Prayer for Wisdom

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 14, 1912

Prayer for Wisdom

Lesson for the Children — No. 5

Prayer for Wisdom

MEMORY TEXT: “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” James 1: 5.

Why do you go to school, children? To learn, you say, and because you need to know more than you do now. There is so much to learn, so many things to study. (The teacher may speak of the first school, in which Adam and Eve were the students, and God the teacher. See “Patriarchs and Prophets,” pages 50, 51.)

“Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” How he studied and communed with his Father may be found in the chapter in “Desire of Ages” entitled “As a Child.”

Name the wisest man. How did he get his wisdom? (Tell the story as found in 1 Kings 3: 5-14; 4: 29-34.) To Solomon was committed the work of building the temple, for which God gave the pattern. 1 Chron. 28: 11, 12, 19.

We need the wisdom God alone can give. Prov. 9: 10; 1: 7; Job 28: 28. How can we get wisdom? Memory text. We can ask the Lord to help us get hard lessons, and to give us true wisdom. In this time we need wisdom to ‘depart from evil.’ Sin looks so pleasant. It is found in such pretty places. It invites so often and so persistently. It looks so much like what is right and good. We should ask each day for wisdom to choose the right way.

The subject for prayer till the next meeting may be chosen by the children, or suggested by the teacher.