"Hi. This is the qmail-send program at fluffystuffyworld.com. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following address:
Sorry, I couldn't find any host named whatdoyouthinkyouaredoing.com. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. Here's your original message back."

So what happens to the messages we send into cyberspace that can't find an address home? We get a "failure notice" that says it can't find any host named thus and such. THEN what happens? We get our message BACK! Boy, talk about rejection, our message isn't even good enough to get lost in cyberspace!

Our prayer-mail "server" is JESUS!

What if we got this kind of response when we prayed? "Failure Notice. I can't find God, sorry. We have given up. Here's your prayer back!"

Thankfully, that doesn't happen with prayer. When we speak in prayer to God, our prayer-mail "server" is JESUS! He is at God's right hand serving as our helper. (1 John 2:1-2) We will NEVER get a Failure Notice from Him! He is our direct link to God, and GOD HEARS all of our requests. We are promised that because Jesus is at the Father's side, we will be heard and "we can feel free to come before God's throne where there is grace (forgiveness). There we receive mercy and kindness to help us when we need it." (Hebrews 4:16 ERV)

 

Print this Article Send it to a Friend Heartlight encourages you to share this material with others in church bulletins, personal emails and other non-commercial uses. Please see our Usage Guidelines for more information.	Don't Give Up on Prayer Prayer Work Flat on Our Backs in Prayer
	ALL of Heartlight        --- ARTICLES   A Taste of Home   Caring Touch   Diary of God   Hope for Life   Hope from the Hill Country   Just for Men   Just for Women   Leading in Hope   Love, Sex & Marriage   Making Life Work   Prayer for the Nation   Single...Not Alone   Special Features   Timely Truths   Together in His Grace   Two Minute Meditations        --- DEVOTIONALS   Charles Spurgeon   Daily Wisdom   My Utmost for His Highest   Praying with Paul   Quotemeal   Today's Verse   What Jesus Did

© 2006 Kathy Bailey. Used by permission.

Title: "Failure Notice"
Author: Kathy Bailey
Publication Date: March 18, 2006

The Gift for All People by Max Lucado A celebration of God's gift of salvation wrapped in a collection of inspirational stories.

More Heartlight Feeds

Get Heartlight articles and devotionals by email FREE every day! Daily Heartlight Today's Verse What Jesus Did! Quotemeal

More Information