"Oh, Father, how we praise You. How we thank You that You did not call us to subsistence living. We don't have to live on the alms of others. You had more in mind for us than that. We don't have to seek some other means of satisfaction or a substitute that never fulfills us. I pray that today we can look in our right hand and say, "This is a lie if it's not from You." Father, help us to loosen our grip on the things that we crave so much in life, the things that we want affirmation and approval from so desperately. Help us to release our grip on them and hang onto You instead, because Your love is better than life. In the sweetest name I know, the name of Jesus, amen. ABOUT"