This is Joyce Meyer Devotional for January 24, 2025 and the message is adapted from The Power of Being Thankful by Pastor Joyce Meyer.

Joyce Meyer Devotional for Today – January 24, 2025:

TOPIC: Prayer as the First Option, Not the Last Resort

For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, [the door] will be opened. – Matthew 7:8 (AMPC).

One day I woke up with a throbbing headache. I walked around with that miserable headache almost all day, telling everybody I met about how terrible I felt—until I finally realized that I had complained most of the day and had never taken the time to simply pray and ask God to take the pain away.

Unfortunately, that response is rather typical for some of us. We complain about our problems and spend a majority of our time trying to figure out what we can do to solve them. We often do everything except the one thing we are told to do in the Word of God: ask, that we may receive, and our joy may be full (see John 16:24 KJV).

Thankfully, God wants to provide for our every need. We have the awesome privilege of “asking and receiving,” and we should always pray as a first response to every situation.

Prayer of the Day: Father, I am thankful that my confidence is not in my own self or my abilities; my confidence is in Christ Jesus. I believe that I have Your wisdom and Your discernment. Today, I am going to live a bold, confident life.

READ Yesterday’s Joyce Meyer Devotional on When Will God Deal With the Wicked?

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