THE UPPER ROOM DEVOTIONAL 13TH MAY 2025, TUESDAY MESSAGE
Read The Upper Room Devotional 13th May 2025 written by Pradeep Diarsa (Gujarat, India)
TOPIC: God Is Present
Today’s Reading
Psalm 66:16
Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me. – Psalm 66:20 (NRSVUE)
On July 10, 2022, after finishing my job for the day, I began my journey home. I had to get home to care for my wife, who was suffering from a fever. That evening it was raining heavily all over our city, and the ground was becoming waterlogged.
I was moving forward in knee-deep water, and trees had fallen all around. As I stepped over a huge fallen tree, I began to sink deeper in the water into a crater created by an uprooted tree. It was impossible to get help in the middle of the night.
So I called upon God: “O God, save me. Pull me out from this crater!” And God answered my prayer. As soon as I got out of the hole, I remembered the words of Psalm 23:4 — “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
Prayers spoken in faith are always heard by God who can see us through any situation. I am alive today because of God’s mercy and grace.
Today’s Prayer
Gracious and loving God, we are thankful that you never forsake us, even when we are in some dark valley. Help us to trust you always. We pray in the name of our Savior, Jesus. Amen.
Thought for the Day
God is my very present help.
Prayer Focus
Communities recovering from floods
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