  Teach me what true obedience is.  Guide me according to Your will that I would
now and forever be led by Your voice above all the voices of this age.

Lord Jesus, You have taught us to
constantly be in prayer.  Lead me to pray
without ceasing.  Guide me according to
the principles You have already given that I would walk humbly with You and You
would lead boldly with me.  Teach me all
I need to know and then help me walk according to all that You have taught
me.  You are my Savior, Lord, and in You
do I trust.  Amen.   

“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who
is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which
things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught
by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.”  (1 Corinthians 2:12-13)

What we are given is directly
from the Lord because it is the Lord who speaks to us.  It is not just about receiving knowledge and
acting on it; it is about living in a relationship with the One who made you
and walking alongside Him now and forever. 
Walk in the way of the Lord by walking with the Lord.  Live in His presence and He will guide you
all the days of your life in the way He has established.

Lord, help me to see through the clouds of this age where people take
what You give and claim it as their own. 
Help me to live by Your Spirit, knowing that only in You can I live into
the life to which You have called me.  Teach
me to live in utter dependence upon You. 
Teach me to listen that I would now and always abide in the truth of
Your presence.  Guide me according to
Your will.

Holy Spirit, You are in me and
with me.  Clear the way that I would
always listen to You and know when other voices are trying to crowd You
out.  Teach me what I need to know today
and guide me live according to Your direction. 
May I now and always listen to You and obey according to Your word.  Open my ears to hear and lead my feet to walk
in the way You direct.  Amen.

“For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit
searches all things, even the depths of God. 
For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the
man which is in him?  Even so the
thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.”  (1 Corinthians 2:10-11)

What are the depths of your
being?  Do you allow the depths to be
searched?  The depths of God are beyond
any mortal, yet it is the Spirit of God which searches the depths of man’s
heart.  Come willingly into the
relationship the Lord offers, have the Spirit search your heart and follow as
the Spirit leads you where you need to go. 
The Lord, who is love, will lead you always.

Lord, I resist going to places where I do not want to go and yet
wherever I go, You are there.  Soften my
heart so that I willingly go to the places where You know I need to go.  What You find that needs to be dealt with or
removed, take care of.  Let me be a
willing follower that wherever You lead I will go.  Guide me in Your goodness to see through my
resistance to come to the place of willing submission to Your will.

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for
loving me enough to see that only with You and by Your leading can the issues
that are in my heart be dealt with.  You
know me better than I know myself, for You know what You will make of me.  Help me to willingly follow wherever You
guide me that I may now and always abide in Your presence and walk in the ways in
which You lead.  Amen.

“The wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if
they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;  but just as it is written, “Things which eye
has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of
man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.”  (1 Corinthians 2:8-9)

The world steps one upon
another, each seeking his own will above all others.  The will of the Lord is what created
everything and He will accomplish what He willed.  So take your will out of it.  What then? 
Live according to the will of the Father and know that in His grace and
mercy, He will lead those who abide in Him to dwell with Him eternally.  It is not a contest of all against all, but a
life of love, joy and peace that the Lord offers.

Lord, I look all around and I see the competition.  People vie for positions and authority.  Help me to be a help to others and to live as
You would have me live.  Guide me
according to Your purposes to humbly abide in You and You in me.  Bring me beyond the dog-eat-dog  of this world to live in peace and in harmony
as far as I am able, that I may fulfil Your purpose for me being created.

Come Holy Spirit and stir my
heart to abide in the truth that has been revealed once for all.  Amidst the mysteries of life, lead me beyond
my need to understand everything that I may live in the wisdom You give.  Guide me to turn to You at all times and
accept Your leading as You guide me in living my daily life.  Keep my eyes upon You now and always that I
may walk the straight and narrow path. 
Amen.

“Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however,
not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away; but we
speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before
the ages to our glory;” (1 Corinthians 2:6-7)

What is wisdom but knowledge and
understanding?  Once you understand that
the Lord God who created all things is Sovereign over all He has created, you
begin a new journey.  Then you know that
He who created all things has come to redeem those who are lost without Him.  Then you walk in a life alongside Him, being
prepared to remain with Him forever.  God
knows what He is doing and the truly wise live in this reality.

Lord, this age is filled with so many questions, but they are often the
wrong questions.  This world is filled
with so many answers, but they are all too often the wrong answers.  Turn my heart to that which is most
important, that I should have no other gods before You.  Turn my heart to You and put me upon the path
of true wisdom that I would walk humbly with You, my Lord and Savior, now and
forever.

