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Sunday January 28, 2024

 Often people who have no relationship with God will pray when they are in trouble or when they urgently need help in a time of great distress.  Does God hear their prayer?  Yes!  Will He answer their prayer?  Yes!  How God answers their prayer is up to God for He knows the heart of the person praying and will answer according to His perfect will for that person.  

God is much more generous than any human being and He alone knows the end from the beginning.  When we give our will and life over to the care of God, we are promised that His eyes watch over us and His ears are attentive to all our prayers.

 The Lord watches over everyone who obeys him, and he listens to their prayers.  But he opposes everyone who does evil.  Ask me, and I will tell you things that you don’t know and can’t find out.  (1 Peter 3:12; Jeremiah 33:3 CEV)

We who have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Saviour are God’s beloved children.  Like any good parent, God is aware of His children’s needs.  The closer we get to our Heavenly Father the more He will speak with us.  God’s desire is that we will grow in knowledge and wisdom through prayer and meditation on His Word as recorded in the Bible.  To help us, God fills us with His Holy Spirit who gives us understanding of His principles and the power to carry them out.  God also enables us to love and care for others as He loves and cares for us. 

But I tell you to love your enemies and pray for anyone who mistreats you.  Then you will be acting like your Father in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both good and bad people. And he sends rain for the ones who do right and for the ones who do wrong.  (Matthew 5:44-45 CEV)

 God cares about His creation and each person on earth today is benefitting from His goodness.  Can you imagine living in any place without the goodness of God?

 

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, Thank You for being aware of my needs even when I was in rebellion against You.  Forgive me for the times I refused to surrender my will and life to Your care because Your principles were opposed to what I wanted to do.  From today, I ask You to help me obey Your Word and walk in Your ways in all I say and do. Amen


  

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