DAILY READINGS: Numbers 4; Proverbs 1; Mark 14:1-26
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear. Isa.59:2
When calamity strikes a person, his first reaction is to pray. It is said that there are no atheists in foxholes. When circumstances overwhelm us we call out to God. And yet the Scriptures say that unless one is saved and has his sins forgiven, the heavens will be brass to his prayers. Repent. Confess your sins. Trust Christ for salvation. He died and paid the penalty of your sins. God will forgive and then the ear of heaven will be open to your prayers. —Donald L. Norbie
That rich atoning blood,
Which sprinkled ‘round we see,
Provides for those who come to God,
An all prevailing plea. —John Newton