Good Morning All,
Psalm 50:15; “Call on me
in times of trouble. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.”
I am still trying to figure out my smartphone. I have quickly discovered it is smarter than
me. I keep having people tell me how
your phone can do everything for you.
You just need get an “app” for it.
I heard on the radio the other day that there is an “app” that will
allow your phone to help diagnose skin cancer.
All you do is take a picture of the mole or spot on your skin and with
this “app” it will tell you if it is malignant or not.
There are apps for the weather, for the stock
or commodity markets, for the news, there are apps to allow you to set your
thermostat or lights in your house when you are away, or any one of literally
thousands of different app that can make your smartphone do incredible
things. Some of the apps are free and
some are very expensive. Yet you need to
have the app on your smartphone in order to get the benefit of the app. You also need to learn how to use the app
properly and you need to be sure that the phone you have has the necessary
add-ons in order to make it work as well.
They are nice to have but they can be difficult to handle especially
when the “one size fits all” app doesn’t fit your phone. Or you need an upgrade in either your phone
or your service plan. I really get a
headache about the time that Jamie (my phone guru salesperson) tries to explain
this.
The thing about the apps
is that you have to put them on your phone and you often have to pay for
them. The other thing is that when you
really need them; the best you can do is guess if they will actually work. Those are things that we do not have to do
with prayer. Prayer exists for you from
the moment that you are given into faith.
God has promised to hear the call of his children. We don’t have to buy anything or even really
understand how it works. It just
works!! Prayers to God get results!! The results may not be what we think we want
but honest prayers get results. The
results aren’t always a visible effect but are often a spiritual effect. We may not be healed of our pain but God
gives us the peace to deal with it and the hope of our salvation. Prayer affects the way you live but it also
effects the way you live. A true
personal prayer life effects or changes the way you view life, the way you
experience life and even the outcome of your life.
Prayer gives you the
constant interaction with God; along with a devotional time you have the
conversation time with God. We listen to
him through his Word and we speak to him through our prayers and all without an
app!
Dearest Father, you
encourage us to call upon you for you give us the hope and peace that we so
desperately seek. Give us the wisdom to
bring all things to you that we may find in you all that we need. Be with those who are at greatest need of
your peace. Lead them to call to
you. In Jesus’ precious name we pray,
amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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