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July 21  When your enemy is hungry give him food

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. (Proverbs 25:21)

Lord, thank you for giving us our daily bread today. Thank you for providing such abundance that we have no awareness of want. There are many brothers and sisters in the world who are starving because they have no food. Many children around the world are suffering because they have no food. Lord, help us to share our food with others so there may no longer be starvation in the world.

Lord, give us your love that makes it possible for us to share our food, even with our enemies. Let us not fight evil with evil but overcome evil with good. Free us from smugness of full bellies, and give us compassion for those who do not have enough to eat. Help us to see the hungry with the eyes of God. Help us to have faith that we are one in the Lord. Thank you for giving us this time of rest. Help our children to pray, even for their enemies.

We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

July 22  Discard folly

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. (Proverbs 26:11)

Almighty, Holy Lord, thank you for calling us to be your children. We were previously children of sin, but you have called us to become the children of God. Lord, help us to live as the children of God. Although we were previously foolish, claiming that there was no God, now we praise and worship the living God. Forgive us our past sins, and help us to discard our folly.

Lord, grant our children wisdom to discard their follies without a second thought. Free them from repeating past follies. Replace their follies with your wisdom so they may not go after the desires of the flesh. We believe that all things are possible in you.

We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

July 23 Help us to heed our friends earnest counsel

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel. (Proverbs 27:9)

Lord, you have called us your friends and no longer your servants. Thank you for being our friend, although you are God. Thank you for giving us the privilege of being called your friends. Lord, help us to heed the earnest counsel of Jesus, our friend, so we may not become foolish.

Lord, thank you for giving our children close friends. May their friendships become like that of David and Jonathan, who were friends for life. Lord, may they share with each other their love, hurts, loneliness, and fellowship. Please help them to meet friends of faith, who have earnest counsel to give. More than anything else, give them friends who know God's word, so they may be admonished by his words and accountable to each other.

We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

July 24  Take refuge from danger

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keeping and suffer for it. (Proverbs 27:12)

Heavenly Father, you are the Lord of history and time. We become uneasy and anxious about the changes that are taking place in this century. We don't know how weapons of mass destruction will affect the future of our world. And now that we have the technology to genetically clone human beings, we feel wary of the disaster that may come upon our children's generation as a result. Many places in the world are experiencing famine, war, and earthquakes. We don't know when Jesus will return. Lord, in such a time as this, give our children wisdom to see danger and take refuge.

Lord, you are our refuge and our shield. Grant us wisdom, discernment, and the word of God so we may see danger in advance and be prepared to take refuge. Lord, please give us relief from wars, famines, and earthquakes. Grant us your peace that can never be taken away. Give us your true peace, which the world does not understand. Give us this peace tonight.  We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.