MONDAY SEPTEMBER 23
“When
you search for me with all your heart.” Jer 29:13 NKJV
PRAY FROM YOUR HEART
God isn’t moved your eloquence or the multiplicity
of your words. He’s moved by a heart that spills the burdens of the day across
the altar, exposing every pain to the power of a God who “can.” Can what? Can
do whatever you have the faith to
believe Him for. “Whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you
receive them, and you will have them” (Mk 11:24NKJV).Your confidence in prayer
is not based on your ability to speak, but on God’s ability to hear and
understand. He knows what you’re trying to say. The old hymn goes: “In seasons
of distress and grief, my soul has often found relief. And oft escaped the
tempter’s snare, by thy return, sweet hour of prayer. “Either learn to pray, or
become good at worrying! What you give to God, He handles. What you keep, you
handle. Spiritually, when everything is “going out” and nothing is “coming in,”
you collapse under the weight of it all. Is that where you are today? If so,
prayer is your answer. It restores what life depletes. When you pray, you’re
saying, “Lord, I believe You’re more competent to deal with this than I am, and
I trust You to do it.” When you pray that way the heart of your boss is in
God’s hands, the surgery you dread is in God’s hands, your children and your
finances are in His hands. God is ready to intervene on your behalf—just pray
from your heart. “Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall
bring it to pass” (Ps37:5 NKJV).
Taken
from the Word for you Today Devotional
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