The prayer of Agur : ancient wisdom for discovering your sweet spot in life /
Payleitner, Jay K.,
The prayer of Agur : ancient wisdom for discovering your sweet spot in life / Jay Payleitner. - First edition. - xii, 96 pages ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Major impact from a minor character -- Utterance from a collector -- Agur asks questions worth asking -- Agur takes a moment to endorse scripture -- Agur's prayer, part I: Regarding lies coming and going -- Agur's prayer, part II: Not too much, not too little -- Agur's prayer, part III: Possible repercussions of living in the extremes -- After the prayer -- List #1: Things never satisfied -- List #2: Amazing enigmas -- List #3: Human mistakes -- List #4: Small wonders -- List #5: The downfall of kings -- Life in the sweet spot -- The sweet spot bonus.
"The Prayer of Agur introduces readers to a little-known biblical author named Agur who wrote a single chapter at the end of the book of Proverbs. Contained within this amusing, seemingly nonsensical chapter is a simple yet compelling prayer, in which he asks God to "give me neither poverty nor riches. But give me only my daily bread.""--
9780525653837 052565383X
2019026445
Agur (Biblical figure)
Bible.--Proverbs, XXX, 7-9--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Prayer--Biblical teaching.
The prayer of Agur : ancient wisdom for discovering your sweet spot in life / Jay Payleitner. - First edition. - xii, 96 pages ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Major impact from a minor character -- Utterance from a collector -- Agur asks questions worth asking -- Agur takes a moment to endorse scripture -- Agur's prayer, part I: Regarding lies coming and going -- Agur's prayer, part II: Not too much, not too little -- Agur's prayer, part III: Possible repercussions of living in the extremes -- After the prayer -- List #1: Things never satisfied -- List #2: Amazing enigmas -- List #3: Human mistakes -- List #4: Small wonders -- List #5: The downfall of kings -- Life in the sweet spot -- The sweet spot bonus.
"The Prayer of Agur introduces readers to a little-known biblical author named Agur who wrote a single chapter at the end of the book of Proverbs. Contained within this amusing, seemingly nonsensical chapter is a simple yet compelling prayer, in which he asks God to "give me neither poverty nor riches. But give me only my daily bread.""--
9780525653837 052565383X
2019026445
Agur (Biblical figure)
Bible.--Proverbs, XXX, 7-9--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Prayer--Biblical teaching.