GOD ANSWERS PRAYER

Today’s Text: For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. (Psalm 38:15)

Today’s Thoughts: If we pray about our problems and place our hope in the Lord He will hear us. Today we use the word hope far differently to the way it’s used in this text. This hope is a solid hope – a trust that we place in God because we know that He will intervene. It’s not “being hopeful”; but “having hope”. When we pray – God hears. And then He answers in accordance with what He knows is best. God can work miracles. All we need to do is trust that He can, and ask Him to do so.

Today’s Testimony: Today’s testimony will be short and sweet, but still a powerful testimony.
The weather back home just before the camp meeting wasn’t all that good and we were having a problem getting all our clothes washed and dried. We left for camp early on Thursday morning, and on Friday night my sisters and I still had clothes that were far from dry. We hung the clothes in our bedroom windows and then I did what seemed obvious to me – I prayed.
The following morning my older sister came into our room (my twin sister and mine); felt my clothes and exclaimed, “How come your clothes dried!” I simply asked her if she’d prayed about it. I then felt bad for not being more specific about which clothes I wanted dry by the next morning. And yet at the same time I was standing in awe. God answers prayer!!! Believe it.
If all the clothes had dried it could have been accepted by some as “nothing special”, but my clothes had dried because I had prayed about it. God works miracles if we place our trust in Him. I serve an amazing God! Do you?

Today’s Task: Place your hope in the Lord. Trust in His power to work miracles. There’s power in prayer. Ask the Lord to intervene no matter what problems you face – God answers prayer. He loves you and He wants to make you smile, but He also knows what is best for you and therefore answers in the way that He knows is best. Trust His wisdom, and then ask Him to help you to be thankful and smile anyway, no matter what the answer. Remember that no matter what happens, God is there for you and He loves you so much. Pray – God hears prayer!

Today’s Thanks: O Lord I praise You that You hear and answer prayer. I thank You that You always do what is truly best for us. Please help us to trust You. Help us to place our hope in You. I thank You that You are always there for us and that You love us so much. Lord we love You too. Amen.