Loving The God of Truth

Welcome to all those in the ODM who desire to know and to love the God of Truth through the faithful study of His Word. Please feel free to share your comments, insights, questions, concerns, words of encouragement, thanksgiving, praise, and prayer requests with all of us.

May God most richly bless the reading of His precious Word to our hearts this year.

"The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous.
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold;
They are sweeter than honey from the comb.
By them is your servant warned;

In keeping them there is great reward."

(Psalm 19:7-11)

Thursday, December 2, 2010

13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.

19 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

We are instructed to pray in faith. I know I have to come to my knees every day to lay down the plans of the day to God and ask for his wisdom and grace over all matters. However, on most days, I am more inclined to tell myself that God already knows and so instead I have a short and fast one-way dialogue with God - no time to listen to God or to meditate. But I really desire to be a prayer warrior especially when I am content with life in general. [I know I have to be on guard at all times for satan's crafty ways.]

Let us continue to pray in faith, repenting and earnestly seeking God so that we do not have a chance to wander from the truth.

Christmas is almost here. Have a great weekend.

3 comments:

darlayoo said...: thanks esther for a wonderful reflection. this a very moving passage reminding us of the power and effectiveness of prayer. how we need to be reminded of just what is possible when we pray! the sick are healed,sinners are brought back to repentance, sins are forgiven . . . whenever we are discouraged and go through the motions of prayer in a half-hearted way--we need to keep going and not give up, keeping in mind the Scripture's own testimony: "is ANYTHING too hard for the Lord?" (genesis 18:14).; December 3, 2010 at 12:44 PM
helen_W said...: ...to pray is to say that i can't do it on my own... and that i need the Lord... and that i love him and want to know what he wants for me.

so why it it so hard!; December 3, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Michelle said...: Thank you, Esther!

Like my favorite hymn tells us, "...take it to the Lord in prayer." We forget how powerful prayer can be or we underestimate it really. It's such a simple act of faith, but we struggle to do it daily, only to zip right through it to get it over with, or we spew out a few cliche "Christian" terms that hold no meaning to us and grunt a hallow "Amen". Today's passage tells us what an awesome tool it really is, but we treat it so disrespectfully.; December 3, 2010 at 4:25 PM

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