A prayer ( Matthew 6 v 9 - 13 )

                                                             Proverbs   30 v 7 - 9 )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ''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 dishonour                                                                       the name of my God.'                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Let us consider this wonderful prayer,it is request that God would save him from the pitfall that we all have to face .He realises the  sinful tendencies of his sinful heart,let none of us underestimate how easy it is to fall into sin. We are beset by many evils in the world,and the worse evil is our wicked hearts,The words of the Lords prayer sum it up,'Deliver us from all evil  .' ( Matthew 6 v 13 )Next he prays that he may avoid the extremes of life,he does not want to win the lottery  ,but he also does not want poverty, who does?.Both riches and poverty have there pitfalls.,riches can easily cause us  to forsake God,poverty  can put pressure on us, to compromise . We need to take these warnings very serious ,or we may land up in serious trouble.