Lord Jesus, You have come to
bring true life to as many as believe. 
Guide me in the way of truth that I would walk humbly with You abiding
in me and I in You.  Teach me Your wisdom
and, by the power of the Spirit, make my heart malleable to the will of the
Father.  Lead me, O Lord, in the way You
know I need to go that I may now and always walk with You.  Amen.

“I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, and my
message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in
demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on
the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.” 
(1 Corinthians 2:3-5)

Clever men speak clever things
to woo people into thinking all kinds of things.  How is it than in human history men can be
convinced to do the wicked things that have been done?  The Lord did not come with some clever
scheme, but has revealed the simple truth that we are all sinners who need to
be saved from sin, death, and the devil. 
So come and walk in the way of the Lord and live.

Lord, help me to not be carried away with the insanity of this
age.  Guide me in the way of truth that I
would humbly walk with You now and always. 
Let me neither speak in clever terms, nor be carried away by them, but
always listen to Your Word of truth. 
Guide me, O Lord, that I may listen, hear and obey all that You speak to
me.  Let it be Your power and wisdom that
guide me.

Lord Jesus, You came speaking
truth.  The clever of this age did not
like what You spoke, but You said it anyway. 
Help me to hear Your Word of truth and follow wherever You lead.  Guide me according to Your word to do what is
pleasing in the Father’s sight.  Now and
always, may I abide in You, all that You teach, and follow You all the days of
my life in the way, truth, and life that You have established.  Amen.

“And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.  For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.”  (1 Corinthians 2:1-2)

Let the truth of this idea
settle in your mind.  We can often be
carried away in pride with an attitude of superiority.  We are called in the One Lord into the one
faith.  We are called to follow
Jesus.  Each of us are where we are and
are given gifts according to His grace. 
It is a matter of letting the world know that salvation has come
personally to all that they might believe and be saved.

Lord, teach me the simplicity of salvation.  Although I may be curious and desire any
number of things, let me never forget the simple truth that You are the One who
saves.  Guide me according to Your
purposes to live into the life to which You have called me that I might live in
You and You in me.  Lead me according to
Your grace to do that which is pleasing in Your sight.

Lord Jesus, You lead the way for
all who follow.  Guide me according to
Your goodness to live into the life of faith for which You have called me.  Guide me by the Holy Spirit to humbly come,
walk, and do those things which You give me to do.  May I now and always abide in the truth of
the revelation You have given knowing that in You alone is the hope for all
people.  Amen.

“But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from
God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, so that, just as it
is written, “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”  (1 Corinthians 1:30-31)

It is not what you or I do, but
what the Lord has done that makes all of this possible.  See this clearly.  All our actions in faith are a response to
what He has done first.  We are saved by
grace, therefor all of what we do is a part of the salvation journey.  We do not do to earn, but to respond to the
love which He has first given us.  The
only boast we have is in the Lord.  Boast
then in Him.

Lord, I have heard so many conflicting things and have even thought in
terms of receiving Your wrath when I sin forgetting that You have done what
needs to be done that I would continue walking with You.  Guide me O Lord in the way of truth that I
would humbly walk with You knowing that I am completely dependant upon You for
all I need, Guide me in Your salvation.

Lord Jesus, God in the flesh, You
have come to lead the way for those who believe.  Help me to not make more, nor less of the
truth of salvation than what You have revealed. 
Guide me according to what You have revealed to walk humbly with You in
and through all things.  Lead me to do
what is right in Your sight that I would do what is pleasing in the Father’s
eyes.  Amen.

“And the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the
things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that no man
may boast before God.”  (1 Corinthians
1:28-29)

There are great mysteries.  No these are not things that we cannot
explain, but things we can only begin to grasp. 
How does the temporal comprehend the immortal?  No one has a right to boast before God who is
immortal, eternal and all wise.  Do not
depend upon your wisdom, but the wisdom of the One who knows all things.  Be comforted by His comfort and live into the
life to which You have been called.

Lord, grant that I would shed this rebellious need to cling to my own
understanding in order to come into the truth You have revealed.  You are the God of all ages.  Lead me in the truth of Your revelation that
I would now and forever abide in You and You in me.  Lead me according to Your goodness that I may
live in the wisdom You give, shedding the temporary ideas of this world.

Lord Jesus, You have come to lead
the way.  Holy Spirit, the breath of
wisdom itself, lead me in the way of truth that I would cling to the salvation
which has been given and learn all the things You will teach.  Guide me now and always in the way of
truth.  Lead me according to the Father’s
purposes that I would forever abide with You, in You and for Your glory.  Guide me in Your wisdom.  Amen.