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August 4, 2021

A Big Little Prayer

Matthew L. Harper (Georgia, USA)

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. - Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)

When I was five or six years old, my granddaddy said, “I’m going to teach you a big little prayer and this is it: ‘Help me, Lord.’” I remember asking to hear the rest of the prayer, and Granddaddy said that was all of it. He told me that if...

Today's Prayer
Thank you, Lord, for always being with us, guiding and protecting us. Amen.
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Proverbs 3:1-6

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