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WEDNESDAY APRIL 29


ACCESS TO GOD

READ:
Hebrews 4:16
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Let us therefore
come boldly to the
throne of grace,
that we may obtain
mercy and find
grace to help in
time of need.
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Technology is a blessing in so many ways. Need a bit of information about a health problem? All you have to do is access the Internet where you instantaneously get a list of options to guide your search. Need to contact a friend? Just send a text, email, or Facebook post. But technology can also be frustrating at times. The other day I needed to access some information in my bank account and was asked a list of security questions. Unable to recall the exact answers, I was blocked from my own account. Or think of the times when an important conversation is cut off because of a dead cellphone battery, with no way to reconnect until you find a plug to recharge it.

All of this makes me delighted with the reality that when I need to access God in prayer, there are no security questions and no batteries required. I love the assurance that John gives when he says, "Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us" (1 JOHN 5:14).

God is always accessible, for He never slumbers nor sleeps! (PS. 12:14). And thanks to His love for us, He is waiting and ready to listen.

**Lord, thank You for desiring communication with me and for the
reassurance that You are indeed listening and ready to help in time of need.
Teach us to come to You with confidence in Your attentive love for us. _________________________________
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God is always accessible in our time of need.

********************************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 John 5:6-15********************************
6 This is He who came by water and blood__Jesus Christ;
not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the
Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For
there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father,
the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And
there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water,
and the blood; and these three agree as one. 9 If we receive the
witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the
witness of God which He has testified of his Son. 10 He who
believes in the son of God has the witness in himself; he who
does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not
believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And
this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and
this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who
does not have the Son of God does not have life.

13 These things I have written to you who believe in the
name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have
eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name
of the son of God. 14 Now this is the confidence that we have in
Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know
that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
In this letter John refutes false teachers who
deny that Jesus is the Christ (2:22). He says, "Jesus Christ was
revealed as God's Son by his baptism in water and by shedding
his blood on the cross" (5:6 NLT).