As the flowers cannot live without Heaven's dew, rain, and sunshine, so neither can we live without God's love and strength!

 

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 

~Psalm 5:3 

It is a great comfort, our Father, to be able always to come to You with our needs. It is a comfort to know that You are really our Father. We know something of what fatherhood means to a child, and it is sweet to know that You are our divine Father, not merely in name — but that all any father can be to a child You are to us, and far more, as divinity is greater than humanity. Help us to know You as our Father, to trust in Your Father-love for us, in Your Father-care. May you grant us the child-spirit, the spirit of adoption, that we may look up to You and say, "Abba, Father!" May we be obedient children, doing all that You bid us to do. May we honor You as children are taught to honor their parents. May our consecration and our conduct be worthy of You. Let us never do anything that would dishonor You. May your image be printed on our lives so clearly, so brightly — that all who see us shall see Your divine fatherly features shining in us. Today we ask that as we go out into the world we may go indeed as Your children. We shall need protection. The world is full of dangers, subtle enemies, insidious influences, and crafty evils. We cannot take care of ourselves — so we beg You to take care of us. Hide us away in the secret of Your presence, from the strife of tongues. We shall need to receive sustaining grace for every step of the way — more grace, grace upon grace. As the flowers cannot live without Heaven's dew, rain, and sunshine — so neither can we live without Your love and strength. Fill us with Your Spirit. Shed abroad Your love in our hearts. Then we shall be able to live lives worthy of Your children. We ask all this in Jesus' precious name. Amen.

~Mornings with God App, July 31, 2024

I love the above Bible verse and also the Mornings with God App prayer today! Both so very nice reminders for us that we need God! As the flowers cannot live without Heaven's dew, rain, and sunshine — so neither can we live without God's love and strength! It is so true!  We need God! We cannot live well without God! We need to obey Him, follow Jesus, God's example for us, His model of who to follow, and be people of goodwill. We need to remember that it is God's will be done. He knows what is best for us, we can pray and talk to God, be with Him and live in Spirit, but He knows what is best for us always! We need to stay prayerful, grateful, joyful in the Lord always. Stay positive, loving, and joyful! So many today are unhappy and negative, full of hate and derangement. They become slaves to this world, live without Spirit, and do so much evil and wickedness. They lack God, Jesus, and the Bible. We need them all, if we are going to be happy, we need God in our lives, just like the flowers cannot live without rain, dew, and sunshine, we too need sustenance from God, His love and strength get us through this Earth School journey called life!