{"id":1209,"date":"2021-08-03T02:37:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T02:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2021-08-01T23:41:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T23:41:24","slug":"blessed-hour-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/blessed-hour-of-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessed Hour of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, August 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blessed Hour of Prayer\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you ever found yourself \u2018in over your head?\u2019 While this term is most often used to refer to swimming in water that is deeper than your height, it\u2019s a saying that applies on dry land too because let\u2019s face it, you do not need to go out into the deep of the sea to be in over your head. While some of our troubles come from disobedience there are some troubles which remain a mystery for now. But this we know \u2013 God uses each tribulation, every tear, all of your trials to teach us of His sustaining power and reminds us to come to Him in prayer. As our verse for today says \u2018casting all your care upon Him\u2019<\/em> through prayer.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fact, we are unable to solve all the problems we face, but the good news is that we do not have to. We can pray to the Father and He will lend us His strength. God\u2019s power is unlimited and His hand is near. When we don\u2019t know what to do, He promises to guide us. When weakness comes, we can ask for His strength. When worried about others, we can entrust the situation to Him.<\/p>\n

So what will you choose, prayer or worry? When you worry, it says you think you can solve your own problems without God or even better than God can. But you were not built to handle problems in your own strength. You were created by God to be dependent upon Him, so bring Him your challenges in life and allow Him to help you with them.<\/p>\n

Whenever we face turmoil, we have a direct line to our Father\u2014through prayer. He will never abandon us when our troubles overwhelm us. Franny Crosby wrote in her hymn Blessed Hour of Prayer:<\/p>\n

\u201cTis the blessed hour of prayer, when our hearts lowly bend,<\/em><\/p>\n

And we gather to Jesus, our Savior and Friend;<\/em><\/p>\n

If we come to Him in faith, His protection to share,<\/em><\/p>\n

What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Whatever we need, we can ask Him. We were never called to live the Christian life on our own resources. We only do that when we forget who we are. We\u2019re called to put our whole heart into it, so that the Holy Spirit can do through us what we could never do on our own. That\u2019s why `in over our heads` is an opportunity for God to do something amazing and get the glory!<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in over your head – deeper than your own ability, is it time to ask for God\u2019s resources?<\/p>\n

Prayer for today<\/strong>: Father God, forgive me for trying to do this in my own strength. You are my one and only Source of peace. I cannot do this alone. I need You. \u00a0Right now, I commit to You all of my worries and concerns\u2014big and small. They are too much for me, but they are not too difficult for You. I\u2019m asking for Your wisdom, Your perseverance, and Your strength. Help me to trust You more and more. In Jesus\u2019 Name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, August 3 Blessed Hour of Prayer\u00a0\u00a0 Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 Have you ever found yourself \u2018in over your head?\u2019 While this term is most often used to refer to swimming in water that is deeper than your height, it\u2019s a saying that applies on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1213,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions\/1213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}