Title: The Promise and Power of the Listening Ear
Text:
Psalm 34:15-16 (HCSB)
15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry for help. 16 The face of the Lord is set against those who do what is evil, to erase all memory of them from the earth.
Observation:
As I read my bible it becomes obvious that God makes a distinction between the righteous and the wicked.
One of the areas that the Lord makes a distinction is prayer. However, there is some good news for the wicked. God's heart is tender toward you; He offers forgiveness for all of your sins. There is nothing that you can do that will diminish God's love for you. He is relentless in his desire to give you the gift of righteousness.
2 Peter 3:9 (HCSB)
The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
The heavenly Father is waiting to hear the prayer of the repentant sinner. He desires to clothe you with the righteousness of His only begotten Son so that you don't have to die for your own sins. He has His eyes on you, and He is waiting for you to come to Him, and be clothed with His righteousness. Then you will be in a position to live in His presence forever.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (HCSB)
He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Prayer:
Father God, my dear Father, I praise and thank you that you are a righteous God. However, I am grateful for your love for and forgiveness of sinners like me. Father, I thank you for the blood of Jesus that covers all of my sins, and gives me access to the throne of God.
Father, I ask that you hear the prayer of faith that I pray for my family and my friends today. Father, for any that are not righteous in your eyes I pray that they will pray this prayer, "Lord, be merciful to me a sinner". In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
What a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!
Source: http://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/789#ixzz39QHA2vWN
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Matthew 4:4 (HCSB)
4 But He answered, "It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
Psalm 2:8 (HCSB)
8 Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.
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