Simple Prayer

"'Two things I ask of you, O Lord; do not refuse me before I die: keep falsehood and lies from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.  Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'who is the Lord?'  Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.'"
-  Proverbs 30:7-9

This chapter in Proverbs in entitled Sayings of Agur.  Study notes in the NIV study Bible say that he was probably a wise man and associated with the Ishmealite people.  This is a very different chapter then most in the book or Proverbs.

The two things that this man prays for are very simple: dont refuse me, keep falsehood and lies from me and give me neither poverty of riches only my daily bread.  Do I remember the last time I asked God to give me just enough?  No more, no less.  When I pray am I asking God to remember me and do I daily ask that God will keep falsehood and lies from me?  Such simple basic requests, this was all Agur asked for.  Are my prayers simple and right to the heart of what I really need?  Or am I asking for things?  I can say the latter most of the time.

Thought for the day:  Seek only my daily bread, no more no less.  If more is given praise God.  If you feel you have less turn to God, he always provides.

Power or Leaders

"You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts."
- 2 Corinthians 3:3

Paul here is writing to the Corinthian church and differentiating for the church the old law and the new covenant.  The difference between what was written into law and what is now written in our spirits due to Christ.

It was not the differentiation between the old and new laws that stood out to me but when Paul stated "the result of our ministry."  Paul said, "you show you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry."  That says something to me.  It shows how important ministry is and what leaders create in the lives of others.  To help make a person a living letter from Christ, wow.  But the thing is, Paul was willing to minister and as a result, people were able to fulfill their calling to be in Christ.

Am I willing to give my life to ministry whether in church or not to help others become what they are meant to be in Christ?

New to Blogging

So, I decided that I would join the technological world and start blogging.  Yes, I may be a little behind but at least now I am trying it!  I never wrote a blog before because I never really thought I had anything that interesting to say.  That is probably still true now but the topic I am writing about is worth sharing.  My husband named my blog for me without anything other then my telling him that I wanted to do a blog on my devotions.  He told me I could rename it if I wanted to but I thought the title was fitting.
My daily walk with Jesus is just the way I see my relationship with him.  And as I read and do devotions, I get to know him more and get to hear what he is staying to me.
So, my plan is to post my devotions and what I have learned from them for the day.  Its not some super-spiritual thing, its just what I feel God is saying through the verses I read.  I figure it is a great way to stay accountable and write down what God is saying.  Who knows maybe something God is saying to me, you are hearing also.  So we will see how this goes.  Cant wait to get started here and continue my walk with Jesus!