The Upper Room 7 January 2024 Devotional
The Upper Room 7 January 2024 Devotional, Sunday Message by Madeline Kalu (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
TOPIC: God Provides
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TODAY’S READING
1 Kings 17:7-16
My God will meet your every need out of his riches in the glory that is found in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:19 (CEB)
When a great drought hit, the water pump in our house broke. My parents didn’t have the money to buy a new one. We prayed constantly for rain, but it didn’t rain.
We cannot live without water. But thankfully some neighbors who had sophisticated water pumps with sufficient water supply offered to help. They allowed my family to take as much water as we needed. So every day my parents and I carried buckets to the neighbors’ houses to fetch water until the dry season was over.
This experience was a reminder to me that God doesn’t always answer prayers the way we want or expect. It didn’t rain immediately after we prayed. But God answered our prayers according to our needs by bringing us kindhearted neighbors to provide water for us to use every day.
TODAY’S PRAYER
God our provider, help us to trust that you will answer our prayers even if the answer is not what we expect. We give thanks for the help you offer us and pray as Jesus taught us, “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen” (Matt. 6:9-13, KJV).
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
God will provide for my needs in God’s way.
PRAYER FOCUS
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