Good Morning All,
Psalm 50:15; “Call on me in times of trouble. I will rescue you, and you will honor
me.”
I still don’t
fully comprehend or fully utilize 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 the young (does your mother
know you are out this late?) salesman tries to explain how “simple” it is.
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 affects
the way you live. A true personal prayer
in 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 in
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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