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Our family is finishing up our vacation today, and I continue to take a look back at e-devotions from the past.  I will turn back in time and pass on to you some that still speak to me.  Read and share as you are touched by these.  Pray God continues to use these e-devotions.


The following devotion was from September in 2019:


Matthew 5:23-24   NASB

Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.

 

Our response to our time with God is a big deal.  Prayer is our connection to God, and prayer has several components.  It has speaking and listening.  It has thinking and responding.  And there is more.

 

The verses above speak to us about our response.  This thing we call prayer isn’t a one-way deal that gets us out of trouble.  It is a two way conversation that takes us from whatever was our past to the places God wants for our future.

 

Respond to what God says in prayer.  If that means ask forgiveness, then ask.  If that means go have a conversation, go talk.  And the truth moves forward.  Respond to what God puts on your heart.

 

Jeremiah 29:11-12  NASB

For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

 

Why respond?  It is because God can be trusted.  He has our best in store for us.  He is listening and ready to respond to us.  We simply need to respond as well to our awesome God.

 

Those words like hope cannot be overlooked.  Grab them.  Share them.  Pray with them in mind and with them as reminders to and from God.

 

Revelation 3:20  NASB

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.

 

Yes, I have been talking about prayer for the last few weeks, and there are several weeks ahead.  Simple truth for today is our need to respond to God as he deals with us in prayer!

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