May 19, 2023 … Our God ALWAYS Hears

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 139

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Mandy Lining singing … God Hears Our Prayers … poignantly singing of how God always hears the prayers of those who diligently seek after God’s will and follow His ways.  

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Highlight Passage: … Psalm 116:1-2  [NLT] … 

1 I love the LORD because He hears my voice and my prayer for mercy.  2  Because He bends down to listen, iI will pray as long as I have breath.

… King David (the likely author) praises God, trusting that He, The Lord, ALWAYS bends down to hear the prayers of His children.    

                         

Highlight Passage (Context): … Psalms 116:1-7 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… Scholars believe King David wrote of crying out to God in his times of troubles and God always hearing his concerns.                                            .                     

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 37:3-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… King David once again sings of assurance that God hears the prayers of those who delight in following The Lord. 

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God’s Spirit, thru Solomon, promises to lead those who trust and follow God’s will and His ways, … rather than trying to go thru life following our own desires and feelings.       

Reference Passage: … John 9:31 [NLT] … 

31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but He is ready to hear those who worship Him and do His will. 

… A blind man, healed by Jesus, expresses truth about God readily hearing the pleas of those who truly worship and follow our Lord.           

Reference Passage: … 1John 5:14 [NLT] … 

14 And we are confident that He hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases Him. 

… The Apostle John teaches truth about God ALWAYS hearing the prayers of those who seek to please the Lord.  

Reference Passage </u>: … Revelation 3:20 [NLT] … 

20 “Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.

… Jesus addresses born-again believers with His promise to come in and fellowship with those who respond to His caring overtures … daily …  to knock on the doors of their (our) hearts.      

                                                                                                                          

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Karen Huang … AT THIS LINK …  writes of the old philosophical question of … “When a tree falls in a lonely forest, and no animal is nearby to hear it, does it make a sound? … with the parallel spiritual question for Christians … “When we’re in trouble and feeling all alone, does God hear our prayers? 

And I think that all my readers may not,…  like me,  … care about answering the first question all that much; but you may also, …like me, … FOR SURE, really care about the second one.  And so, when I take in the touching song by Mandy Lining and really meditate on the Scriptures above, … which I know are truth, … I’m confident that when I take my prayers to my Lord, King Jesus, today, … HE HEARS me. 

So, if … like me … my readers want our God to hears us today; … HE WILL!!  … So, let’s pray!  

My THANKFULNES: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for ALWAYS being there, Lord, to hear my prayers.            

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to pray to You, Lord, knowing that You ALWAYS hear and care.     … AMEN 

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