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Key Bible Verse: Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you (Psalm 37:5). Bonus Reading: 2 Corinthians 9:6-10

Our first provision miracle happened with a rental property. After Gail and I married, we lived in a Wisconsin apartment we mockingly called "the Palace." It had one space heater and a toilet and tiny shower in the closet. We were paying $90 a month.

Friends of ours in St. Louis told us how they got a home for $240 a month in a market where similar homes were going for close to $500. They'd looked at their budget and asked God for a home in that price range.

God might do the same for us, we thought. We examined our budget. It would be a stretch, but we could afford $125. We prayed, "Lord, Your Word says You care about these things. We ask You to give us a home for $125 a month." Then we watched the paper.

For the preceding month it had listed no rental homes for less than $300. But three days later, an ad appeared for a two-bedroom home—for $125! We went to see it, then called the owner. "I'm probably asking too little for the house," an elderly lady said. "I've had so many calls about it."

We went to meet with her. As we were talking, a junior college professor called and offered her more. "Thanks," she replied, "but I want to give it to this nice young couple."

—Ed Gungor in Religiously Transmitted Diseases

My Response: Have I ever prayed about my budgeting? Should I?

Thought to Apply: You will never need more than God can supply.—J.I. PACKER (Canadian theologian)

Adapted from Religiously Transmitted Diseases (Nelson Ignite, 2006) by permission.

Copyright © 2006 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine. Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity.

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Prayer for the Week

Help me, Lord, to break the small child's compulsion to say, 'Mine! Mine!' and loosen my grasp on things.

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