My 2025 Theme Verses: Ezra 7:10 (ESV) For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. Daniel 1:8 (ESV) But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Do you naturally burst forth in praise to God? 1 Kings 5-9
God has not turned away my prayer!!! What a blessed thought. Others seldom listen to me. They often start to listen, but then, as I ramble on, they turn a deaf hear to my whining, my complaint, my request, or my inquire. It is hard to get someone who will just listen. But, in Psalm 66:20 we read, "Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His lovingkindness from me." The amazing part about this statement is that God listens and listens in love. He doesn't turn away and He doesn't just go through the motions. God gives us an attentive ear that is firmly connected to a loving heart. That may be the definition of true listening. When we are engaged with others and understand their frailty and their sin, but we still listen, than that is God like listening. He doesn't turn away from my constant groaning or from my awkward confessing or from my shallowing requesting. God listens to me and loves me. He gives me His full attention wrapped up on love. I rejoice in that.
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