First Fifteen – New Podcast is Live!
I'm excited to share with you a new resource for your spiritual growth. It began with a question: How can I consistently start the day right, from the first fifteen…
Pray and don’t give up!
Why do we give up on a prayer? Is it discouragement? We ask for something and don’t see results. Or we don’t like what happens and assume God isn’t listening or at least not giving a favorable answer. In Luke 18 Jesus tells his disciples a short parable about prayer that challenges us to persist.
There is a judge who doesn’t fear God or care about the opinions of others. In other words, he’s not very open to persuasion.
A widow in the city keeps coming to the judge asking him to hear her case. In Jesus’ world, women didn’t have the rights and protections that they have today. Without a patron–a husband or a powerful relative–she wasn’t likely to have her case even heard. Judges decided their own docket, whose case they would consider and who they would turn away. The judge gave the woman a cold shoulder.
But she keeps coming. And coming. Showing up and asking to be heard.
Delight Psalm 37:4
Where do you find delight?
“Take great delight in Yahweh and He will give you the requests of your heart.
Release to Yahweh your ways and trust in Him, He will do it.
He will make your righteousness shine forth like light and the justice of your case like the midday sun.” Psalm 37:4-6
Be encouraged today with this truth from God’s word. Regardless the circumstance, entrust your heart to our faithful God.
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God hears – Psalm 140:6
In the midst of a psalm praying forcefully against fierce enemies and those committed to do evil, this line and truth emerged:
“Yahweh, You are my God. You hear the sound of my pleading, my voice asking for Your grace, Your favor!” (Psalm 140:6)
I pray it, and I use it to meet with God once again.
I love this about praying God’s word and using the Psalms to pray. (more…)