Personally Calling on God

(Genesis 4:26) At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD.

(Psalms 145:18) The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

(Isaiah 55:6) Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

(1 Chronicles 4:10) Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! …And God granted his request.

(Romans 10:12) For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,

Popular fundamentalist theology has

emphasized the utility of the cross rather

than the beauty of the One who died on it.

The saved man’s relation to Christ has

been made contractual instead of

personal…. What he did for me seems to

be more important than what He is to me.

Redemption is seen as an over-the-

counter transaction which we "accept"

and the whole thing lacks emotional

content. A. W. Tozer

When the God of Heaven Hears Prayer

(2 Samuel 22:6-15) [David.. “when the Lord delivered him from the hands of his enemies… and Saul”]

"{6} The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. {7} In my distress I called to the LORD; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears. {8} "The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens shook; they trembled because he was angry. {9} Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it. {10} He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet. {11} He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind…{14} The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. {15} He shot arrows and scattered the enemies, bolts of lightning and routed them.

(Psalms 22:1-2) [David also] … my God,

why have you forsaken me? Why are you

so far from saving me, so far from the

words of my groaning? {2} O my God, I

cry out by day, but you do not answer…

Walking with God

(Genesis 5:22) Enoch walked with God 300 years…(Genesis 6:9) Noah was a righteous man, blameless

among the people of his time, and he walked with God.

(Genesis 17:1) When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty ; walk before me and be blameless.

(2 Chronicles 27:6) Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the LORD his God.

(Micah 6:8) And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.