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Devotional Sources and Helps

1. Lutheran Programs
2. Simple Prayer Request
3. The Picture Unseen
4. Hearing God

Lutheran Programs

	Portals of Prayer, from Concordia Publishing House, is the same popular Daily Devotional message that millions have enjoyed for years.
	Today's Verse from God's Word, is a daily Scripture reading from the New International Version of the Bible.
	By the Way is a Christian "Thought for the Day," produced and aired by AM 850 KFUO.
	Dr. Dale Meyer's television and radio programs are familiar to Christians from coast to coast. The Meyer Minute is a topical and Scriptural thought for the day. Your visitors will find Dr. Meyer's message relevant to their lives everyday. A new Meyer Minute will be delivered to your website every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
	Angel Award winning Front Porch Parenting is a weekday parenting tip, with a Christian slant. Underwritten by The Chicago St. Louis Resource Group, Lutheran Brotherhood.
	Angel Award winning Bible Brain Teaser for Kids Only! is a weekday radio Bible Quiz, intended for children 12 years old and younger.
	AM 850 KFUO is a Christian radio station - broadcasting for over 75 years. We provide the live internet feed from the station - to you.
	Marconi Award-winning Classic 99 - KFUO-FM is a Classical music radio station. We provide the live internet feed from the station - to you.

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Simple Prayer Request

A friend of mine was driving through an intersection one day and his little four-year-old son was in the car with him.  The car door flew open, and the little boy rolled out of the vehicle right into the middle of traffic coming from four ways. The last thing my friend saw was a set of car wheels just about on top of his son-moving at a vary fast rate of speed.

All he knew to do was cry,  "JESUS!"  As soon as he could bring his car to a halt, he jumped out ran to his son, who was perfectly all right.  But the man driving the car that had almost hit the child was absolutely hysterical.  

My friend went over to him and started trying to comfort him...

"Man, don't be upset!" he said.  "My son is all right, he's okay...Don't be concerned about it.  Just thank God you were able to stop!" 

"You don't understand!" the man responded. "I never touched my brakes!"

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The Picture Unseen

The other day as I drove to work a song came on the radio. It told a story about a young couple caring for their dying son. The mother would come into his room every night and hold his hand while he slept with tears in her eyes. She was worn with the effort and stress of putting up a brave front while knowing that it was a losing battle. The son was tired of feeling sick all the time.  He wanted to feel better and be like other boys.

Of course the father is the one singing the song, telling the story of his wife and son fighting the good fight.  You can tell in the verse that his is a sensitive caring father and husband.  But, it is the chorus that shows how strongly the father feels about his son.  When I heard the strength and depth of his love for his dying son I nearly drove off the road because I was weeping and sobbing so hard.  The chorus is:

Can you hear me?  Am I getting through tonight?  Can you seen him?  Will you make him feel alright?  Can I take his place a while?  He's not just anyone.  He's my son.

It reminded me of a prayer in the Old Testament by Jehoshaphat king of Judah.  To me these prayers call down heaven in their bold and direct manor.  They challenge God with a "You said..." and expect a response.  And God does answer them.  In Jehoshaphat's case when the choir led the army into battle, God had already won the victory.  In the case of our family in the song, it wasn't so obvious.

The picture in the song is that of a loving father praying by his son's bed.  The picture that we don't see is the Holy Spirit echoing the father's prayer, pointing to the boy and singing:

I can hear him.  I will help him through the night.  I can see them.  I will help them through the night.  I will lift him up a while.  He's not just anyone.  He's our son.

And Jesus Christ standing beside the father with his hand around the father's shoulder singing another chorus:

Yes, I hear you.  You are always getting through.  I see you both. He will soon feel alright.  I'll take your place a while. You're not just anyone.  You're my Father's son.

And God the Father is standing close by with arms outstretch in blessing and love in His eyes singing:

We can hear you.  You are always getting through.  We can see you.  In heaven he will feel alright.  Jesus took your place a while.  You're not just anyone.  You're my son.

God doesn't promise to take away all of our pain and suffering this side of heaven.  God's promise is that he loves us and will always be with us.  He promises to comfort us.  Many times through his servants, (e.g., you and me).

by CyberCyple

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Hearing God

 The young man had lost his job and didn't know which way to turn.  So he went to see the old preacher.

Pacing about the preacher's study, the young man ranted about his problem. Finally he clenched his fist and shouted, "I've begged God to say something to help me. Tell me, Preacher, why doesn't God answer?"

The old preacher, who sat across the room, spoke something in reply -- something so hushed it was indistinguishable. The young man stepped across the room. "What did you say?" he asked.

The preacher repeated himself, but again in a tone as soft as a whisper. So the young man moved closer until he was leaning on the preacher's chair. "Sorry," he said. "I still didn't hear you."

With their heads bent together, the old preacher spoke once more.  "God sometimes whispers," he said, "so we will move closer to hear Him."

This time the young man heard and he understood. We all want God's voice to thunder through the air with the answer to our problem.  But God's is the still, small voice. . .the gentle whisper.

Perhaps there's a reason. Nothing draws human focus quite like a whisper. God's whisper means I must stop my ranting and move close to Him, until my head is bent together with His. And then, as I listen, I will find my answer. Better still, I find myself closer to God.

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