“Say to God, ‘How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you. All the earth worships you and sings praises to you (Psalm 66:3-4).'”
This prayer suggestion comes from one who had been tested and tried, who had carried a crushing burden, and been through fire and water (See Psalm 66:10-12).
Let your trials inspire praise. God will bring you to a place of abundance.
There’s a peace about her, even when life is disappointing and hard.
Her secret?
She prays.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7).
The better you know your heart, the better you can pray.
Trust in him at all times, O people, pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us (Psalm 62:8).
God’s Words tells us to pray at all times in the Spirit (Ephesians 6:18).
If you’re not sure how to do this, ask God to help you. And trust that He will.
With hands nailed to the cross, Jesus died, praying, “Father, forgive them (Luke 23:34).”
LIfe’s greatest gifts still come from hands nailed down and hearts that pray.
*Picture from A. W. Tozer’s The Pursuit of God, A 31-Day Experience, p. 294.
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all your wonderful deeds.
I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High (Psalm 9:1-2).
Thankful, praise-filled prayers bring joy.
I was in distress.
But the Lord heard when I called to him.
He has put joy in my heart (from Psalm 4:1-7).
Our days on earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding (1 Chronicles 29:15).
Direct your hearts, your thoughts, your prayers, to God during your short life on earth.
They named him Emmanuel.
God with us.
We wanted him here
Hoped today
Would be his birth day.
But Emmanuel is with God.
We miss him.
Silently, his life speaks
God is with us.
We have this Promise
Eternal Life.
Us with God.
God with us.
Together forever.
“The glory of the Lord appeared . . . and when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy (Leviticus 9:23 -14 NIV).”
God’s glory brings joy. Pray believing.
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