What if you are reading these devotionals from week to week and have not studied and applied Prayer Portions in prayer? These devotionals will stand alone, but they build on the basics. Perhaps you need an overview of some foundational truths about prayer and communicating with God.
Read more: Core Truths from Prayer Portions by Sylvia Gunter
Be blessed to receive love from your Abba today and every day, so that you will know that you have worth, you are valued, and you are cherished.
Be blessed to know that you are a treasure to Him. Be blessed to know that He never stops being your dear tender Abba.
Listen to Zephaniah 3:17. "The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing." Listen again from the Amplified Bible.
Editors' note: This series explores key doctrines of the Christian faith and their practical ramifications for everyday life. Earlier in this series:
D. A. Carson on Christ's intercession
Sam Storms on Christ's second coming
Robert Peterson on adoption
Greg Allison on divine omniscience
Fred Sanders on the Trinity
Randy Alcorn on heaven
John Frame on divine providence
Read more: DEATH HAS BEEN SWALLOWED UP BY DEATH by Gavin Ortlund
In our culture and language the word rest can sound like a simple word. We talk of taking a rest which usually means a short break long enough to regain some strength but never quite long enough for a full recovery before we have to start again. So it is no wonder that when we hear God say "rest in me," we don't begin to understand what He means. God is inviting us to a God-size rest.
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