Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
I have seen miracles in my life, haven't you? I know God's grace is true because I have
experienced it.
Henry Ward Beecher recalled a difficult time from his childhood. His family was struggling to
make ends meet. His mother was struggling with despair over the family's misfortunes, but not
his father, the great Lyman Beecher. When Mrs. Beecher suggested they were headed toward
the poorhouse, Lyman responded, "My dear, I have trusted God now for forty years, and He
has never forsaken me, and I am not going to begin to distrust Him now." Lyman Beecher
knew what was true. He had experienced God's sustaining power and he knew that he would
experience it again. Such confidence comes only by prayer.
(Philippians 4.6
NRSV)
All of life should be "handled with prayer." Why? Because prayer is our contact with the mind
of Christ. Prayer helps us interpret not only the Bible, but also our daily experiences.
Dear God, as I pray to you, build my confidence in relaying more on you and less on my own
meager abilities. Amen.
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