At the beginning of this week, I decided to be more intentional in prayer about a few specific concerns on my heart, believing that prayer to the One who hears and answers is powerful!

Prayer changes things, not the least of which is the condition of our own hearts. And I was reminded just yesterday that as we spend time with the LORD, the impact of His Spirit can reach far beyond our own private thoughts.

We desire to know Him and make Him known. What could help us to do that more than to pursue dialogue with Him, to dig into His words written for us, and to allow His Spirit and His heart to radiate from within us?

I pray today’s breakfast psalm (shared in a prayer app this morning) will encourage each of us along this path:

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘖𝘋. ⁣

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱.

⁣𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬; ⁣

𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯. ⁣

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥; ⁣

𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥. ⁣

𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩,

𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.

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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵, ⁣𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺, ⁣𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦.⁣

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵.

⁣𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳, ⁣𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨.⁣

𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦, ⁣𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. ⁣

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦; ⁣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳. ⁣

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥, ⁣𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥. ⁣

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺, ⁣𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣.

⁣𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵, ⁣𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

⁣𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵?

𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴.⁣

𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴! ⁣

𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘮𝘦. ⁣

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 ⁣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯. ⁣

𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 ⁣

𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵

⁣𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶, 𝘖 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋, ⁣

𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳.⁣⁣

𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝟏𝟗, 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