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Have you ever wondered why God hasn’t answered y

Have you ever wondered why God hasn’t answered your prayer?

Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Mark 11:23

Miracle-Working Father,
We confess,
we’re a little confused about what Jesus said
to his disciples about prayer.
If someone suffering from mental illness
truly believes that you will heal her psyche,
will it come to pass?
If someone suffering from quadriplegia
truly believes that you will make her walk,
will it come to pass?
What do we make of Jesus’ words,
“whatever you ask in prayer,
believe that you have received it,
and it will be yours” (Mark 11:24)?
There are no easy answers to these questions.
What we do know is that we are called to trust in you,
and we are called to surrender to your will (Matthew 6:10).
We are called to believe
that you can toss a mountain into the sea,
you can heal a hemorrhaging woman (Mark 5:25-34),
and you can raise your Son from the dead.
We are also called to pray as Jesus did,
“Father, all things are possible for you…
Yet not what I will, but what you will…” (Mark 14:36).
Help us Lord, to persist in as-yet-unanswered prayer.
Help us Lord, to submit to your will
in the way you answer prayer,
knowing that you always give us good gifts (Matthew 7:11),
even if they are not the gifts we think we need.
In Jesus’ trustworthy name. Amen.
Read Mark 11:20-25; Mark 14:36; Matthew 6:9-13.
#dailyprayer #devotional
#hopewriterlife #goodnewsfeed #votd #Biblestudy #dailydevotions #grace #dailyverse #womensministry #aging #caregiving
#gospelshaped #devotional #shereadstruth #womenoftheword #christianliving

Do you know that the Lord is with you? Happy are

Do you know that the Lord is with you?

Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;
Lord, they walk in the light from your face. Psalm 89:15

Everpresent Father, Jesus Immanuel, Indwelling Spirit,
We confess,
we often walk through our days
forgetting your presence.
Re-orient us, we pray,
so that we may be aware of “the light from your face”
shining on us in every step we take,
in every place we go,
each day and every day,
all the days of our lives.
Help us to not only “set our minds on the things above” (Colossians 3:2),
but to see that you are “always before [us]” (Psalm 16:8),
that we are in Christ, and Christ is in us,
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
When we become so fully aware of your inescapable presence,
we will have peace in the midst of literal and metaphorical storms,
hope in the midst of disasters and diagnoses,
love in the midst of broken relationships,
joy in the midst of painful losses.
Walking in the light of your glory,
we will indeed shout joyfully;
we will indeed “spread the fragrance”
of your sweet aroma everywhere we go (2 Corinthians 2:14).
In the name of our Lord who came near to us we pray.
Amen.
Read Psalm 89; Colossians 3:2; Psalm 16:8; 2 Corinthians 2:14.
#dailyprayer #devotional
#hopewriterlife #goodnewsfeed #votd #Biblestudy #dailydevotions #grace #dailyverse #womensministry #aging #caregiving
#gospelshaped #devotional #shereadstruth #womenoftheword #christianliving

How do you deal with your losses to aging or with

How do you deal with your losses to aging or with your parents’ losses?

And Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.’ Luke 1:38

Eternal Lord,
Mary was a young woman when she spoke these words.
What wisdom and faith she had,
even though she was “troubled” at the news
that she would give birth to your Son.
May we learn from her at an early age
to surrender control of our lives to you
so that when we move into our later years
we are more accepting of the loss of control
we experience.
Many of us pride ourselves on our independence,
on not needing anyone or anything.
And then we notice that we can’t see as well at night
and now we can’t drive ourselves to Wednesday night church.
Some of us have been told by our adult children,
the very children whose diapers we changed,
that it’s not safe for us to live in our own houses anymore.
Lord, it is hard!
We need your wisdom;
we need your mercy;
we need your grace.
In our own strength,
we can’t face the losses of independence
aging requires of us.
Only by your Spirit,
only in the power of our Savior’s blood,
shed for us in his weakness on the cross,
can we accept these limitations and losses.
Help us dear Lord,
and shape us more and more
into the image of your Son
as we get closer to meeting you in glory.
In Jesus’ surrendering name. Amen.
Read Luke 1:26-38; 2 Corinthians 12:9-11.
#dailyprayer #devotional
#hopewriterlife #goodnewsfeed #votd #Biblestudy #dailydevotions #grace #dailyverse #womensministry #aging #caregiving
#gospelshaped #devotional #shereadstruth #womenoftheword #christianliving

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What’s on your “to-not-do” list today? You

What’s on your “to-not-do” list today?

