3:7 (Proverbs) “Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭7‬ 

Dear Lord God, You alone are wise. We can evaluate and assess the situation in Japan and in these areas where the gospel seems to be limited in some way, but You know, for you see through to our hearts, and You alone can soften and harden hearts. And all man’s efforts at moral behaviors are vain because we cannot change our own hearts from wicked thoughts and evil motives. So we turn our hearts to You and ask for You to breakthrough the hardened soils of our hearts. Breakthrough in the hearts of those who hear the gospel. And breakthrough the self life in the hearts of the workers who share the gospel. Lord God, healthy fear and reverence of You is the beginning of wisdom. So free us all from following our own devised ways and the hidden evil the enemy disguises to our hurt. Turn us from any wicked way and lead us onto Your everlasting way, in Christ. In Jesus’ name we pray.