PRAYER FOR TODAY FRIDAY 17TH FEBRUARY 2023 – A PRAYER TO BE ONLINE

DAILY PRAYER AND SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY.

Engage these Daily Prayer and Scriptures for today. Take to God all that you desire in prayers, while you watch restfully as he steps into situations to bring out beauty and colour in your live. Today, as you commune with God, know that God has settled all that concerns you, Just believe and pray with faith in your heart. Remain blessed in Jesus name, Amen.

Today’s Prayer is Authored by: Christopher Eyte

Prayer Focus For Today 17th February 2023: A Prayer to Be Online

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1: 1 – 5)

Today I was watching my mother on a bus. She was en route to visit her cousin in a coffee shop. No big deal, right? Well – she was 180 miles away from me! I was following her by using a mapping app, which allows for satellite tracking. She can follow me, and I can follow her. We can also message instantly, of course. A quick tap on the phone and my message pings instantly on her device, despite the immense distance between us.

We’re all connected. Messages, videos – it’s so easy. We’ve even got chatbots organizing conversations for us. Our modern-day existence ebbs and flows on a sea of words and images. Online communication seems to be the key enabler for us to work, rest and play. I mean, you’re reading this devotional online!

The other night I was thinking about this subject whilst staring up at the dark night sky. I won’t portray a sense of poetry by saying there were stars twinkling because there weren’t (at least, not to my naked eye). But I felt somber looking at that indifferent deepness of hidden space. I knew that all around me the world was communicating, and yet God was still there. Almost silent.

I say almost because Jesus Christ is the king of communicators – to such an extent that He is called THE Word. We say so much in our text messages, emails, and apps, but it’s all so meaningless if not embedded in The Word. All that needs to be said is fulfilled in Him.

So, let’s pray to be online with God. To receive the word from the Word. Calm our restless, internet-tuned minds and embrace the true life and light, which is simply Him.

PRAYER FOR TODAY.

Let’s pray:

Father God of the heavenly lights,
I pray to you this day in the name of The Word – Jesus Christ – who loved me enough to die for me. I am privileged to pray by the leading of your gift: the Holy Spirit. I want to thank you for your patience with me.

You see me when I am distracted on my phone, tablet, or PC – and you still wait for me. During my days when I get so pulled toward the idolatry of consumerism and self-worship – you forgive me. When I am tempted to think that man is capable of anything, as I am awed by the gadgets and technological advances – you remind me that you alone are the true doorway to creativity. When I believe the lie that the online world is proper living – you bring me back to reality.

I am perplexed, my dear Lord, that you still want my company. I love you, Abba, and I am so glad of your love for me and for my family. Give me the wisdom to obey your will. For I know that obedience with a delay is not obedience.

I ask for a gift of maturity, too, as I use technology in my daily life. Direct me to use these tools for your glory. Remind me to use my time, not waste it. Help me to bear fruit as I communicate with others because, at all times, I represent you. Amen.

This Is the Assurance of Answers to Your Prayers – Matthew 7:7-11

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN GIVE GOOD THINGS TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM!