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The Power Of Crying Out~Part Two

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We cry out because we have One who always hears. Psalm 16:6 says, “I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God…” Psalm 34:17 says, “The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.”

In Psalm 55:17, David wrote, “Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.” Psalm 18:6 says, “In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears.”

I love these verses. Crying out comes from a heart that knows unless the Lord intervenes, there is no hope. Psalm 61:1 says, “Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You…” Are you in desperate straits? Cry out! We demonstrate where our trust is when we cry out.

Praying With Joy ~ Part One

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I began my journey to meditate through Philippians. The Holy Spirit arrested me at verse four. It says, “Always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy.” This is why I love meditating through a book. He shows me things that were hidden before in my reading.

Let me ask you: do you pray with joy for the ones you pray for? I haven’t. I’m usually so intent on presenting others to the Lord with their dire needs. I went back to Acts 16:6-10. Paul and his team had intentions to go preach the  gospel in Asia. Forbidden. They tried to go to Bithynia. Not permitted.

Then, in a vision, Paul received the Macedonian call. You can read what happened in verses 11-15. As I looked at the map in the back of my Bible, Philippi was way at the tip of his journey. The time was dated as AD 49-52.