Dec 7 2025 … Prayers of the Heart …

Dec 7 2025 …  Prayers of the Heart … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics, from Matthew West singing Don’t Stop Praying …  exhorting and encouraging Christians to never stop praying.

Praying from the heart ... 

 

Highlight Passage:… Genesis 16:13 … [NLT] … 

17 “O our God, hear your servant’s prayer! Listen as I plead. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary. … “ 

… Hagar recognizes that God is watching over her and providing her with her needs.

Highlight Passage in Context:  Daniel 9:4-6, 15-19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …</b> 

… Daniel prays deeply from his heart for forgiveness of God’s people and for what is deeply on his heart.

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Reference Passage: … Matthew 6:6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus, in His sermon on the mount, instructs His followers how to pray more effectively to God.

Reference Passage: … Matthew 21:22 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus promises that God rewards the faithful who truly pray to God <u>in His Name</u>.  

Reference Passage: … John 15:7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus promises His disciples that if they (we) abide in Him and pray in His Name God will hear and grate their (our) prayers.

Reference Passage: … Romans 8:26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians about God hearing their (our) prayers from God’s Spirit intervening in our hearts.

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

…Paul also teaches truth to fellow Christians to bring <u>anything and everything</u> that’s on their (our) hearts to God, seeking His peace.

Reference Passage: … James 4:3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus’ brother James calls on fellow Christians. when they have concerns to bring them to God, asking for His mercy and grace.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, John Blase …  USE THS LINK  -       …  wrote about a fictitious couple, “Brenda and Eddie,” who were going out to dine together and they went back and forth asking each other where they might go with neither one expressing their heart on where to go.   It’s a scenario that probably has been shared by many readers here today.

And the ODB author points out in today’s entry how we, as surrendered disciples of Christ, need to take the example of Daniel (in the Highlight passage) and from God’s word, shared above … to open up our hearts and be willing to share what’s on our hearts with God, especially when our desires are in accord with God’s will and His heart.   Today, that’s what I’m praying for!   How about you? 

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for hearting my heart again today as I seek Your mercy and grace. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You for hearing our hearts again today, Lord.  … Amen

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