I got in my car, turned the key and sighed. My emotions and body were tired from the meeting. I knew I should have been smiling, feeling refreshed after an evening by myself. Instead I felt let down. When I got home, I replayed some of the conversations from dinner with my husband, trying to figure out why a productive, God-led meeting felt like a let-down. Was it the nature of the new friendships? Or was it because I wasn’t doing things…
He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them. Psalm 145:19 You can come to the Father with your requests. Do not be dismayed if His voice is no longer audible. You might not be able to hear Him with your heart, but He is still listening. In fact, He is hearing you. He sees the hurt, or sadness, or even the sin in your heart. And He is ready to save….
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteous, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all of these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33 When we pray, we often come to the Lord with our grocery list of all of the things we want. And those things aren’t wrong, or even un-spiritual. My “list” includes healing for my heart, for my…
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father…. Ephesians 3:14 Come before the Father, to the throne, and lay your requests and heartaches at His feet. If we look at Ephesians 3:11-13 we find Paul’s basis for coming to God’s throne in prayer. “In Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.” We can have confidence in Jesus to open our hearts to God in prayer. Even in…