June 29

Psalms 6:2

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

This is the kind of prayer that the LORD hears. His ear is open to the humble and the penitent, but the Bible says that He views the proud and haughty from afar off. Psalms 138:6. Jesus told a parable of two men who prayed to the Lord. One told the Lord that he was thankful that he was not a big sinner like a lot of men, and the other could scarce look upward to heaven and prayed, “God be merciful to me a sinner.” Jesus said, “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.” Luke 18:14.

Commentary by Francis L. Harris

"...what must I do to be saved?" Acts 16:30