Finding God’s Help ​

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Finding God’s Help

Mark 11:24

Have you ever wanted something /so much that you kept begging and begging your parents /to get it for you?

Perhaps they think () you are not quite ready /for whatever it is.

But you want it /so much () you keep on[ bugging them for it].

Finally, after a long while, you give up and figure () you are never going to get it.

You have lost hope. You have lost faith //that [what you want] will ever be yours.

Sometimes the same thing happens /when we pray /to God. We want something so much that we beg him for it.

When God doesn’t grant [us] [our request], we think () he’s not listening.

We think () he doesn’t care.

We pray so long and so hard that we pray ourselves right out of faith.

But the Bible teaches that God always hears our prayers.

Like your parents, he may not think () you’re ready /for whatever you are asking.

Or maybe he knows () it would not be best for you.

Or maybe he fully intends [to answer your prayer], but it just isn’t the right time.

Now is the time /to simply trust God and believe () he knows [what he’s doing].

We have to let [our prayer] [rest with him /until he is ready to make it happen].

Dear Lord, I believe that you will answer my prayers /in your way and your time.

Help [me] [to learn what it means to let my prayer rest in your hands]. Amen.