Prayer Offered for July 8, 2021

Loving God, sometimes when we pray, You give us gifts that we didn’t ask for:

I asked for strength,

And I was given difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for wisdom,

And I was given problems to solve.

I asked for prosperity,

And I was given brain and brawn to work.

I asked for courage,

And I was given danger to overcome.

I asked for patience,

And I was placed in situations where I had to wait.

I asked for love,

And I was given troubled people to help.

I asked for favors,

And I was given opportunities.

I received nothing I asked for,

And I received everything I needed!

We give You thanks, O God, for You know what we need.—AMEN.

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