5-Day Devotional - Day Two

Divine Doors: Part Six
Pastor Becki Stieb

Day 2: Prayer: Your Direct Line to Heaven Devotional In our technology-driven world, we value instant communication. We expect immediate responses to our texts and emails. Yet we often treat prayer—our direct line to the Creator of the universe—as a last resort. Prayer isn't just something we do when all else fails. It's not merely a religious ritual or an item to check off our spiritual to-do list. Prayer is a divine appointment with God Himself. It's the first key that unlocks heaven's resources in our earthly situations. When Jeremiah 33:3 tells us to call upon God, it comes with a promise: He will answer and show us great and mighty things we don't know. This isn't a maybe or a perhaps—it's a guarantee from the One who cannot lie. Too often we exhaust our human efforts before turning to prayer. We strategize, worry, and work ourselves to exhaustion, only to finally say, "I guess all we can do now is pray." What if prayer became our first response, instead of our last resort? What if we recognized that some chains can only be broken through the power of prayer? Shift your thinking about prayer. Don't view it as begging God for favors, but as exercising your right as His child to access His wisdom, power, and provision. When you pray, Heaven moves on your behalf. Angels are dispatched. Circumstances begin to align with God's purposes. Doors that seemed permanently locked suddenly swing open. Bible Verse "Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." - Jeremiah 33:3 Reflection Question What situation in your life have you been trying to handle through human effort, that needs to become a matter of fervent, expectant prayer? Quote “Sometimes we try everything else before we finally get around to praying. Prayer should be our first response, not our last resort.” Prayer Lord, forgive me for making prayer my last resort instead of my first response. I recognize that You are waiting to move powerfully in my life. I bring before You every situation that seems impossible, knowing that nothing is too difficult for You. Teach me to pray with confidence as Your child. In Jesus's name, amen.