Psalm 116:1-2 I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath!
He is our loving Father and He is listening to all we say, whether we’re giving Him praise or asking for His help, or provision or whatever our need is, and He too bends over to give us His full attention. God knows your voice.😊 Just the thought of that might help us to pray more, knowing God is wanting to hear our voices, wanting to answer our prayers.
God tells us to come to His throne of grace to receive help and although it’s lovely to know people are praying for us, I was reminded this week that nobody knows better than we do what it is we need. We have direct access to the Father’s ear ourselves, just as much as anyone else, so it’s up to us to be praying and believing that God is listening to us.
Jesus encouraged us to ask, seek and knock, so this is a little reminder to be doing exactly that, because we know He hears us when we pray. If we’re not asking, we won’t be receiving which is so obvious, but are we asking in faith? Are we believing for anything specific at the minute or are we praying general prayers so we might not even notice when the answer comes!?
I know of one man who asked the Lord for a new bike but the Lord surprised him when He told him to be more specific - what kind, what make, etc. The man then said he’d like a German bike and was specific about the make, colour, number of gears, etc. In due course the Lord provided him with exactly what he had asked and believed for.
So, do you have a need today? If so, be specific. Jesus said ask and believe you receive it before you see it because we can come in faith and ask Him to bend down to listen to us today, knowing He’s promised He will.😊 Amen.
Mark 11:24 NIV Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
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