Psalm 143:1 Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.

How many times do you pray for things each day? God teaches us to pray all the time and to ask for things we need – how's your faith?

God has also promised to supply our needs and to answer our prayers – we need to have faith.

God is righteous and faithful to answer our prayers – we need to believe He will answer!

Proverbs 26:20 Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.

One of the easiest traps to fall into is to contribute to the gossiper's discussion!

One of the hardest traps is sometimes to avoid contributing to the gossiper's conversation!

We need to think about the people around us and only share the truth with others. By sharing anything other than the truth, we are adding wood to the fire which is gossip!

Psalm 132:1 Lord, remember David and all his self-denial.

When we study all King David did, we find a raft of information about how he loved God, but also quite a bit of information about the mistakes he made in his life!

But, despite all his mistakes, he would always come round to admitting them and asking God for forgiveness.

If we deny our pride, greed and desires, we will be able to focus more on God and move forward with Him being at the centre of our lives!