2023 Retreat Preparatory Prayers - Day 19: Hear Our Cry Oh Lord-Personal prayers

“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.”
— 1 John 5:14

God is amazing. He has made every provision for everything so that no one will say God is not fair. He has made it possible for us to approach Him in confidence knowing that He will hear us when we ask him of something that is in his will. According to 1 Peter 3:12 - "For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." His eyes are on the righteous and he pays attention to what they ask from him. He is a faithful father, although with many children, pays attention to everyone who calls on him. Therefore as stated in 1 John 5:15 - "And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him." We asked knowing that we already got it. This encourages us to call on him according to Jeremiah 29:12-13; "Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." He listens to the cry of our hearts.

Today our focused is on our personal needs. We will pray and trust God to answer us from his only hill.