Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

— John 16:24

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus.

— Philippians 4:19

4 Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

— Psalm 37:4-5

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

— Matthew 7:7

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

— Mark 11:24

God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power.

— Ephesians 3:20

But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

— Psalm 66:19

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and love from Christ to you.

A person who does not pray misses out on witnessing God’s rich blessings through answered prayer. A prayerless life forfeits the gift of daily knowing, seeing, and embracing God’s presence. This lack of necessary spiritual nourishment leaves a person starved of hope and without a viable witness to God’s presence or power among His people.

To believe in the joy and power of prayer fuels a believer in every circumstance. Studying Daniel, we see the highs and lows of life in a fallen world. But God’s presence, grace, mercy, and encouragement flowed constantly into Daniel’s life. And because God never changes, these same benefits of prayer are available to all who lift their adoration, thankfulness, repentance, and petitions to our awesome God today. Through prayer, believers experience the privilege of participating in God’s ongoing work in the world.