Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics of Twila Paris and Dennis Jernigan singing his song … On My Knees … poignantly singing of where we need to go when we don’t have the answers for life’s questions … on our knees in prayer.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Mark 9:23b [NLT] … 23b “Anything is possible if a person believes.”
… Jesus rebukes the unbelief of those who didn’t think it possible for Him to heal the demon possessed boy.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Mark 9:14-29 [NLT] …USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus shows the people the power of believing prayer.
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Reference Passage : … John 15:5 [NLT] … 7 “… But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!”
… When we bring our requests to God with a believing and abiding heart, He will grant our desires.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 5:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … … Paul gives us God’s prescription for worry.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Xhochitl Dixon, used a very personal story to illustrate where we, as Christians, need to go when we don’t have the answers for life. … The ODB author wrote: My friend called me late one night during her cancer treatment. Grieved by her uncontrollable sobs, I soon added my own tears and a silent prayer. What am I supposed to do, Lord?
Her wails squeezed my heart. I couldn’t stop her pain, fix her situation, or find one intelligible word of encouragement. But I knew who could help. As I wept with my friend, stumbling through a prayer, I whispered repeatedly, “Jesus. Jesus. Jesus.” Her cries quieted to sniffs and whimpers, until her breathing slowed. Her husband’s voice startled me. “She’s asleep,” he said. “We’ll call tomorrow.”
I hung up, weeping prayers into my pillow.
Fellow Christian, have you ever been in a situation where you felt totally out of control, … where you had no answers for the circumstances of life? Of course we have! We’ve all worn that t-shirt of distress at times, haven’t we? So, where does one go in moments like that. Well, do we get a clue from the ODB story above or from Dennis Jernigan’s song, linked above, … or even more from the highlight Scripture passage from Mark 9?
Jesus flat out tells us in that passage and in John 15:7 … that if we come to Him, in abiding, surrendered belief in Him, He will pour His empowering grace into our prayers. So, … I think that’s a pretty clear exhortation where I need to go with my concerns today. As the Apostle Paul taught [see Phil. 4:6-7], I need - ALWAYS - to take my worries and concerns to my Lord in prayer.
How about you, … do you need to be on your knees today?
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for giving me Your empowering grace when I humbly come to You in distress.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … I’m here, Lord, with my cares, knowing that You’ll take them for me. … Amen
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