The Lord says,
“I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help.
I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’
to a nation that did not call on my name.
All day long I opened my arms to a rebellious people.
But they follow their own evil paths
and their own crooked schemes.
Isaiah 65:1-2 NLT
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When we pray,
we open the door for God to come into our problems
and situations and work on them.
Joyce Meyer
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Holy Father,
I am so sorry.
I have felt the pain of being overlooked, dismissed and ignored,
but I had no idea that we cause You to feel these things, too.
You have given us everything we have, yet we fail to thank You.
You have protected us, but we fail to acknowledge You.
You are Lord of all, but we fail to honor You.
You reach out for us, but we trust our own poor thinking instead of You.
Forgive our tiny conceits and tunnel vision.
Turn our hearts and minds to You, we pray.
You are right here among us, Lord. We are known as your people.
Please don’t abandon us now!” (Jeremiah 14:9b NLT)
In Jesus’ name, Amen.