Daily Devotional

-August 24, 2021-

Good morning, happy Tuesday,

-God Hears And Answers Prayer-

“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).

The authorship of Psalm 116 is unknown. It is a rich a beautiful psalm. Today’s text is on the subject of prayer. Prayer, along with the Word of God, is vital to our faith and walk with the Lord; like breathing, we cannot live without it. As young man I learned that God hears and answers prayer. He calls upon us to pray in faith.

The psalmist says, “I love the Lord, because He has heard my voice and my supplications.” The definition of the word supplicate is, “to ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly.” When we pray to the Lord we are going to the One who has the power to help us.

Hebrews 4:16 says, “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” The Lord wants us to come boldly and confidently to Him. We can never prayer enough and should always keep on praying. God will answer our prayers according to His will and timing with either a yes, a no, or a wait.

John tells us in 1 John 5:14-15, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that be if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”

We must pray in faith, in Jesus’ name, according to His will, and that God will be glorified. We cannot have any unconfessed sin in our lives. We pray for our needs, the needs of our brothers and sisters in Christ, our family, our country, and so much more. Right now we need to pray for Afghanistan, the Americans there trying to get out, the Afghanis who supported us trying to get out, and all the believers there. It is an urgent situation. There are needs everywhere from the floods in Tennessee to the East Coast where the hurricane turned tropical storm Henri wreaked havoc. The pandemic is still raging worldwide with this Delta variant.

The psalmist said, “Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.” Prayer is also a great weapon in our spiritual warfare against the devil and his evil forces.

When God answers our prayers we should thank Him. God’s answers and miracles build our faith and encourage us to keep praying.

Have a blessed day praying and thanking God in advance for His answers as well as after He answers. Stay safe and healthy.

In His grace,

Dean