March 29

Psalm 70

When I read this prayer of David, I could hear his intense passion and as he cried out to God for help.  We've all been in desperate places that are catalyst for fervent prayer but what I'm beginning to learn is that God wants us to pray like that always. When life seems to be in it's "right place" is not the time to get sidetracked into thinking the same flame and passion behind prayer can become a flicker. Nothing is more important to God than our prayers. When we lift up our prayers they are just as important to God as was Davids, Mary's, Hannah's and all the others. It's where we sit in His presence, hear His voice, and invite Him to come not only into our lives but into our hearts.  Prayer brings God into our circumstances and as we cry out to Him, in joy or in pain, then submit to His will, we allow Him to work and be present in our lives.  The Prayer Team has started to keep a prayer journal.  In the past few weeks, we have seen and recorded God's answers to some our prayers. We give Him praise and glory for each answer and praise Him still as we wait for His answers on others.  Scripture is filled with prayers so that we are reminded and refreshed in our spirit to the fact that God rules this world. E.M. Bounds says that "prayer puts God to work, it puts angels to work, and it puts man to work. He orders all events, and then all the results and power He holds in His hands will be bestowed in lavish and unmeasured munificence to carry out prayers and to make prayer the mightiest energy in the world."  Brothers and sisters, let's all go to work!!! I would like to encourage us all to lift each other up in fervent prayer and see how God works in our daily lives.   How can I pray for you today?

Randi