God responds
Let’s praise God!
He listened when I prayed,
and he is always kind. ~ Psalm 66:20 (CEV)
...your Father knows what you need before you ask. ~ Matthew 6:8 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
God is very responsive to our needs.
PRAYER:
Kind and gracious God, you always know exactly what we need. Thank you for being so responsive. Forgive me for thinking that you are stingy and unresponsive when your response is different from what I expect. Help me to embrace your bigger picture responses. I'm going to trust that you know better than I what my real needs are. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
