MY PRAYER
Today's reading: Psalm 69-71

"O God, you know how foolish I am; my sins cannot be hidden from you. Don't let those who trust in you stumble because of me, O Sovereign Lord Almighty." Psalm 69:8-9 NLT

That's my prayer for this week.

Well, it's my prayer a lot of weeks out of the year, but for two weeks especially, this being one of them.

It's Bible School week.

I'm awarded the blessing of presenting the Bible lesson to the kids attending--and I don't want to mess up!

I don't want to mis-speak. I don't want to change His words. I don't want to plant false hope or hold back anything the Holy Spirit leads me to speak. I don't want to take it lightly or make it so philosophical that the kids cannot grasp it.

I don't want my sins, and they are many, to cause any one of these kids (or the adults helping them) to stumble.

I'm not asking for perfection. That isn't possible. What I ask for is a double portion, a heaping helping, an overflowing in to my life, work of God's grace.

Not for me.

Well, not just for me, but also for the ones who might hear about Him for the first time this week. For the ones whose hearts are fertile and ready for the seed of the Gospel to be planted. For those who need to know my Savior and Friend. For those who will take what they hear each night of VBS home and share it with an unbelieving parent or friend. For those who are not yet my little Christian brothers and sisters.  

That's my prayer.