December 14-Praying Gods Word

It’s Friday already! How fast time seems to be moving. Yesterday, I was reading about Daniel and I read Daniel 9 where he prayed God’s words back to Him. Daniel was clearly a student of the word to use it as his prayer. And God answered Daniel’s prayer. And I thought of Mary’s Magnificant (her song) where she praises the Lord God—using phrases from Psalms. (Luke 1:46-55) Mary, even though she was a mere girl, clearly had hidden God’s word in her heart. 


Praying God’s word, claiming His promises, is powerful. When we pray, we can have our Bibles opened and ask God for a promise and then pray that promise back to Him. We can’t really pray Gods word though if we haven’t been reading it. Reading God’s word gives us listening time to see what he wants to say to us. When we speak to God, it’s important that it’s a conversation where we don’t do all the talking, but we listen as well. 


“During the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, learned from reading the word of the Lord, as revealed to Jeremiah the prophet, that Jerusalem must lie desolate for seventy years. So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting.”

‭‭Daniel‬ ‭9:2-3‬ ‭NLT‬‬


God is certainly faithful to equip, empower and enable us if we but listen to Him through the ancient words and pray them to Him. 


Lord of the Ages, we worship you and praise you for your word. It touches us and blesses us because we know that we are hearing directly from you. Your word is a lamp to guide us and the truth we can build our lives upon. Teach us to pray according to your word. We want to ask you for what you have already purposed to give us, to lead us, and to do through us but will not unless we ask. So speak to us Lord as we have our eyes on your word. We love you and honor you this day. Amen and amen. 


Love you dear one,

Pam

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