Prayer of Agur

Today's reading: Proverbs 30 Click here to read online (NIV)

Verse of the day: “Two things I ask of you, O Lord; do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God" 30:7-9

Many times I have read this chapter, but today for the first time I noticed these Proverbs were not written by King Solomon. These were sayings of Agur son of Jakeh decalred to Ithiel and to Ucal...

Ok, coming to our verse of the day, as you see it is a little prayer and these little prayers are my favorite - such as Prayer of Jabez, Prayer of Jonah, Prayer of David, the Lord's Prayer, and here the Prayer of Agur. Prayer is an important aspect of christian walk and these little snippets of prayers by great men and Jesus Himself give us an idea of how to pray.

I find it necessary to byheart these prayers to add them to my regular prayers too; it only helps improve my prayer experience.

So, let's by-heart these verses today, adding it to our regular prayers. No, we don't want billions and trillions which might distract us from our journey towards the cross and at the same time we don't want to go too much in negative and become robbers. Let us only pray for our daily bread. Amen!