Verse of the Day
Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer.
~Psalm 4:1~
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
At first, this cry for help seems very demanding. However, closer inspection shows that this is really the cry of desperation. Have you been there? I surely have and I regularly hear from folks who are there now. But, read how this Psalm ends! What is the secret to surviving a long agony? I believe three things are important: 1) honesty in our prayer life with God, 2) confidence that God hears and cares even when our prayers sizzle with pain and frustration, and 3) genuine praise for God included in our prayers even when things seem bleak. It's not a magical formula, but it is a Spirit-inspired one -- check it out in Psalm 4!
My Prayer...
O God, please hear my cry for relief, as well as the relief of those I love, from agony, burdens, and suffering. Please answer in amazing and miraculous ways so that we may not only be relieved, but so that you may be glorified as well. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
3 comments:
I love this! Yes, it certainly does hit the nail right on the head. I love the Psalms.
I am in pain
Please lord stop my brothers and sisters in christ keep shunning me and my family and please lift the ban on church lord. My pastor won't forgive me lord yet I have begged for mercy, grace an forgiveness please lord reveal my pastors heart to my brothers and sisters in christ, and reveal to the pastor if his unforgiveness is because he no longer wants us in his church please lord convict my pastor and stop him hurting people, many have already been wounded by him an his leadership team and left and myself and family are being shunned because I gave him a message from the holy spirit that he and his leadership need to stop hurting people please help me lord cause I want to end my life now
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