My Prayer Council

It's probably been a week since my last post and I know it's been a week since I spent some morning devotional time with God.  Not surprisingly--though amazingly, for the Lord is so awesome and loving--today's devotional picked up where I left off with God last week.

Today's devotional was entitled "Daily Bread" and stressed our daily reliance on God and our trust in Him, one day at a time.  The scripture quoted was Matthew 6:11:  "Give us this day our daily bread."  This isn't an echo, but a thunderous roar that connects with the last scripture I blogged about:   “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."  (Matthew 6:34 ESV)

One of my greatest prayer needs these days is to make the time time daily to spend with God.  I keep coming across quotes and references (on Facebook, books I'm reading, etc) that emphasize that the most important thing a man can do to lead his family is to spend daily time with God, seeking His will.  I want this SO much but I struggle mightily to find the time to do this.  With a four on, four off work schedule of 12 hour shifts I find that my working days are the hardest in which to find time for God.  Then on my four days off I'm doing doing doing to catch up with all the worldly things I didn't have time for while working, yet I struggle to make time for Him in the busy-ness of my day.

So what do we do when we have to do something but can't do it ourselves?  My children know this mantra well: we ask for help!  So that's what I'm doing.  I'm expanding this blog to include some folks that I'm asking to be my Prayer Council.  No meetings of the council are necessary and there are no committees to join.  All I'm asking is that you subscribe to this blog and pray for me and my family as we travel this journey.  If you want to leave comments that's great but not required.  If you're not interested in subscribing that's fine too.  I'm simply reaching out to some folks in my life with whom I feel a connection and (I'm pretty sure) will be willing to pray for us.

I know you all have your own time to spend with God and your own worldly demands eating up your time.  I've selected you because I admire your faith and trust in God and your dedication to prayer for daily needs.

Thank you in advance for entertaining my request.  :)