November 2, 2007
Lost Prayers ODB RADIO: Listen Now <http://www.rbc.org/odb/odb-11-02-07.shtml##> | Download <http://rbc.edgeboss.net/download/rbc/odb/2007/11/odb-11-02-07.mp3> READ: Psalm 86:1-7 <http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?language=english&version=NIV&passage=P salm+86%3a1-7> In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, for You will answer me. -Psalm 86:7 About this cover <http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/our_daily_bread/cover/56620.aspx> The headline read: Unanswered Prayers: Letters To God Found Dumped In Ocean. The letters, 300 in all and sent to a New Jersey minister, had been tossed in the ocean, most of them unopened. The minister was long dead. How the letters came to be floating in the surf off the New Jersey shore is a mystery. The letters were addressed to the minister because he had promised to pray. Some of the letters asked for frivolous things; others were written by anguished spouses, children, or widows. They poured out their hearts to God, asking for help with relatives who were abusing drugs and alcohol, or spouses who were cheating on them. One asked God for a husband and father to love her child. The reporter concluded that all were "unanswered prayers." Not so! If those letter-writers cried out to God, He heard each one of them. Not one honest prayer is lost to His ears. "All my desire is before You," David wrote in the midst of a deep personal crisis, "and my sighing is not hidden from You" (Ps. 38:9). David understood that we can cast all our cares on the Lord, even if no one else prays for us. He confidently concluded, "In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, for You will answer me" (86:7) -David H. Roper <http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/our_daily_bread/writer/4561.aspx> God has given you His promise That He hears and answers prayer; He will heed your supplication If you cast on Him your care. -Bernstecher Jesus hears our faintest cry. Jumat, 2 November DOA-DOA YANG HILANG Pada hari kesesakanku aku berseru kepada-Mu, sebab Engkau menjawab aku (Mazmur 86:7) Bacaan: Mazmur 86:1-7 Setahun: Yeremia 27-29; Titus 3 Sebuah judul berita berbunyi: Doa-doa yang Tak Terjawab: Surat-surat untuk Tuhan Ditemukan Terbuang di Lautan. Surat-surat itu, yang berjumlah 300 buah dan dikirimkan kepada seorang pendeta di New Jersey, telah dibuang ke laut. Kebanyakan surat itu belum dibuka. Pendeta tersebut sudah lama meninggal. Bagaimana ratusan surat itu bisa ditemukan terapung-apung di atas ombak pantai New Jersey, masih menjadi misteri. Surat-surat itu ditujukan kepada sang pendeta karena ia berjanji untuk mendoakannya. Beberapa surat meminta hal-hal yang tidak keruan; yang lainnya ditulis oleh pasangan, anak-anak, atau janda yang sedang menderita. Mereka menumpahkan isi hati mereka kepada Allah, memohon pertolongan untuk saudara mereka yang menyalahgunakan obat dan alkohol, atau pasangan yang mengkhianati mereka. Ada satu surat yang minta seorang suami dan ayah yang mencintai anaknya. Reporter itu menyimpulkan, semua surat itu adalah "doa-doa yang tak terjawab". Tidak demikian! Jika para penulis surat itu berseru kepada Allah, maka Dia mendengar setiap seruan mereka. Tak satu pun doa yang jujur terlewat dari telinga-Nya. "Engkau mengetahui segala keinginanku," Daud menulis di tengah-tengah krisis pribadi yang mendalam, "dan keluhku pun tidak tersembunyi bagi-Mu" (Mazmur 38:10). Daud mengerti bahwa kita bisa menyerahkan segala kesusahan kita kepada Tuhan, bahkan jika tidak ada orang lain yang mau mendoakan kita. Dengan penuh keyakinan, ia menyimpulkan, "Pada hari kesesakanku aku berseru kepada-Mu, sebab Engkau menjawab aku" (86:7) -DHR YESUS MENDENGAR SERUAN KITA YANG PALING LEMAH ________________________________ Mazmur 86:1-7 86:1 Doa Daud. Sendengkanlah telinga-Mu, ya TUHAN, jawablah aku, sebab sengsara dan miskin aku. 86:2 Peliharalah nyawaku, sebab aku orang yang Kaukasihi, selamatkanlah hamba-Mu yang percaya kepada-Mu. 86:3 Engkau adalah Allahku, kasihanilah aku, ya Tuhan, sebab kepada-Mulah aku berseru sepanjang hari. 86:4 Buatlah jiwa hamba-Mu bersukacita, sebab kepada-Mulah, ya Tuhan, kuangkat jiwaku. 86:5 Sebab Engkau, ya Tuhan, baik dan suka mengampuni dan berlimpah kasih setia bagi semua orang yang berseru kepada-Mu. 86:6 Pasanglah telinga kepada doaku, ya TUHAN, dan perhatikanlah suara permohonanku. 86:7 Pada hari kesesakanku aku berseru kepada-Mu, sebab Engkau menjawab aku. ________________________________ "This e-mail (including any attachments) is intended solely for the addressee and could contain information that is confidential; If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this e-mail and any attachment is strictly prohibited and you should immediately delete it. 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