The Prodigal One

At the end of my blog last week I shared my morning prayer. I discovered that prayer over twenty years ago while reading the devotional Our Daily Bread. I have read it every morning since. This prayer covers all the bases. It is more than a morning prayer because I recite it all the time; I simply change the time of day. Whenever I have a chance to preach I always open with this prayer before my sermon. I gave this prayer at the close of service my first Sunday in Tazewell county jail as well as services at prisons in Oklahoma and South Dakota. I prayed it prior to …..