Love God Greatly: Growing Through PrayerSample

SOAP – Hebrews 4:16
The author of Hebrews wrote this letter to Jewish Christians who were undergoing extreme persecution and therefore tempted to return to the Jewish faith. The book of Hebrews is a testament of Christ’s superiority over all other alternatives. In this passage, the author stresses the holiness and humanity of Christ. We are to go boldly to the throne of God for grace and mercy without fear, without doubt, without hesitation. We have an open invitation to draw near to Him especially in our weaknesses and our failings. Jesus is our sympathetic High Priest, praying to God, even now, for each of us; speaking beautiful words of love to God about each of us. He is not unmoved and indifferent to our pain, our struggles, or our sorrows. He has endured everything that we will ever face, and because He is God He did not sin. Therefore He knows that in those times of temptation and weakness, we need God more than ever and urges us to come to Him.

Are you taking advantage of the privilege you have to run boldly to God in prayer? Are you surrendering to Him your joy, your pain, your struggles, and your anxieties trusting that He is the only One who can move mountains for you? Will you begin today to share all you are experiencing, good and bad, with the Lord in prayer?

Father God, I thank You for sending me a Savior, because I needed rescue, and I continue to need it each day. I thank You for witnessing without judgment my agonizing struggle with temptation, and for knowing my deepest heart’s desire is to live for Your glory. When my instinct is to run from You, when my inclination is to hide from You, when my urge is to lie to You…remind me that You know my frailties intimately, and have compassion and mercy stored up for me overflowing when I come humbly to Your throne and lay it all at Your feet. In Jesus’ name. Amen.