"Give us this day our daily bread."

"Give us this day our daily bread."- Matthew 6:11

How often in the years I have read this prayer of  how Jesus taught us to pray to Our Father.
Amazing how I can make it so complicated at times.

I was reading Our Daily Bread  -Each Day and a few words pierced by ungrateful heart.<3
These words were an encouragement of a father to a son ( daughter) that had an impact on his life, Johnny Wooden. 

Three of the points were:

Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible. 

Make each day your masterpiece.

Pray for guidance, and give thanks for your blessings every day.

Each Day - Our Daily Bread Nov 16


John Wooden's Seven Point Creed, given to him by his father Joshua upon his graduation from grammer school:
Be true to yourself.
Make each day your masterpiece.
Help others.
Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible
Make friendship a fine art.
Build a shelter against a rainy day.
Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day
coach wooden maxims

I also was reading an entry about Samuel Wilberforce, the son of William Wilberforce. William wrote his son  over 600 letters, which Samuel kept and numbered. The writer said that Wilberforce wrote similarly to each of his six children, that he had later in life.


" From the beginning of the year 1817, when Samuel Wilberforce was in his twelfth year, the father's devotion to his son is exhibited by a " series of not fewer than 600 letters, which are still extant, all carefully numbered and noted in the handwriting of Samuel Wilberforce's maturer years." The biographer remarks that these letters "must have exercised the most powerful influence on the formation of his character. Compare these letters with his subsequent career, and it will at once be seen that Samuel Wilberforce was indeed his father's son." The shrewd practical counsels of these letters, it is added, are "strung upon the one thread of ever-repeated inculcation of the duty of private prayer as the one hold fast of life."

One of the earliest letters runs as follows :-
Kensington Gore,
Thursday, March 6th, 1817.

I hope my dear lamb will, during his absence from his earthly

father and mother, look up the more earnestly to that Heavenly

Father who watches over all that put their trust in Him, and has given

special encouragement to apply to Him for every needful blessing.

Above all, my dear boy, strive against formality in your private

prayers. Endeavour to realise the presence of your God and Saviour,

and to be assured that, though not visible by your bodily eyes, they

are really present with you May God bless you, my very dear Boy, 

and make you a blessing to many hereafter, as well

a comfort to the advancing years of your affect father,

W. WILBERFORCE. Samuel Wilberforce- Letters

How Great is Your Faithfulness

(Matt Redman)

Now unto the king who reigns over all,
and never changes or turns
Unfailing justice, unfading grace,
Whose promises remain,
Yes, Your promises remain.

The heavens ring, the saints all sing,
Great is your faithfulness
From age to age we will proclaim
Great is your faithfulness,
How great is your faithfulness. Yes

Everything changes, but your stay the same;
your word and kingdom endure
we lean on the promise of all that you are,
and trust forevermore
we will trust forevermore

From generation to generation
you never fail us oh God
Yesterday and today and tomorrow
until the day you return

How great is your faithfulness

By God’s grace, may we make each day our masterpiece for Him.