My heart has heard You say, ‘Come and talk with Me.’ And my heart responds, ‘Lord, I am coming.’

— Psalm 27:8

Speak, Lord, for Your servant is listening.

— 1 Samuel 3:10

Call to Me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

— Jeremiah 33:3

Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

— Psalm 143:8

14 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

— 1 John 5:13-14

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and salvation from Christ to you.

Prayer is not complicated; it is simply conversation with God Almighty. We can pray to God because He is personal. He hears and answers us according to His good will and perfect timing.’ We draw close to our Creator and Redeemer through prayer. Because God is poised to provide, prayer should be a believer’s posture, purpose, passion, and persistent practice.

In Daniel 9:4-19, God’s faithful servant Daniel provided a model for prayer in his adoration, gratitude, confession, and petition. In adoration, we recall the incredible divine attributes of our Creator, Redeemer, and Lord – who He is. We thank God for what He has done as the perfect promise – keeper who loves His people well. In confession, we humbly, honestly, transparently, and remorsefully admit our wrongdoing. And in petition, we ask God for what we need to live a flourishing life for His glory and the good of His people. How blessed and privileged we are that we can come forward to God’s throne of mercy to converse with Him in His loving presence!