Read 1 John 5:6–15
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we
ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
1 John 5:14
What breathing is to a physical person, prayer is to a spiritual person.
If our heart is fixed on Christ and we are trying to glorify Him, we are
praying even when we are not conscious of it.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the famous preacher, was working
hard on a message but was unable to complete it. It grew late, and his
wife said, “Why don’t you go to bed. I’ll wake you up early, and you
can finish your sermon in the morning.”
Spurgeon dozed off and in his sleep began to preach the sermon
that was giving him so much trouble! His wife wrote down what he
said, and the next morning gave her preacher-husband the notes.
“Why, that’s exactly what I wanted to say!” exclaimed the surprised preacher. The message had been in his heart; it had simply
needed expression. So it is with prayer: If we are abiding in Christ,
the very desires of our heart are heard by God whether we voice them
or not.
Something to Ponder
What are some of the “desires of your heart” (Ps. 37:4) that you
haven’t expressed to God in a while?