-August 24, 2020-
Good morning, happy Monday,
-God Hears And Answers Prayer, Let Us Call Upon Him-
“I love the Lord, because He Has heard my voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.”
(Psalm 116:1-2).
Does God really hear and answer our prayers? Oh, yes He does! Our prayers reach the throne room of the universe, to the throne of grace, to the Father in Jesus’ name. God has both the power and the desire to answer our prayers. This is why the Psalmist says, “I love the Lord, because He has heard my voice and my supplications.”
Can one person’s prayer really make a difference? It can and it does. In less than three months each of us will cast a vote for president. One reason many do not vote is they do not feel their one vote will make a difference, but if you do not vote it guarantees it will not make a difference. Prayer is much the same. One person’s prayer is effective and when we all pray, it is very effective.
James 5:16-18 says, “Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.” Elijah was an ordinary man who prayed to an extraordinary God.
The Psalmist continued, “Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.” Prayer is needed on earth as long as we are alive to pray. There won’t be any need to pray in heaven. Everything will be perfect, then we will praise Him forever. Now is the time to pray. Now is when we face problems, troubles, trials, difficulties, pains, and sorrows.
Calling on the Lord in prayer should always be accompanied by praise and thanksgiving. We should pray according to God’s will and thank Him in advance for hearing and answering our prayers. I sense the excitement, energy, and expectation of the psalmist. Do these three components characterize our prayers? Or do we pray because we think it is the right thing to do? Or do we pray out of habit? Challenging isn’t it? Does our prayer life need a fresh sense of joy and purpose?
For new believers, prayer is new and exciting to speak to the Lord and bring needs, great and small to Him. As we mature and grow older we can lose some of the thrill of prayer. Prayer is such a blessing and it is hard work too. The devil will do everything in his power to keep us from praying. Let’s not let him win!
May the Lord help us to review our prayer life and then renew it. The one common regret every believer will have is that we didn’t pray enough. The second will be we didn’t pray effectively enough. We need to form good habits in prayer and stick to them. The Lord wants to hear from us every day and all through the day.
Have a blessed day praying with new excitement, energy, and expectation. Stay safe and healthy.
Dean
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