You shall not murder. Exodus 20:13

Lord God,
Thank you for placing these verses
in Exodus in front of me
and the accompanying Heidelberg catechism question and answer 105:
What does God require in the sixth commandment?
“I am not
to belittle,
hate,
insult,
or kill my neighbor,
not by
my thoughts,
my words,
my look,
my gesture,
and certainly not
by actual deeds.
I am not
to be party to this
in others.
I am to put away
all desires for revenge.”
It’s sobering to read these words, Lord,
to be faced with how many ways
we murder our neighbor
every single day all throughout the day.
We cry out, “Wretched people that we are!
Who will deliver us from this body of death?”
“Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord….
There is therefore now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 7:24, 8:1).
Draw us to quick repentance, Lord,
when we murder our neighbor.
By your transforming Spirit,
change us into people
who “act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly”
with you and with others (Micah 6:2).
Help us to “love one another”
and to “outdo one another in showing honor” (Romans 12:10).
In your forgiving name. Amen.
Read Leviticus 19:1; Exodus 20:1-17; Matthew 5:21-22.
#dailyprayer #devotional
#prayerchangesthings #ETdailyprayer
#hopewriterlife #goodnewsfeed #votd #Biblestudy #dailydevotions #grace #dailyverse #womensministry #aging #caregiving
#hope #faith #love #gospelshaped #devotional #shereadstruth #womenoftheword #christianliving

Do you believe the Lord delights in you? The Lord

Do you believe the Lord delights in you?

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17

Lord,
We believe; help our unbelief.
We believe you have already come into our midst
in the incarnation of Jesus Christ.
We believe you are a mighty one
who has already saved us from our sins
through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
But in the next line of this magnificent verse,
we stutter and stumble.
We think that maybe you will rejoice in us
some day in the future
when we are more holy,
that you will love us
some day in the future
when we never sin again,
that you will exult in us with loud singing
some day in the future
when we’ve finally earned our way to heaven.
But that’s not what Scripture tells us.
The gospel good news
for all who trust in Jesus
is that right this minute,
you are rejoicing over us,
right this minute
you are quieting us with your love,
right this minute
you are exulting over us with loud singing.
You saved us.
You love us.
You delight in us.
You sing extra-loud over us,
like the five-year-old who loves to sing
at the top of his lungs
because he’s so happy.
Help us today to sit quietly
and listen for the sound
of your delight in us,
and may that delight
change the way we live and love
today and every day.
In Jesus’ saving name. Amen.
Read Zephaniah 3:14-20.
#Dailyprayer #devotional
#goodnewsfeed #votd #Biblestudy #dailydevotions #dailyverse #womensministry #suffering #deathanddying #aging #gospelcentered #devotional #womenoftheword #christianliving #hopewriterlife

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Have you ever wondered why God hasn’t answered y

Have you ever wondered why God hasn’t answered your prayer?

Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Mark 11:23

Miracle-Working Father,
We confess,
we’re a little confused about what Jesus said
to his disciples about prayer.
If someone suffering from mental illness
truly believes that you will heal her psyche,
will it come to pass?
If someone suffering from quadriplegia
truly believes that you will make her walk,
will it come to pass?
What do we make of Jesus’ words,
“whatever you ask in prayer,
believe that you have received it,
and it will be yours” (Mark 11:24)?
There are no easy answers to these questions.
What we do know is that we are called to trust in you,
and we are called to surrender to your will (Matthew 6:10).
We are called to believe
that you can toss a mountain into the sea,
you can heal a hemorrhaging woman (Mark 5:25-34),
and you can raise your Son from the dead.
We are also called to pray as Jesus did,
“Father, all things are possible for you…
Yet not what I will, but what you will…” (Mark 14:36).
Help us Lord, to persist in as-yet-unanswered prayer.
Help us Lord, to submit to your will
in the way you answer prayer,
knowing that you always give us good gifts (Matthew 7:11),
even if they are not the gifts we think we need.
In Jesus’ trustworthy name. Amen.
Read Mark 11:20-25; Mark 14:36; Matthew 6:9-13.
#dailyprayer #devotional
#hopewriterlife #goodnewsfeed #votd #Biblestudy #dailydevotions #grace #dailyverse #womensministry #aging #caregiving
#gospelshaped #devotional #shereadstruth #womenoftheword #christianliving

Do you know that the Lord is with you? Happy are

Do you know that the Lord is with you?

Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;
Lord, they walk in the light from your face. Psalm 89:15

Everpresent Father, Jesus Immanuel, Indwelling Spirit,
We confess,
we often walk through our days
forgetting your presence.
Re-orient us, we pray,
so that we may be aware of “the light from your face”
shining on us in every step we take,
in every place we go,
each day and every day,
all the days of our lives.
Help us to not only “set our minds on the things above” (Colossians 3:2),
but to see that you are “always before [us]” (Psalm 16:8),
that we are in Christ, and Christ is in us,
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
When we become so fully aware of your inescapable presence,
we will have peace in the midst of literal and metaphorical storms,
hope in the midst of disasters and diagnoses,
love in the midst of broken relationships,
joy in the midst of painful losses.
Walking in the light of your glory,
we will indeed shout joyfully;
we will indeed “spread the fragrance”
of your sweet aroma everywhere we go (2 Corinthians 2:14).
In the name of our Lord who came near to us we pray.
Amen.
Read Psalm 89; Colossians 3:2; Psalm 16:8; 2 Corinthians 2:14.
#dailyprayer #devotional
#hopewriterlife #goodnewsfeed #votd #Biblestudy #dailydevotions #grace #dailyverse #womensministry #aging #caregiving
#gospelshaped #devotional #shereadstruth #womenoftheword #christianliving

How do you deal with your losses to aging or with

How do you deal with your losses to aging or with your parents’ losses?

And Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.’ Luke 1:38

Eternal Lord,
Mary was a young woman when she spoke these words.
What wisdom and faith she had,
even though she was “troubled” at the news
that she would give birth to your Son.
May we learn from her at an early age
to surrender control of our lives to you
so that when we move into our later years
we are more accepting of the loss of control
we experience.
Many of us pride ourselves on our independence,
on not needing anyone or anything.
And then we notice that we can’t see as well at night
and now we can’t drive ourselves to Wednesday night church.
Some of us have been told by our adult children,
the very children whose diapers we changed,
that it’s not safe for us to live in our own houses anymore.
Lord, it is hard!
We need your wisdom;
we need your mercy;
we need your grace.
In our own strength,
we can’t face the losses of independence
aging requires of us.
Only by your Spirit,
only in the power of our Savior’s blood,
shed for us in his weakness on the cross,
can we accept these limitations and losses.
Help us dear Lord,
and shape us more and more
into the image of your Son
as we get closer to meeting you in glory.
In Jesus’ surrendering name. Amen.
Read Luke 1:26-38; 2 Corinthians 12:9-11.
#dailyprayer #devotional
#hopewriterlife #goodnewsfeed #votd #Biblestudy #dailydevotions #grace #dailyverse #womensministry #aging #caregiving
#gospelshaped #devotional #shereadstruth #womenoftheword #christianliving

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What’s on your “to-not-do” list today? You

What’s on your “to-not-do” list today?

You shall not murder. Exodus 20:13

Lord God,
Thank you for placing these verses
in Exodus in front of me
and the accompanying Heidelberg catechism question and answer 105:
What does God require in the sixth commandment?
“I am not
to belittle,
hate,
insult,
or kill my neighbor,
not by
my thoughts,
my words,
my look,
my gesture,
and certainly not
by actual deeds.
I am not
to be party to this
in others.
I am to put away
all desires for revenge.”
It’s sobering to read these words, Lord,
to be faced with how many ways
we murder our neighbor
every single day all throughout the day.
We cry out, “Wretched people that we are!
Who will deliver us from this body of death?”
“Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord….
There is therefore now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 7:24, 8:1).
Draw us to quick repentance, Lord,
when we murder our neighbor.
By your transforming Spirit,
change us into people
who “act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly”
with you and with others (Micah 6:2).
Help us to “love one another”
and to “outdo one another in showing honor” (Romans 12:10).
In your forgiving name. Amen.
Read Leviticus 19:1; Exodus 20:1-17; Matthew 5:21-22.
#dailyprayer #devotional
#prayerchangesthings #ETdailyprayer
#hopewriterlife #goodnewsfeed #votd #Biblestudy #dailydevotions #grace #dailyverse #womensministry #aging #caregiving
#hope #faith #love #gospelshaped #devotional #shereadstruth #womenoftheword #christianliving

Do you believe the Lord delights in you? The Lord

Do you believe the Lord delights in you?

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17

Lord,
We believe; help our unbelief.
We believe you have already come into our midst
in the incarnation of Jesus Christ.
We believe you are a mighty one
who has already saved us from our sins
through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
But in the next line of this magnificent verse,
we stutter and stumble.
We think that maybe you will rejoice in us
some day in the future
when we are more holy,
that you will love us
some day in the future
when we never sin again,
that you will exult in us with loud singing
some day in the future
when we’ve finally earned our way to heaven.
But that’s not what Scripture tells us.
The gospel good news
for all who trust in Jesus
is that right this minute,
you are rejoicing over us,
right this minute
you are quieting us with your love,
right this minute
you are exulting over us with loud singing.
You saved us.
You love us.
You delight in us.
You sing extra-loud over us,
like the five-year-old who loves to sing
at the top of his lungs
because he’s so happy.
Help us today to sit quietly
and listen for the sound
of your delight in us,
and may that delight
change the way we live and love
today and every day.
In Jesus’ saving name. Amen.
Read Zephaniah 3:14-20.
#Dailyprayer #devotional
#goodnewsfeed #votd #Biblestudy #dailydevotions #dailyverse #womensministry #suffering #deathanddying #aging #gospelcentered #devotional #womenoftheword #christianliving #hopewriterlife

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