Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;
Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.
If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,so that we can, with reverence, serve you.
I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen wait for the morning.
PSALM 130: 1-6
Do you need GOD now?
Are you in your darkest hour?
Do you feel you can't cope and life is just too much to bear?
Do you long for relief?
Relief from this pain?
Relief from this sorrow?
Are you ready to cry out to GOD?
Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
GOD is forever waiting nearby to rescue us.
We are never alone.
GOD is always there...
We just ignore him...
until we can't any longer.
Until we collapse under the stress of our problems.
Until we need him so much we struggle to breath.
Ever been assembled around a hospital bed and someone says:
"All we can do now is pray.'
Prayer should be the first thing we do...
not the last.
COME TO ME, ALL YOU WHO ARE WEARY AND BURDENED AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN FROM ME, FOR I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN HEART, AND YOU WILL FIND REST IN YOUR SOUL.
MATTHEW 11: 28-29
What does this mean?
Stop carrying the load alone.
Give it to GOD.
He will take care of it.
How do you do that?
Talk to GOD.
Pray to GOD.
Yes God will answer your prayers.
Yes GOD will take on your burdens.
Yes GOD will give you peace.
Yes GOD will give you hope.
Yes GOD will give you LOVE.
No.
GOD is not a genie and GOD knows what is best for us.
GOD will give us what GOD decides is in our ultimate good.
GOD answers our prayers...
If the answer is to be yes, then our prayers need to be inline with what GOD knows is for our eternal good...
not just what we want right now.
Trust GOD.
LOVE GOD.
Have FAITH in GOD.
Know that GOD is sovereign and everything he decides is for the good of all.
HOLY FATHER IN HEAVEN, HELP US TO BEAR THE TROUBLES LIFE SENDS US AND HELP US TO TRUST IN YOU AND YOUR LOVE SO THAT WE MAY FACE ADVERSITY WITH COURAGE AND STRENGTH FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT. IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.