DAILY TEXT, for Tuesday, July 5. 2016

[Queen Esther]

You comforted and soothed me.—Ps. 94:19.

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2016/7/5

Jehovah shows mercy to those who suffer. (Isa. 49:13) Bible study can make us so keenly aware of Jehovah’s loving concern for us that we are inclined to respond with deep love for him. Also, we should pray to God regularly. Our prayers draw us ever closer to the “Hearer of prayer.” (Ps. 65:2) When we discern that God is answering our prayers, our love for him deepens. For instance, we may have seen that he does not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear. (1 Cor. 10:13) If we have anxiety and turn to Jehovah in earnest supplication, we may well experience the incomparable “peace of God.” (Phil. 4:6, 7) At times, we may say a silent prayer—as Nehemiah did—and come to realize that it is being answered. (Neh. 2:1-6) As we “persevere in prayer,” our love for God grows and so does our confidence that he will help us to cope with further tests of faith.—Rom. 12:12. w14 6/15 1:15, 16