Numbers chapter 11 was a sharp reminder to me. The Israelites were led out of Egypt through the various miraculous work of the Lord. Yet, as the time passed and their joy of being set free faded, they complained and wailed and said that they would rather have stayed in Egypt. The Lord's fury struck them then, and a severe plague struck them where the people who had craved other food were buried.

Lord, I pray this morning, that you will forgive my sins of complaining, of forgetting, that you're the God that led me through all the trials in my life and will continue to do so. Lord, I pray that I will not be like the Israelites. They were your chosen people, and you favoured them. Yet, because of the long journey to reach the designated promise land, they started to forget and started to complain. I know that I've complained, sometimes excessively. Lord, today, I pray that you will humble me and let me rely on your power and know that you're God so that in face of all situations, I'll turn to you and humbly seek you. May you put words of praise in my mouth and take away all the negative, that the words that I speak are words that build up others and not those that tears other down. 

In today's times, I also often crave for many things. Things that I may want but not need. But Lord, let me instead be thankful for what I have and take away the seed of Greed from within me so that I may be filled with your joy instead. Touch me, oh Lord, and fill me up like nothing material could. I pray that I will never evoke your fury. Please enlighten me on my wrong doings that I may stay in your favour. Thank you, Heavenly Father. In Jesus's Name I pray, Amen.