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Isaiah chapter 55 verses 8 and 9

for my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your your ways, my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher

than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways. And my thoughts than your thoughts. I think about and pray in light of these verses all the time

because I know that I am so prone to unwise thoughts, to

foolish thoughts, to small thoughts, to near-sided thoughts,

to incomplete thoughts,

I could keep going on and on.

And so to consider how God's thoughts are the opposite of my thoughts in all those

ways. All of his thoughts are wise, all of his thoughts are high and glorious and all seeing

and all knowing, and God with all of these thoughts has said to me and to you ask for wisdom,

ask for knowledge, ask, and I with all my perfect thoughts, far-seeing thoughts,

wise thoughts, I will make them known to you.

I'll give you the wisdom you need.

I'll give you the knowledge and discernment,

direction and discretion you need.

I will lead you in my ways. I'm so prone to go my own way.

This is what we prayed about in light of Isaiah 53. We're all prone to go astray each of us to go to our own way. God's ways are higher

than our ways. They're better than our ways and that's the key. We think our ways are better, but they're not.

His ways are always, always, better. So let's pray according to these verses God we confess together right now that all your thoughts and all your ways are better than all our thoughts and all our ways.

They're better.

Your thoughts and your ways are all perfect.

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