Proverbs 15:29 29 The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
I wonder if we don' pray more often simply because we don't believe God can or will hear us. Maybe we think God can't be bothered with anything other than health issues. We spend all kinds of time talking about issues of our days with others, writing about it on social media, and lay awake at night worrying about them, but we don't do the most effective thing we can do which is turn to God. Why not? Shallow faith? Disbelief?
2 Chronicles 16:9 9 For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. Furthermore, God assures us in Matt 6 that he cares about each and every detail of our lives. Proverbs promises us that God hears our prayers. James reminds us that "The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much" (James 5:16b) Other versions use the word "fervent" in the place of "effective."
What is weighing you down today? Are you praying about it? As the old hymn says "take it to the Lord in prayer."
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Once Julie and I learned, unfortunately by cause and not intelligence, to know and be able to say "I am not going to make it through today unless the Lord does something", we started seeing God's provision and arm at work. When you look at the other person and you say I'm not going to make it through today, and all you've got is the hug of the other person and the prayer to God that He is all you've got and if He doesn't do something, you're not going to make it, you'll see a response from God. I can stand as witness and say, God answers prayer. He definitely answers that kind of prayer.
The task now is to wake up in the morning and with the same desperation and with full confidence in the Lord's response, pray acknowledging that if the Lord isn't in our day, we aren't going to make it. But more-so, we don't want to continue in it unless He is with us.
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