{"id":83837,"date":"2020-03-14T04:24:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T09:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=83837"},"modified":"2020-03-13T07:35:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:35:14","slug":"9-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/14\/9-e\/","title":{"rendered":"9.e.   &#8220;When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\">Joel 1:19<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>To you, O Lord, I call. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field. Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:19.50.15\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Psalms 50:15<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:19.91.15\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Psalms 91:15<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:33.7.7\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Micah 7:7<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:35.3.17\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Habakkuk 3:17-18<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,\u00a0\u00a0yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:42.18.1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Luke 18:1<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:42.18.7\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Luke 18:7<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:50.4.6\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Philippians 4:6-7<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.\u00a0\u00a0And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\">The people of Judah are going through trouble, granted it is a consequence of their unrepentant hearts, but they are truly going through something terrible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We go through trials and troubles.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Some of these are a result of the consequences of our doing and others because of the consequences of others.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>These all are known by God.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>There is no surprise to God and all of these trials and troubles should bring us humbly before God, calling on His name, expect deliverance, and glorify Him.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>What really happens and how do we react in times of trials and troubles?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Do we run to Jesus Christ first or to something \/ somewhere else? Are you able to say in the midst of trials and troubles \u201cyet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation?\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>When things are going well are we rejoicing and glorifying Jesus?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Or are we just living in the moment of the ease of life, not giving much thought or care to live humble serving, following, trusting, and obeying Jesus Christ?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Do we need trials and troubles to bring us back to Jesus Christ?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Do we need trials and troubles to reset our focus on what is truly important in life this side of eternity?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Think about it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Do we seek and desire Jesus Christ\u2019s influence and leading in our life more when things are going well or when things are upended?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We do well to set Jesus Christ first in all things and at all times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joel 1:19\u00a0 To you, O Lord, I call. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field. Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. Psalms 50:15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and call &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/14\/9-e\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;9.e.   &#8220;When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13231,124,5550,781,1202,4009,4931,10879,2785,1574,4476,6180,1509,2896,13236,218,7816,13233,6451,5320,13232,7318,13230,13234,65,194,13229,533,3811,13235,9631,937,2318,2820,701],"class_list":["post-83837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-always-to-pray","tag-anxious","tag-be-with-him","tag-burned","tag-call-upon-me","tag-calls-to-me","tag-christ-jesus","tag-cry-to-him","tag-delay","tag-deliver-you","tag-devoured","tag-dried-up","tag-flame","tag-glorify-me","tag-guard-your-hearts","tag-hear-me","tag-i-will-answer-him","tag-justice-to-his-elect","tag-look","tag-minds","tag-not-lose-heart","tag-pant","tag-parable","tag-peace-of-god","tag-rejoice","tag-requests","tag-rescue-him-honor-him","tag-salvation","tag-supplicaiton","tag-surpasses-all-uncerstanding","tag-take-joy","tag-thanksgiving","tag-trouble","tag-wait","tag-wilderness"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83837"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83904,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83837\/revisions\/83904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}