The God Who Hears Our Complaint
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1 Kings 19:1-16, Hebrews 4:14-16, James 1:2-8
BY She Reads Truth
Though Scripture contains many written prayers, like those found in the book of Psalms, and many teachings on how to pray, like the parables and sermons in Jesus’s ministry, this reading plan focuses on the prayers offered to God in the narratives of Scripture. Each day we’ll read a narrative that includes a prayer from an individual or group. Their prayers vary in length, type, posture, purpose, and God’s response. The secondary passages explore how the rest of Scripture speaks to the themes demonstrated in the main reading.
While each account is different, every prayer recorded in Scripture teaches us about the unchanging God who invites us to speak to and hear from Him. These prayers model for us what it can look like to be in conversation with God. As you read, notice the posture and emotions present each day.
Reading Scripture together is the centerpiece of what we do at She Reads Truth. As we spend time as a community reading Prayers in Scripture together, we encourage you to start by reading the daily Scripture on your own. Then join us here to engage and encourage one another as we respond to what we’ve read in the comments.
Does the prayer in today’s reading look like what you expected prayer to be? If so, how? If not, why?
51 thoughts on "The God Who Hears Our Complaint"
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In my 30’s I would read James all the time. It helped me to persevere through life being a single mom to my child with such a rare illness. I know that God was who helped me through all of it. I could never have done it on my own. He saw me in my fears and helped me through. When I couldn’t pray and only cried, He heard me.
Happy thanksgiving everyone! -
Wow @ Linda praise God He protected them!!! What a testimony!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!
I have been meditating on Hebrews 4:15- that Jesus sympathizes with our weaknesses.
It’s crazy how when I consume even the littlest bit of media, my heart begins to build idols. (Social media, music, TV, sports…) I’m not sure why that is, but I’m definitely still learning how my heart is prone to giving too much attention to even good things. I have compassion for my brothers, now. I often think “man, they put watching sports before God all the time!” — it would bother me that one of them would skip church to watch a game. But I can see how slippery that slope is in even me. May God continue to help me grow more in love with Him so that I don’t even desire attention for lesser things. Grace and mercy, as my friend Eve says to me. Grace and mercy.
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Happy Thanksgiving SRT sisters!! Thankful for you all and for Jesus, who never leaves us and uses the difficult times to produce endurance. He restores and brings life from the storms. Have a wonderful day everyone!
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Being able to approach God in times of fear and weariness is exactly what I want to be able to do.
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. – James 1:2-4. Loved todays reading. I find alot of peace in the fact that God is with us even when we are not following him. Happy Thanksgiving!
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I have heard Elijah’s prayer preached and taught about before, but something new stuck out to me this time as I looked at it through the framework of this SRT study: who is praying, type of prayer, posture, purpose, and God’s response. Specifically, God’s response to Elijah’s prayer. In my Bible next to his prayer I have H.A.L.T written. Elijah is hungry, angry, lonely, and tired and when we humans are feeling all these things, often what is truly in our hearts comes out. The Lord knew what Elijah needed; food, rest, purpose. God is the safest place for our truest selves. The thing that really stood out was verse 4, “I have had enough!” and God’s response in 19:16, “You are to anoint Elisha…as prophet in your place.” I think God knew what Elijah’s deepest need was at this point and answered no to the end of his life, but yes to a new direction of not being “the” prophet anymore.
This story of Elijah has always resonated with me, especially so at this point in my life when I recently had a huge shift in my life in regards to career and calling. Like Elijah, my heart had been crying out, “I have had enough!” and the Lord was so kind in how He responded to me. -
Oh Lord, we have so many needs! But how thankful we are that we can come, sit at your feet, and receive grace, mercy, forgiveness and love. There is nothing better than your love. Your mercies never fail. Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation. You protect us and sustain us in this broken, sinful world. We lift up praise and thanksgiving to you today for there is none like you.
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