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Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 130
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow
Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared. wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the Lord More than those who watch for the morning—Yes, more than those who watch for the morning (Psalm 130:1-8).
Confidence in Prayer
Nothing Has Stopped in Heaven—
Grace still abounds;
Mercies are still new this morning;
Blessings are still being poured out;
Prayers are still being heard and answered;
Angels are still ministering;
Jesus is still interceding;
The Holy Spirit is still working;
God is still on the throne;
And the return of the Lord is still on schedule.
Believing Prayer
Believing
prayer is a language that is spoken by the heart. Our strength in prayer is not
developed by growing our eloquence, but by growing our faith.
Jesus told us, "And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words" (Matthew 6:7 NIV).
The power of prayer is found in its simplicity, not its complexity or frequency. We should never think that God will not hear or answer our prayer unless we use just the right words, phrase them correctly, and repeat them frequently. Even if the words that we speak don't come out just right God knows exactly what our heart is wanting to say.
God doesn't need us to pray the "right words" so He can understand what our need is, and He doesn't need us to repeat them because He won't forget our prayer. Jesus assures us that God knows all about our need and knows how to meet it even before our prayer begins (Matthew 6:8).
God hears and answers prayer based upon our relationship to Him. God is our heavenly Father and He invites us to draw near to Him as His children.
Forgiveness Brings Freedom in Prayer
We can
boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus (Hebrews
10:19 NLT).
God has made a way for us to come to Him in prayer. A way of hope, a way of mercy, a way of grace, a way of forgiveness, a way of salvation, a way of eternal life. That way, that hope, that mercy, that grace, that forgiveness, that salvation, that eternal life is found in only one person, Jesus Christ the Lord.
Jesus died as the spotless sacrificial lamb willing to make atonement for our sin. The mallet and the spikes were in our hands while goodness and mercy were in His... rebellion and deceit were in our character, grace and truth were in His...hardness and coldness were in our hearts, tenderness and compassion in His. Jesus was the perfect offering for our imperfections—taking our judgment, bearing our sorrow, tasting our death, triumphing over our hell, and bringing us eternal hope with the awesome power of resurrection life.
Insight: He came even though we didn't know how desperately we needed Him. He came to pay the debt we owed but couldn't pay. He came as a physician who didn't wait for office calls but lived among us to seek and save those who were being destroyed by the plague of sin. He didn't die as a martyr or a reformer; He died as the spotless, sacrificial lamb, willing to make atonement for our sin.
God has made a way for us to come to Him in prayer. A way of hope, a way of mercy, a way of grace, a way of forgiveness, a way of salvation, a way of eternal life. That way, that hope, that mercy, that grace, that forgiveness, that salvation, that eternal life is found in only one person, Jesus Christ the Lord.
Jesus died as the spotless sacrificial lamb willing to make atonement for our sin. The mallet and the spikes were in our hands while goodness and mercy were in His... rebellion and deceit were in our character, grace and truth were in His...hardness and coldness were in our hearts, tenderness and compassion in His. Jesus was the perfect offering for our imperfections—taking our judgment, bearing our sorrow, tasting our death, triumphing over our hell, and bringing us eternal hope with the awesome power of resurrection life.
Insight: He came even though we didn't know how desperately we needed Him. He came to pay the debt we owed but couldn't pay. He came as a physician who didn't wait for office calls but lived among us to seek and save those who were being destroyed by the plague of sin. He didn't die as a martyr or a reformer; He died as the spotless, sacrificial lamb, willing to make atonement for our sin.
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