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Psalm 25:1-22
What motivates you to talk with God? Throughout the Scriptures, we are commanded to pray. In fact, Jesus—the Son of God—considered prayer so essential that He regularly left the crowds to seek time alone with His Father (Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16).
Any relationship requires communication if it is to grow and flourish, and that includes our relationship with God.
David was a man who knew the Lord intimately. Since he recorded many of his prayers in the psalms, we are able to catch a glimpse of his heart as he poured out his soul before the Lord. Today’s passage shows us five reasons that we, too, should come to God in prayer:
1. Guidance (Psalm 25:4-5). If we ask, the Lord will lead and teach us.
2. Forgiveness (Psalm 25:7; Psalm 25:11). Each day we need God’s cleansing for sin and His power to repent and turn back to Him.
3. Decisions (Psalm 25:12). When we reverentially fear God, He instructs us in the way we should choose.
4. Trouble (Psalm 25:16-18). When we’re overwhelmed by difficulties, no one can comfort us like the Lord.
5. Protection (Psalm 25:19-20). God is the one who guards our soul and rescues us from the enemy’s attacks.
When we seek the Lord, He becomes our refuge. God understands our weaknesses and invites us to come to Him with all our concerns. It’s in the intimacy of prayer that we learn to know His faithfulness, compassion, and love. Then we can say, as David did, “O my God, in You I trust” (Psalm 25:2).
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