Ending Up Better Than I Deserve

Think of [this] next time you "Amen" your prayer.  God is so gracious that He is more willing to hear our requests than we are sure that we actually want what we pray for.  

- Kevin DeYoung's The Good News We Almost Forgot

What does the word Amen mean? 

Amen means: 

• It is true and certain. 
• For God has much more certainly heard my prayer 
• than I feel in my heart that I desire this of Him.

The Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 52

For the Bible Tells Me So...

Isaiah 65:24 

• It shall come to pass that before they call, 
• I will answer; 
• and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

2 Corinthians 1:20 

• For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, 
• and in Him Amen, 
• to the glory of God through us. 

2 Timothy 2:13 

• If we are faithless, 
• He remains faithful; 
• He cannot deny Himself.

Go ahead and pray to God better than you feel and you may just find that in His mercy you end up better than you deserve.

- Kevin DeYoung's The Good News We Almost Forgot