Prayer during Distress

15 September 2011- Prayer during Distress  

Psalm 61: It is a devotion and request to God through prayer, in the day of our distress and trouble,  which can relieve us and enable us to walk in peace.

 Wherever we are, as children of God, we have the right to access to the throne of Grace, either in sorrow  nor in solitude. The burden may to be too heavy to bear due to physical and mental strain. “Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.”James 5:13  

¹ Hear my cry, O God; 
   listen to my prayer.

This is the way you have to act and resort to typical prayer:

• “do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God”. Philippians 4:6
• “Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come to you. Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. Psalm 102:1-2

• “Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary”. Psalm 28:2

² From the ends of the earth I call to you, 

   I call as my heart grows faint; 
   lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 

when you are far off or, so depressed God knows the heart  and will lend a helping hand.

• ‘For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.’ Psalm 27:5
• ‘The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold’. Psalm 18:2
• He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. Psalm 62:6

³ For you have been  my refuge, 

   a strong tower against the foe.

• ‘The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe’. Proverbs 18:10
• ‘The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold’. Psalm 18:2

 ⁴ I long to dwell in your tent forever 
   and take refuge in the shelter of your wings,

• ‘Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings’. Psalm 17:8
• ‘Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever’. Psalm 23:6

    "I called on the LORD in distress;
   The LORD answered me and set me in a broad place." Psalm 118:5

• "When the LORD brought back the captivity .......,We were like those who dream.Then our mouth was filled with laughter,And our tongue with singing.........,The LORD has done great things for them.The LORD has done great things for us. And we are glad."Psalm 126:1-3

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