SEPTEMBER 9

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

Psalm 91:14-15 (God speaking)

“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;

I will set him on high, because he has known My name.

He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will deliver him and honor him.”

1 Thessalonians 5:17

“Pray without ceasing.”

James 5:16

“Confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”

Psalm 20:6

“Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand.”

Psalm 86:7

“In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will answer me.”

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This month we will read choices from  Charles Spurgeon’s (known affectionately as the “prince of preachers”)  devotional, “Beside Still Waters.”   It’s no secret that this world system is getting more evil by the day.  We have to stand strong in the Lord and look to Him more than ever to get through, and to be guided through, what is in the future……..known and allowed  by Him alone…..as well as whatever personal things we are experiencing in our lives.

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“The poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of his troubles.”  (Psalm 34:6).  The man was alone, and the only one who heard him was the Lord.  Yes, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, the All-Glorious, heard his prayer.  God stooped from His eternal glory and gave attention to this cry.

Never think that a praying heart pleads to a deaf God!  Never imagine that God is so far removed that He fails to notice our needs.  God hears prayer and grants His children’s desires and requests.

We can never pray earnestly until we believe that God hears prayer.  I have been told, “Prayer is an excellent exercise, highly satisfying and useful, but nothing more.  Prayer cannot move the Infinite Mind.”  Do NOT believe so gross a lie!   No one prays for the mere love of praying.  Amid all the innumerable actions of divine power, the Lord never ceases to listen to the cries of those who seek His face.  This verse is always true:

“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.” (Ps 34:17).

(remember:  “righteous” does not refer to “good people” but to those who have been born again by the Holy Spirit after repenting of their sins and submitting to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.)

What a glorious fact!!!! Truly marvelous!

This is still Jehovah’s special title:  The God who hears prayer.  We often come from the Throne of Grace as certain that God heard us as we were certain that we had prayed. 

The abounding answers to our prayers are proof positive that prayer climbs above the regions of earth and time and touches God and His infinity.  Yes, it is still true, the Lord will hear your prayer!

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