August 3, 2022 … Like Grains of Sand …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 215 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Rend Collective singing … Our Prayer … powerfully singing of how God wants us to be in prayer at times for the nations and our needs as His children.  

Prayers ... like grains of sand ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Revelation 8:4 [NLT] …  

4 The smoke of the incense, mixed with the prayers of God’s holy people, ascended up to God from the altar where the angel had poured them out. 

…  John, shown by God of the power and presence of the prayers of the Saints in heaven.   

Highlight Passage (Context): … Revelation 8:1-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God reveals to John (and us) the power of the prayers of God’s people being like the grains of sand going up to God.                                                                                                                   ===============                                                                 

Reference Passage: … Psalm 116:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ….. 

…  The Psalmist sings of God always being there to hear our prayers. . 

Reference Passage: … Psalm 145:18 [NLT] …  

18 The LORD is close to all who call on Him, yes, to all who call on Him in truth. 

…  David sings and shows God’s people that calling on the Lord in prayer brings us closer to our Lord. 

Reference Passage: … Matthew 7:7-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus invites any and ALL to bring their prayers to Him any time … anywhere.  

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:5-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches truth, showing fellow Christians that the way to God’s peace is thru thankful prayer. 

Reference Passage: … Colossians 4:2 [NLT] …  

2 Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.

…  Paul exhorts fellow Christian to devote themselves (ourselves) to pray to God with a thankful heart         

                                                                                

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, James Banks … AT THIS LINK …  tells of how the research of Dr. Gary Greenberg, thru arenology (the study of sand), finds that there is so much more to a grain of sand then we see when we see them on a beach or in a dessert; or when we pick up a handful of sand (see photo). 

And the ODB author today points to our prayers to God being like grans of sand, … far more potent and powerful than we might think; and valued by God far more than we likely imagine.  And if my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures above, I hope we’re convicted, … as am I today …, that we (I) need to be sending up many more prayers to our (my) all-caring and all-hearing God than we (i) do.       

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for always being there to hear my prayers.   

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to pray, … pray, … and pray some more … to You, Lord, … Who ALWAYS hears our grateful prayers.   … Amen

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