[ 2 Kings 20:1 - 20:6 ] - hymn 361 I have heard your prayer and seen your tears I will heal you. [ 2 KINGS 20:5 ] ¡°Prayers for an upcoming brain scan.¡± ¡°That my kids would come back to church.¡± ¡°Comfort for Dave, who lost his wife.¡± Our card ministry team receives a weekly list of prayer requests like these so we can pray and send each person a hand- written note. The requests are overwhelming, and our efforts can feel small and unnoticed. That changed after I received a heartfelt thank-you card from Dave, the recently bereaved husband, with a copy of his beloved wife¡¯s obituary. I realized anew that prayer matters.
Jesus modeled that we should pray earnestly, often, and with hopeful faith. His time on earth was limited, but He prioritized getting away by Himself to pray (MARK 1:35 6:46 14:32).
Hundreds of years earlier, Hezekiah, the king of Judah, learned this lesson too. He was told that an illness would soon take his life (2 KINGS 20:1). In distress and weeping bitterly, Hezekiah ¡°turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord¡± (V. 2). In this instance, God¡¯s response was immediate. He healed Hezekiah¡¯s sickness, added fifteen years to his life, and promised to rescue the kingdom from an adversary (VV. 5-6). God answered his prayer not because Hezekiah was living a good life, but ¡°for [his] own honor and for the sake of [his] servant David¡± (V. 6 NLT). We may not always receive what we ask for, but we can be sure that God is working in and through every prayer. KAREN PIMPO | | [ ¿¿Õ±âÇÏ 20:1 - 20:6 ] - Âù¼Û°¡ 361 Àå ³»°¡ ³× ±âµµ¸¦ µé¾ú°í ³× ´«¹°À» º¸¾Ò³ë¶ó ³»°¡ ³Ê¸¦ ³´°Ô Çϸ®´Ï [¿¿Õ±âÇÏ 20:5] ¡°°ð ÀÖÀ» ³ú °Ë»ç¸¦ À§ÇØ ±âµµÇØ ÁÖ¼¼¿ä.¡± ¡°¿ì¸® ¾ÆÀ̵éÀÌ ±³È¸·Î µ¹¾Æ¿À±â¸¦.¡± ¡°¾Æ³»¸¦ ÀÒÀº µ¥À̺꿡°Ô À§·Î°¡ Àֱ⸦.¡± Ä«µå »ç¿ª ÆÀÀº ¸ÅÁÖ ÀÌ·± ±âµµ Á¦¸ñµéÀ» ¹Þ¾Æ Áߺ¸±âµµÇÏ°í ÇÑ »ç¶÷ ÇÑ »ç¶÷¿¡°Ô ªÀº ¼Õ±Û¾¾ ÆíÁö¸¦ º¸³À´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ·± ¿äûµéÀÌ ¼âµµÇÏÁö¸¸, ¿ì¸®ÀÇ ¼ö°í´Â º° °Í ¾Æ´Ñ °Í °°°í ´«¿¡ ¶çÁö ¾Ê´Â °Íó·³ ´À²¸Áö±âµµ ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ±×·¯³ª ÃÖ±Ù ¾Æ³»¸¦ ÀÒÀº µ¥À̺꿡°Ô¼ »ç¶ûÇÏ´Â ¾Æ³»ÀÇ ºÎ°í ±â»ç¿Í ÇÔ²² µ¿ºÀµÈ Áø½É ¾î¸° °¨»ç Ä«µå¸¦ ¹Þ°í ³ªÀÇ »ý°¢ÀÌ ¹Ù²î¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±âµµÀÇ Á߿伺À» ´Ù½Ã ±ú´Ý°Ô µÈ °ÍÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
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