Get Results! Praying for Answers

Today’s Scripture Readings:
OT: Isaiah 59
NT: Romans 11
W&W: Psalm 84

Today’s Reflection:

David said in Psalm 138.3: “When I called, you answered me.” That’s a good thing, isn’t it? David prayed, and God answered. Do you want your prayers answered? That is why we pray, isn’t it? For answers?

Last night I taught on the subject: Get Results! Praying for Answers.

We pray for answers by:

1. Praying from a pure heart
2. Praying with right motives
3. Praying with sincerity and earnestness
4. Praying with faith
5. Praying until the answer comes

After David affirmed that God had answered him, he made an interesting statement: “When I called, you answered me. You made me bold and stouthearted” (Psalm 138.3). That sounds like a cause and effect relationship to me. Nothing will help us pray better than having our prayers answered. When our prayers are answered, our hearts are made strong in belief. We become emboldened to ask for greater things!

May God answer your prayers!

This Week’s Scripture to Memorize:
Dare we try a whole chapter? If you have been working on this by the week, you will be able to do it! John 1.1-10: 1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4We write this to make our joy complete. 5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.