Carefully Consider Your Steps

Devotional by Shaquia Reed, 2018 graduate of Tower of Hope Academy

“Only simpletons believe everything they’re told! The prudent carefully consider their steps. The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence.“ ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Prayer: Father, I ask you to forgive me for my simple ways. As you are rebuilding my emotional, mental, spiritual and relational walls, I thank You for a greater wisdom and discernment.

Let me move slowly and carefully, for I have not been this way before. Guard me. Let me be quick to listen and slow to speak so that I am not trapped by the words of my mouth. By what I think, feel, see, or hear.

I renounce every belief and annul every agreement made by my members. I believe and come into agreement with only Your Word and purpose for my life. Close every door to wickedness in my life in Jesus’ name! Amen.

Declaration: I am moved only by the purpose and power of the Spirit. I hear and recognize His voice. The voice, feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of a stranger, I will not follow!