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Today we are reminded that prayer, and God's provision, concerns itself with all things in our lives and not just the large needs we might have. He doesn’t just step in when we are overwhelmed, and leave the day to day details to us. Our devotional this morning is centered on the painstaking workmanship of God, and isn't it wonderful that there is nothing so tiny that it escapes God's attention? We have a tendency to triage our needs for prayer; placing the large issues and needs foremost in our petition to the Lord, but we are remiss if we neglect the small needs and desires of our everyday lives. Jesus expressed the level of detail in which God watches over us when taught. Listen…

This morning I am sifting through my life and identifying those things which God has asked of me that remain undone. For the most part I have done the big things, but what about those details that didn't seem too significant or relevant to the big picture... did I gloss over them and leave them undone? I was reading my morning devotional and Oswald Chambers struck me square between the eyes when he recalled the story of King Asa. This king brought Israel back to God in a powerful way, he even took the title of queen mother from his own mother because she was found to have an image of Asherah (that he also took and destroyed). But in all his obedience to God, he left one task undone...