SPIRIT OF GOD, DESCEND UPON MY HEART

This lovely hymn is my prayer today:

Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;

wean it from earth, through all its pulses move.

Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art,

And make me love Thee as I ought to love.

Hast thou not bid us love thee, God and King?

All, all Thine own - soul, heart and strength and mind.

I see Thy cross - there teach my heart to cling;

O let me seek Thee, and O let me find.

Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh; 

Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear - 

To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;

Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.

Teach me to love Thee as Thine angels love,

One holy passion filling all my frame.

The baptism of the heav'n-descended Dove - 

My heart an altar and Thy love the flame.

Text:  George Croly                 Music:  Frederick C. Atkinson

Verse of the Day - The Eyes of the Lord

"The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch over the evil and the good." - Proverbs 15:3

This verse should be sobering and encouraging to us. We should recognize that God is watching our every deed, and He knows our every thought. So we must ever be careful to be confessing to Him our failures when we do sin. We should also know that God is watching over us, and will always provide for our needs.

Verse of the Day - Observe the Ants

"Go the the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, which having no captain, overseer or ruler, provides her supplies in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep - so shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, and your need like an armed man." - Proverbs 6:6-11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants

"There is nothing so ugly as laziness." I have often thought these words myself. So many of our socio-economic problems in this culture are due to a lack of a godly work ethic, a biblical work ethic. How many people are in jail, or on welfare who would not be in those circumstances if they had simply learned how to do good, godly, hard work? 

Christian parents must train their sons and daughters how to work hard. They must train them that work not only is necessary, but is also what they'll have to do all their life. They also need to show their children by example that work is fun.

Christian parents also should be reading through the book of Proverbs, and as they do so, they should highlight and memorize passages like Proverbs 6:6-11, and Proverbs 30:25. Maybe parents should even take their children out and observe the ants as an object lesson.