Ray NoahGod, Help Me to Get Off My Spiritual Duff – Ray Noah https://raynoah.com Faith In Motion Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:15:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 1205010 God, Help Me to Get Off My Spiritual Duff https://raynoah.com/2018/07/02/god-help-me-to-take-full-advantage-of-my-spiritual-privilege/ https://raynoah.com/2018/07/02/god-help-me-to-take-full-advantage-of-my-spiritual-privilege/#respond Mon, 02 Jul 2018 07:01:02 +0000 Ray Noah http://raynoah.com/?p=27079 52 Simple Prayers for 2018

The writer of Proverbs used some pretty strong language in describing a lazy person. In the various Bible translations, he pictures a lazy-bones as someone who commits vandalism (The Message), a troublemaker (Contemporary English Version), one who commits suicide (Amplified), a destructive personality (Good News), and a great waster (21st Century King James). He is not simply someone who has a little issue with diligence, he’s got a major league problem with Creator God! The Bible says he is as bad as someone who destroys something valuable—perhaps because he is destroying the opportunities that God has placed before him to steward his talents, to produce beauty, to add value to this world, and to leverage his one and only life into something that glorifies the Creator.

“ A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things.

—PROVERBS 18:9
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A Simple Prayer for Getting Off My Spiritual Duff:

God, help me today to do everything in my power to take advantage of everything you’ve done in your power to make me a fully empowered child of the King!
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