Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. Isaiah 58:9
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7
I was reading Smith's Bible Dictionary this morning about prayer and this two topic hit me:
1. The use of prayer, in some cases, seems intended to secure the praise of men rather than of God (Matt. 6:5). When the form is the most extensive and showy the true spirit is in danger of being lost.
It is my hope and prayer I never pray for show or the approval of any other than God. I'm a vain man and always have to be on guard for what my real motive is.
Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak the Word over our land.
