THE UPPER ROOM DEVOTIONAL 28TH SEPTEMBER 2025, FRIDAY MESSAGE
Like A Child
Lin Daniels (Massachusetts, USA)
Today’s Reading
Psalm 86:1-7
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. – 1 John 5:14 (NIV)
Nine-year-old Emmie raised her hand with a prayer concern during our church service. First, she requested prayer for the people experiencing war in Ukraine. And then she asked for prayer to be able to make a sound when she blew into her flute. Apparently, she had just begun to take flute lessons, and only silence had prevailed!
What a lovely example of prayer. With her first request, Emmie was thinking about others, asking for the working of God’s peaceful presence in conflict. Her second request was personal — the longing of a young musician’s heart. It was very important to Emmie but maybe not to anyone else. Yet God desires for us to bring all our concerns to God.
God cares for the whole world and for us personally with the same amount of love, mercy, and compassion.
Today’s Prayer
Dear Lord, may we confidently bring our concerns to you, trusting that you care about each one. Amen.
Thought for the Day
God cares for me and my concerns — big and small.
Prayer Focus
People experiencing war
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