Thy Kingdom Come Prayer Journal
Day 7 - Listens
Reflection
‘O LORD, you have searched me and known me. You know
when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts
from far away. Even before a word is on my tongue,
O LORD, you know it completely.’
Psalm 139: 1, 2, 4 (NRSV)
In Psalm 139 we hear how God knows
everything about us; He knows our
thoughts before we have them, He knows
our words before we speak them, and
knows more about us than we do ourselves.
This is why we can have utter confidence
that He hears all of our prayers.
God has answered so many prayers in my
life, when I have walked closely and when,
sadly, I have walked away. I remember when
I was 18 nearly 19, a feisty, independent
city girl working for a big oil company with
a fabulous job and an even more fabulous
fiancé, my life felt pretty sorted. Then things
started to come crashing down; within
a week my fiancé and I split up, we had
a sudden family trauma with two deaths
within two days, and one of them was my
beloved grandma, (my grandma who always
prayed a special prayer with me that I still
pray every night with my children).
Whilst in the hospital I was really
struggling and my father asked me to be
strong for him – but I didn’t have any
strength to give – I fully understood, it
was his mum, she was dying. I stumbled
across the hospital chapel, entered, knelt,
and prayed. I prayed that if God was there,
He would help, give me strength, that I
was sorry that I had ignored Him for a
long time but right here I couldn’t do this
without Him. And He gave me a strength
that was beyond myself, and I was able to
be supportive to those I loved so dearly
through the darkest of days. He didn’t heal
my grandma but he carried me through.
And that was the biggest turning point
for me in my life; the God of everything
breaking through as I turned to Him.
He had heard my cries and, as Bishop
Michael Curry says, it changed the
equation of the moment.
Pause and pray
Take time to pray for your
five people – that they will
turn to God in prayer, that
they will know His love and
that He is always with them.
"Living The Kingdom" Action
Can you share with your
five friends that you are
praying for them and that
God always hears their
prayers?