Prayer Thoughts for the Heart


God asks a lot of questions in scripture, and He does this in order to stir up our conscience. To stir-up something means to get a reaction or cause an emotion that will bring us out of a state of inactivity or indifference.

King Solomon asks a lot of questions in the Book of Ecclesiastes. He was the richest man who has ever lived, but found that THINGS don’t satisfy. He wrote this book when he was in a backslidden condition and was questioning everything under the SUN. In other words, he was far from God but God was where He has always been, just a prayer away.

At the end of the book, he realized that only the fear of God, keeping His commandments, and preparing for eternity future had any true and lasting meaning.

“Here is my final conclusion: fear God and obey His commandments, for this is the entire duty of man. For God will judge us for everything we do, including every hidden thing, good or bad”
(Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 LB).