Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 177
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Chris Tomlin and Thomas Rhett singing … God Who Listens … poignantly singing how we Christians are surrendered to a God Who ALWAYS listens to our prayers.
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Highlight Passage: Jeremiah 29:12 [ESV] …
12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will hear you.
… God’s promise thru Jeremiah to hear us when God’s children of promise pray to Him.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Jeremiah 29:10-14 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jeremiah hears and trusts God’s promise to liberate and restore God’s people from captivity by the Babylonians.
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 116:1-2 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Psalmist sings and declares his trust that the Lord even bends down to hear his prayers.
Reference Passage: … John 9:31 [ESV] …
31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. …
… A blind man whom Jesus had given sight declares the truth that God hears and answers the prayers of believers but chooses not to hear the prayers of sinners who will not believe.
Reference Passage: … 1Peter 3:12 [ESV] …
12 … For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
… Peter quotes King David from Psalm 34 showing that God will always here the cries and concerns of the righteous who seek after the Lord’s care.
Reference Passage: … 1John 5:14-15 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s promise, thru the Apostle John, that God will ALWAYS hear the prayers of the faithful.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Con Campbell, AT THIS LINK … uses a true story of President FDR who felt that no one listened to what he said at official receptions. And so, he tested his theory by telling each person in a reception line that he had just murdered his grandmother. FDR was right since only one person responded appropriately to his fanciful comment.
And the ODB author was trying to make the point that our God DOES HEAR the prayers of those who are truly surrendered to His saving and sanctifying grace [see photo]. So, my dear one, if you’ve heard the linked song and meditated on the truths from the Scriptures above, you can join me today to know that our God will even bend down - so very personally - to hear the prayers of those of us who seek His watch-care.
How God answers is another matter; but we DO KNOW that He hears us!!
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for hearing me - and even saying “YES” to my specific prayers this morning.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to pray to our Lord today knowing that He hears us. … Amen
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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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