Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and shun evil. (Proverbs 3:7)
Dear Father,
I pray these children quickly grow to understand the dangers of arrogance. Give them the ability to honestly assess the quality of their own conclusions and convictions and the desire to honestly question and test those conclusions and convictions against facts. Give them an open heart to listen to your word and to the wisdom of those around them. Give them the discernment to differentiate between wise counsel and foolish counsel. Help them to honor opinions that differ from theirs, both out of love and out of the desire to continually test the validity of their own conclusions. But I also pray, Lord, that this willingness to continuously test their convictions does not lead them have no convictions at all. I pray that you give them the wisdom to walk the balance between holding to convictions passionately while at the same time testing the validity of those same passionately held convictions.
Amen
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