Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
All-Day Delight Theme for this Week: Prayer Cover Wednesday, May 15, 2002
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May/June 200253All-Day DelightTheme for this Week: Prayer Cover All-Day Delight Theme for this Week: Prayer Cover Wednesday, May 15
Key Bible Verse: I will praise you seven times a day because all your laws are just (Psalm 119:164). Bonus Reading:Ephesians 6:18–19
When I was a kid, a favorite pastime was to take in the Saturday matinee. It didn't matter much what was on. I'd head to the snack bar and plunk down my nickel for a Holloway's All-Day Sucker. Now I was set. This caramel delight would last me through the entire movie, all the way home, into the evening, and I'd still have some left for the next day. It came in a kind of wax paper, so I could just wrap it up after a few licks and tuck it in my pocket, ready for another tasty go later.
Wouldn't it be great if we could stretch out our times with the Lord like that? Or, at least have them available at different times of the day to refresh, reorient, and re-energize us?
In fact, in the Bible, this is precisely what we see. The psalmist says he kept seven such times. Daniel prayed three times a day, like clockwork (Daniel 6:10). The apostles honored what were called the "hours of prayer" (Acts 3:1; 10:9).
We're no busier than Daniel or Peter. If they could do it, and be blessed by it, so can we. There's an all-day delight waiting for us if we're willing to make the effort.
—T. M. Moore in Encounter with God
My Response: One way I could "touch base" with God during my day is …
Thought to Apply: Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire? —Corrie ten Boom (Dutch speaker, concentration camp survivor)
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