KEEP PRAYING
Today's reading: Daniel 7-12

Maybe it was just for me. Or, maybe, just maybe, one of you might need the little gem God placed in my lap this morning...

I will admit it, I do not see all my prayers answered. No, I don't. There are some prayers for which I've been petitioning the throne for years. There are the recurring sins I deal with on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis. There are those, for whom I pray, who seem to wander farther, annoy more greatly and hurt more now that when I began praying.

Is that where you find yourself?

Are your lost loved ones lost-er? Are your struggles occurring more often, getting you in more trouble with each occurrence? Do you see nothing happening, nothing at all, to the length of your prayer list?

Then, dear friend, read it for yourself:

"Daniel, I have come here to give you insight and understanding. The moment you began praying, a command was given. I am here to tell you what it was, for God loves you very much..." Daniel 9:23 NLT

God sent an angel to let Daniel in on a little secret: Things begin happening when a child of God's prays!

We don't have to see marked improvement. We shouldn't expect to be marking prayer off our lists of things to do. We have no right, no right what so ever, to place a time limit or a deadline on what we ask of God.

I needed the reminder today. Did you?