Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video with images and lyrics from Twila Paris and Dennis Jernigan singing his song … On My Knees … poignantly singing of how we who are in Christ need to bring all our needs and cares to our Lord in prayer.
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Highlight Verse[s]: 1 Thessalonians 5:16 [NLT] … 17 Never stop praying.
… Paul challenging Christians to have a continual communal relationship with God with prayer being the constant connection with Him.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts Christians to have a continuous attitude of connection with God via prayer.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 116:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God wants to hear our prayers.
Reference Passage : … Ephesians 3:12 [NLT] … 12 Because of Christ and our faith in Him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.
… Paul assures believers we can come to our Lord with anything, anytime.
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 4:14-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… We can - and should - come boldly to His throne of grace … ANYTIME, ANYWHERE … to bring our cares and concerns to our God.
Reference Passage : … 1 Peter 5:7 [NLT] … 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
… And prayer is the main vehicle we have to bring our cares to God.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Bill Crowder, uses a modern day safety problem to illustrate our desire for connection with others … even when it’s terribly risky. The ODB author wrote: One of the benefits of cell phones is that we now have virtually unlimited access to others. As a result, many people talk on the phone or text even while driving [see photo] —sometimes resulting in terrible car crashes. To avoid such disasters, many areas of the world have made distracted driving illegal. In the United States, highway signs are popping up to remind drivers of special cell phone zones where they can pull off the road to safely talk and text to their heart’s delight.
Who doesn’t know the risks of texting while driving? Yet, … many, MANY … still do it. Why? Because apparently we humans have a driven, maybe even addictive, drive to be “connected.” I, personally, think that “drive” for connection was placed in us by God to draw us to Himself, … just as Paul exhorted believers in today’s highlight text.
God wants us to come to Him in prayer. He’s even promised to bend down and hear us (Ps. 116:1-2); and in the reference verses above, we read from His word His promises that we can come to Him with our cares anytime and anywhere. And unlike texting while driving, there’s absolutely NO RISK involved. God’s Spirit is ALWAYS THERE, ALWAYS LISTENING, ALWAYS CARING!!!
So, why don’t we just stop right here, … RIGHT NOW, … and take our cares to Him?!!
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for always being there toto hear me.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … As she song sings, Lord, when I really need You, as I do now, I get on my knees. … Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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