My Morning Prayer: The Promises of Prayer, Rest 1

My Morning Prayer: The Promises of Prayer, Rest 1
-Roy Lessin and Marina Bromley

The Promises of Prayer, Rest 1
-Roy Lessin

Key Truth:
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV).

Prayer is the pathway that leads you to the meadow of rest, to the throne of victory, to the place of authority.

When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.

When you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.

Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! (Matthew 6:5-8 NLT2)

Matthew 6:8 releases the burden of feeling you have to explain it in just the right words to receive an answer.

My Morning Prayer
-Marina Bromley

My Sweetest Father, thank you for being accessible to my prayers, to me. Thank you that it is a priority of yours to hear from me as often as I take time for you. Help me to hear your voice, to come to you, to rest in your presence, to curl up in your lap and listen to your heart beat.

Help me Lord, to remember that I don't need eloquent words to speak with you...you just want to hear from me—to be with me. I may clumsily and selfishly ask for my wants for today and tomorrow, but you alone know what all of my tomorrows hold—for me and those that I love and care about. Please answer my prayers according to your will for all of those tomorrows, looking beyond my immediate need, and teach me to wait on your answers, trusting that you will provide what is needed most for each of us. I need to rest in the assurances of your truth. I want to grow closer to you, and to grow to be more like you. It's in Jesus's name that I pray...amen.

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