Cry Unto The Lord, Cry!
Friday, December 15, 2023Key Verse
“The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles” (Psalm 34:17).
Text — Psalm 34:17-19
Message
While commenting on the Book of Psalms, Author Gene Taylor wrote: “While most of the Bible is God’s voice calling to His creatures, the book of Psalms is mankind’s voice raised to the Lord as the various writers express their personal feelings, desires, and needs, with the Spirit of God helping them to strike a chord with the heart of God.” The book of Psalms is not only a hymnbook, it is also a prayer book. It is dotted with the sighs and tears of men in anguish, men in trouble and men in distress. The Lord did not only acknowledge their cries but promised to hear the cries of all those who will pray. “He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he will also hear their cry, and will save them” (Psalm 145:19).
There is a place in God’s heart for the weeping Christian. Are you facing trials and temptations, anguish and agony; are you disturbed and distressed, afflicted and oppressed; are you poor and needy, sick and suffering? Cry unto the Lord, cry!
Quote
Are you poor and needy?
Challenge
There is a place in God’s heart for the weeping Christian.
Prayer for today
Hear my cry, O Lord, attend unto my prayers.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
