Pray for Me - Week 1, Day 1— The Fear of the Lord

ReverenceThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;     fools despise wisdom and instruction. Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,     and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head     and pendants for your neck. (Proverbs 1:7-9)Father, you are the beginning and the end of all true wisdom. I pray for ______ today, that the fear of the Lord would take root in their heart as the very first thing — before knowledge, before achievement, before opinion. Give them holy wonder at who you are. Let reverence for you be the lens through which they see everything else, so that they would never despise your wisdom or grow bored with your instruction. Cause them to treasure the teaching of those you have placed over them, and to wear obedience like a graceful garland rather than a heavy chain. May they learn early that to fear you is not to shrink away from you but to draw near. For your glory and their good, in Jesus’ name, amen.