Our Daily Bread for Teens 3 November 2021 Devotional for Day 307 Message By Our Daily Bread Ministries
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TOPIC: The Right Way to Pray
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:5-15
KEY VERSE: When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen – Matthew 6:6
MESSAGE: I look up to people who write their prayers in their diaries. They are people who often carry their diaries around with them, keeping track of every prayer and praise—and updating them as God answers or challenges them.
And I look up to the people I know who wear out their carpets because of the amount of time they spend kneeling in prayer. For years, I tried to copy their styles, to re-create their ‘perfect’ prayer lives. I really wanted to learn the right way to pray.
After a while God showed me that He simply wants prayer that begins and ends with humility (Matt. 6:5). He invites us into an open and honest conversation through which He promises to listen (v.6). He never asks for fancy or memorised words or phrases (v.7). He tells us that prayer is a gift, an opportunity to focus on God and rest in all He is (vv.9-10), to deepen our confidence in Him (v.11) and to find our security in His forgiveness and leading (vv.12-13).
God promises us He hears and cares about every single spoken and unspoken prayer, as well as the prayers that simply come out as silent tears. As we trust in God and His perfect love, relying on His ways and His care, we can be sure that we’re praying the right way.
REFLECT: TURNING TO JESUS AS OUR LOVING SAVIOUR AND LORD IS THE RIGHT WAY TO PRAY.
Our Daily Bread for Teens 3 November 2021 Devotional was written By Our Daily Bread Ministries (ODB). Our Daily Bread Teens Edition a reading plan with bite-sized devotions and relatable stories that help teenagers connect the timeless wisdom of God’s Word to their daily life.