What are these hands doing?[1] How do we begin a prayer? We mention God's name. How do we usually end it? We say the little word “Amen.” Amen tells God that we truly mean what we
have just prayed for, and we want God to answer us.
Jesus is called the
Amen (Revelation 3:14). God made many
promises in the Old Testament part of the Bible—to Adam, to Noah, to Abraham,
to David, and others; all of those promises have come true in Jesus. He came as the Amen to the prayers of God's
people (2 Corinthians 1:20). He makes
it possible for us to pray to God as Father and to belong to His family even
though we are humans.
Next time we say
“Amen” in our prayer, we can remember that Jesus came to earth to be the Amen
who makes all our prayers possible.
Prayer:
Thank you that you hear our prayers, O Lord. Listen to our heart's cry to you. Please give us your peace. Amen.
[1] These
praying hands carved out of wood originally belonged to my grandmother and were
passed on to me.
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