Go Lend a Helping Hand

Not only is it National Black Business Month, but today is National Nonprofit Day. So let's get out there in the world today and lend a helping hand. Today my sister and I will be giving back to the kids in the community. So, whether you help a neighbor or the community get out there and show some love today!

Black Business Owner of the day- Shashicka Tyre-Hill: She has natural skin care, hair products, and much more. You can access her website at https://www.minkhairwholesale.com/

Scripture of the day- Psalm 139:14

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well. 

Quote of the day- Spread love everywhere you go. - Mother Theresa

Positive word of the day- proclivity:a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing. Example: I have a proclivity for spreading love. 

Simple, Believing Prayer

Adapted from the resource Starting Your Day Right - by Joyce Meyer

We’ve got to develop confidence in simple, believing prayer. We need to know that even if we simply say, "God, help me," He hears and will answer us. Thankfully, we can depend on God to be faithful to do what we’ve asked Him to do, as long as our request lines up with His will. Too often we get so caught up in our own works and ideas about prayer that we lose sight of the fact that prayer is just talking with Jesus.

The length or volume or eloquence of our prayer is not what God wants— it’s the sincerity of our heart and the confidence we have that He’ll hear and answer us that are important to Him. Sometimes we try to sound so devout and elegant that we get lost, but when we get free from trying to impress God, we’re a lot better off.

First Thessalonians 5:17 (AMPC) says, "Be unceasing in prayer [praying perseveringly]" or as the King James Version puts it, "Pray without ceasing." If we don't understand simple, believing prayer, that instruction can feel like a very heavy burden. We might feel that we’re doing well to pray a few minutes a day, but how could we possibly pray without stopping? We need to have such confidence about our prayer life that prayer becomes just like breathing; a constant, unforced thing that we do every moment we’re alive.

I believe as we grow to really understand the power of simple, believing prayer, prayer will become more and more natural to us. Prayer is made powerful by the sincerity of it, the faith behind it, and God’s faithfulness to act on our behalf. Thank You, Jesus!

Prayer Starter: Father, please help me to pray simply and honestly, knowing that You’re listening and working on my behalf. Thank You for being so faithful to meet my needs, and for wanting a real, authentic relationship with me. In Jesus’ Name, amen.