Pray Like Jesus - The Crosswalk Devotional - July 21

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 “Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” - [Mark 11:24]( Prayer. It’s a lifeline to those of us who know the Lord. Do we approach God’s throne room with confidence? Or stand outside that door, timidly, wondering if we should even voice our plea? For me, I like to picture myself as a little child who knows she is welcome. I can just open the door and walk in, climb onto my father’s lap, and tell him what I need. God is never too busy to hear from us ([1 Peter 3:12](. And when we are in trouble, God’s ears are open to us ([Psalm 34:17](. We’re also told that God answers our prayers before we’re even done asking ([Isaiah 54:24](. Standing at the grave of our baby granddaughter in 2016, I remembered the many tearful prayers I had prayed from the very moment we heard Olivia had Trisomy 18, a terminal genetic disorder. She would never live a normal life. It was after her birth I learned she might not make it to her birth.
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