Necessity of Daily Bible Reading and Prayer
Written by Sarah Ann E.

 

I have to admit that this topic is a hard one for me. I have had this summer to work hard at getting in my sweet time with the Lord in my Bible and prayer each day. I thank the Lord for helping me. But I need to be more faithful to Him.

It is better to read and pray at night, than to not read at all. But again, it is best to begin the day with the Lord. Many times I have had to push my bed time off 30 or more minutes to spend time with my Lord. We need to have a hunger and thirst for God's word and communing with Him.

This is one poem that has been very special to me.

Morning by Morning waken me, my Father,
Let Thy voice be the first my soul to greet,
Bidding my spirit rise from earthly slumber,
To sit a learner at Thy sacred feet.

There in the stillness open Thy good treasure,
The precious things of Christ unfolding still.
And as thy spirit brings them to remembrance,
Let gratitude and love my spirit fill.

Teach me to do Thy will, Thy pattern show me,
Reveal Thy propose for my life each day,
And then for Thy service with fresh oil anoint me,
And with Thy presence hallow all my way.

Let the Lord be ever so precious to us that we cannot go without spending time with Him, both in our Bible reading and prayer.