Philippians 4:6 (NIV)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation,
by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
I read this story a while and came across it again today.
When we pray how much weight is in that prayer. So we trust God for the things
we need?
There is a story of a grocery store owner who tried to
weigh a prayer. A tired-looking woman came into the store and asked for enough
food to make a dinner for her children. The grocer asked her how much she could
spend. The frail woman answered, "I have nothing to offer but a little
prayer."
The storekeeper was not very sentimental nor religious,
so he said, half-mockingly, "Write it on paper, and I'll weigh it."
So she did. The grocer placed the prayer on the weight side of his
old-fashioned scales. Then he began piling food on the other side; but to his
amazement, the scale would not go down. He finally became flustered and gave
the woman a large bag of food.
The grocer never saw the woman again, but he treasures
the slip of paper upon which the woman's prayer had been written; "Please,
Lord, give us this day our daily bread."
Dear Lord, thank You for giving us our daily bread. Help
our prayers be faithful to You in all that we ask for. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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