Whoever wants to be my disciple must
deny themselves and take up their cross
daily and follow me. Luke 9:23 NIV
Give
us today our daily bread. Mathew 6:11
NIV
Nothing makes a bigger contribution to
our growth in Kingdom living than intentionally choosing to walk with Christ
DAILY. A multitude of forces combine to
distract us from this choice. If
circumstances are going well, we may not feel the necessity to follow Christ
closely. Yet this doesn’t automatically
mean that bad circumstances will make us choose to follow Christ closely. Jesus said “the worries of the world” can
also be a distraction.
This is why
Jesus instructed us to pray for daily bread to seek God’s Kingdom and will in
our lives. When we make this simple
request we remind ourselves that we need God’s help to follow Christ faithfully
and we are making a request that the Father is happy to fulfill.
It’s a great
practice to start each day by praying the Lord’s prayer, but you may not feel
like you are awake enough to do it sincerely when you first get up. So start with something even shorter than the
53 words of the Lord’s Prayer. As you
crawl out of bed each day this week, and possibly many more weeks, say this
simple one sentence prayer.
“Father,
please give me the daily bread I need today to follow Christ faithfully.”
As you pray it, have confidence that God will give you
everything you need to follow Christ and experience his kingdom life flowing
through you.
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