What Christians Do Every Day

Prayer: Daily Spiritual Food

Q: What do Christians do every day?

A:  Pray!

In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, chapters 6 and 11 respectively, our Lord Jesus Christ gave his teaching on prayer, the Lord's Prayer saying, 

"in this manner therefore pray," Matthew 6:9, and "when you pray, say..." Luke 11:2.

Time Sensitive

The Lord's Prayer consisting of only 55 words is really short and actually just right for the person on the move, the busy parent, the time challenged student.  

Mobility

The Lord's prayer is completely mobile and excellent for today's fast paced society, since being only 55 words it is easily memorized to take with you wherever you go.

To download to your computer: Right click with your mouse and save.
To save to your mobile device, iphone or ipad: Tap and hold, choose save.

Q: When do Christians pray?

A: Every day!

Jesus Christ taught us to pray during what is called his Sermon on the Mount.  Thousands, multitudes, listened that day.  Christ said, when you pray... and in the Lord's prayer he taught us in the fourth petition to ask, give us this day our daily bread."

In that one word, daily, our Savior gave direction on how often we are to pray the Lord's Prayer, or a prayer modeled on this prayer.  We ask for our daily bread, meaning that we have prayed for one day's needs.  

What then about the next day, and the next, and the next?  We are to pray again tomorrow, and the next day, and the next.  We are to pray each day.

Morning Wake Up

In the morning we prepare our body for the day by showering, putting on the right clothes, and eating a good breakfast. These are the needs we take care of ourselves, yet we must not forget our most important need which is mental and emotional nourishment, and that is spiritual food.  All the things we do for ourselves are for our bodies, the outside or what we are.  Remember, however, it is who we are that counts, and for that we need spiritual food that can only come from God.

Mary Katherine May

Everyday with Mary May is a blog offering posted by Mary Katherine May of QualityMusicandBooks.com.