National Day of Prayer
When You Cry Out, He Hears
Do you have children or have you ever babysat? Think for a moment about a time when a child cried for you. Maybe they were in their crib. Or perhaps you heard a thud, then the cry of a toddler who had fallen. What happened at the moment they cried out? Their voice “came into your ears.”
I love the way that just as a child’s cry “comes into our ears,” the psalmist, David, worded that our cries “come into God’s ears.”
Second Samuel 22:7 says, “In my distress, I called upon the Lord. Yes, I cried to my God, and from His temple, He heard my voice, and my cry for help came into His ears.”
Yes, just as we can hear a child’s cry even if we’re in another part of the house, so God hears our cry from His temple. Our cries to God reach His ears. Our Heavenly Father is a hearing God, not a deaf God. What will you cry out to Him about today?
Loving Father who HEARS me, thank You for listening to and answering my cries. I love You.
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Will You Trust Your Prayers to God
Are you hurting, struggling, or stressed? Are you concerned for our nation or a concern close to your heart? If so, are you crying out to God? That’s what David did; as recorded in Psalm 86:10, “You are GREAT and do wondrous deeds; You alone are God.” His words to God are not mindlessly spoken. Rather, his words are heart felt and spoken in the midst of his afflictions and needs. When David says, “You are GREAT and do wondrous deeds;” David is professing his trust in God’s GREATNESS. He is looking at the heavens and saying, “You alone are God. I know nothing is too difficult for You. I know You can help, so do it!” Today is the National Day of Prayer. Do you need to affirm your faith in God’s GREATNESS? Do you need to say the words David said? Please join me now in affirming your trust in God’s great power. Join me in praying for our nation to repent of our sins and to return in humble trust of God. Pray now for the needs on your heart. Believe He hears you and walk out your belief with a hopeful heart. He DOES hear you and He loves you so very much.
Heavenly Father, we believe in Your greatness. We know You see us and hear our prayers. Please forgive us for our sins; for ways we have strayed from faithfully loving You, following You, and giving to You while we ask, ask, ask. Show us the way You want us to walk. Increase our hunger to daily study the Bible so we walk in Your will. We love You and ask Your forgiveness.