{"id":13948,"date":"2013-08-12T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=13948"},"modified":"2013-08-12T11:14:33","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T16:14:33","slug":"i-call-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/12\/i-call-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"I Call to You"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Whether gazing at the stars, sitting with a loved one at the hospital, driving down the interstate, or kneeling by my bed, these are all special and intimate times if I\u2019m calling out to my Heavenly Father to meet me in a time of prayer.<\/p>\n

When someone prays, it\u2019s NEVER mundane or ordinary.\u00a0 For you see, the act of praying draws you to the throne room of our great God.\u00a0 You make your dependence and love known for Him in those increments of time \u2013 whether it be moments or a long stretch of time.\u00a0 When praying, you\u2019ve just summoned the God of all creation into your presence to hear the matters and concerns of your heart! \u00a0And after you speak, you want Him to speak into your heart to give answers, direction, calmness, wisdom, and peace.<\/p>\n

As I read Psalm 141, David makes many requests of the Lord in this prayer.\u00a0 But today, my heart\u2019s drawn to the first 2 verses.\u00a0 Here, David begins with a sense of urgency and reveals his desire for his prayer to please the Lord.<\/p>\n

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O LORD, I call to you; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to you.
\nMay my prayer be set before you like incense;
\nmay the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
\nPsalms 141:1-2<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

David loved God, and because of their relationship, he desired for his prayers to be pleasing to God.\u00a0 When you pray, a grateful heart toward Him should overflow and spill into your words. Those words of yours will be pleasing and beautiful to God.\u00a0 He desires to hear every word of your every prayer.<\/p>\n

Oh, like David, how I want God to come quickly to me and hear my voice when I cry out to Him! And just like the beautiful aroma that incense makes, may my prayers float heavenward to my God in a way that reminds Him of incense!\u00a0 And in praise, may my hands be lifted at times to God to show my great love and adoration for Him!\u00a0 He listens, cares, loves, answers, and forgives!<\/p>\n

Friends, are you calling to God?\u00a0 And calling often?\u00a0 Do you desire for your prayers to be set before Him like incense?\u00a0 Do you praise Him in your life and in your prayers?<\/p>\n

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Lord, when I gaze at the stars, let my words be like incense as I praise You for Your great and mighty handiwork that only You could design.\u00a0 Lord, when I sit praying for a sick friend, come quickly to hear my heart\u2019s cry for help and comfort.\u00a0 Lord, when I\u2019m driving down the interstate praying for the concerns of my heart, thank You for listening when I call to You.\u00a0 And, Lord, when I kneel by my bed or bow my head in reverence to You at anytime, thank You for caring, listening, and helping Your child who loves and needs You!\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 precious Name I pray, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whether gazing at the stars, sitting with a loved one at the hospital, driving down the interstate, or kneeling by my bed, these are all special and intimate times if I\u2019m calling out to my Heavenly Father to meet me in a time of prayer. When someone prays, it\u2019s NEVER mundane or ordinary.\u00a0 For you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[3226,3175,3173,1287,425,791,3225,3174],"class_list":["post-13948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-call-on-him","tag-cheris-gaston","tag-daily-devotional","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-prayer","tag-psalm-1411-2","tag-seeking-him-devotional","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-3CY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13948"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13974,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13948\/revisions\/13974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}