Tuesday... So, let's just be specific.

Many times we are it seems afraid to be specific when we pray to God. I wonder why that is true? But David writes in Psalm 31:22 (AMP). "As for me, I said in my alarm, 'I am cut off from your eyes.' Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests) when I cried to You [for help]."

The Message puts it this way, "Trapped by a siege, I panicked' 'Out of sight, out of mind.' I said. But you heard me say it, you heard and listened." Now that is a great time to be specific.

The New Living Translation says, "In panic I cried out, 'I am cut off from the Lord!' But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help."

Now desperation brings on being specific, doesn't it? And too many times that is when we are specific but God wants us, no matter what, to come to Him and be specific in our requests so what do you need today? What would you ask for if you felt that you had God's attention? What do you really need? So, let's just be specific.

And then verses 23-24 (AMP) says, "O love the Lord, all you His godly ones! The Lord preserves the faithful [those with moral and spiritual integrity] and fully repays the [self-righteous of the] arrogant. Be strong and let your hearts take courage, all you who wait for and confidently expect the Lord." The NLT says (vs.24), "So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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