{"id":629,"date":"2025-09-03T00:08:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=629"},"modified":"2025-09-02T21:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T04:02:58","slug":"september-3-ask-seek-knock-prayer-for-gods-presence-in-our-lives-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-3-ask-seek-knock-prayer-for-gods-presence-in-our-lives-today\/","title":{"rendered":"SEPTEMBER 3\u2014ASK-SEEK-KNOCK\u2014 Prayer for God\u2019s Presence in Our Lives Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.\u00a0 <\/em>Acts 2:28<\/p>\n<p>Today let\u2019s pray that God will help us to live consciously in His presence today.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s ask Him to let us feel His closeness today as David did when he said: <em>\u2018I foresaw the\u00a0Lord\u00a0always before my face, For He is at my\u00a0right\u00a0hand, that I may not be shaken.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>Acts 2:25<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s seek to experience the fullness of joy only He can give as we walk through this day with Him by our side.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let\u2019s ask Him to bless our thoughts, actions and words.<\/li>\n<li>Let\u2019s ask Him to help us do the good works He has prepared for us to do for Him.<\/li>\n<li>Let\u2019s ask Him to shine His light through us today, so others will see Him in us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dear Lord,<br \/>\nI pray to You this morning, noon and evening, that You will make Yourself known to me today.\u00a0 I want to feel Your presence today, Lord, everyplace I am and in everything I do.\u00a0 Hear my voice Lord as I cry out to You and reach out to You, for You are here at my right hand.\u00a0 I want to experience the fullness of joy that only comes from being in Your presence Lord.\u00a0 Thank You, Lord.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n<p><em>My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.<\/em>\u00a0 Psalm 5:3<\/p>\n<p><em>Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice. <\/em>Psalm 55:17<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a92023 SGLY Ministry\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smilegodlovesyou.org\"><em>www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.\u00a0 Acts 2:28 Today let\u2019s pray that God will help us to live consciously in His presence today. Let\u2019s ask Him to let us feel His closeness today as David did when he said: \u2018I foresaw&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[948],"tags":[1000,999,949,3,1004,954,1003,1001,1002,3308,30,32],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-seek-knock","tag-acts-225","tag-acts-228","tag-ask-seek-knock","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-fullness-of-joy","tag-pray","tag-prayer-for-gods-presence","tag-psalm-53","tag-psalm-5517","tag-september-2025","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ASK-SEEK-KNOCK-3-Acts-228.png?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":746,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-19-ask-seek-knock-pray-that-your-joy-might-be-full-in-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":629,"position":0},"title":"SEPTEMBER 19\u2014ASK-SEEK-KNOCK\u2014Pray That Your Joy Might Be Full in Christ","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"September 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThese things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be\u00a0full\u201d John\u00a015:11 Jesus was speaking to His disciples in the above verse about who He was\u2026. the True Vine. 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