Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 6:8 (NIV)
When my kids were little, at times I felt like I could read their minds. For instance, when I was making frosting in the mixer, I would turn around and see three eager little faces staring at me. They didn’t even have to ask. What they wanted was obvious. I knew, I mean I just KNEW they wanted to lick the beaters and the bowl.
Our heavenly Father sees our lives, every single detail of them. He knows our hearts. He knows even the deepest desires that we haven’t shared with a single soul. Nothing escapes His notice. And He loves the lost people in the city of Warren even more than we do and wants to move in their lives.
But we still have to ask.
Many ministers down through time have said, “It seems that God can do nothing on this earth except in response to prayer.” And it is true. He may know what we need, but He still needs us to open our mouths and release our faith through prayer.
That’s why things happen when we pray that don’t happen when we don’t pray. If we don’t pray, He doesn’t move. But every time we pray, we open the door for His power to be released into the lives of the lost.
That’s why we pray. And pray again. And pray always. That’s why we never stop praying.
That’s why we will pray again today. Let’s pray together.
PRAYER POINTS FOR ME
- Father, reveal to me again the importance and power of prayer.
- Father, redeem my time and show me what it means to pray without ceasing.
- Father, I’m so thankful that You not only know what I need but You want me to ask so You can provide it.
TODAY’S PRAYER FOR THE LOST IN WARREN, OHIO
Father, you love all the Lost in the city of Warren so much that You already paid for them. I ask You to encounter them with Your tangible love today. Send someone across their path to reach out to them with the pure love of God, and I pray it will draw them to want You. May they respond to You as they begin to understand how much You love them. In Jesus’ Name. Amen!
We will see you back here tomorrow to pray together again.