There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

favor. If you are a parent and have a child that, let’s say, is under the age of ten, and your child comes into the house sincerely crying because he or she fell and has injured the knee, you as a loving, caring parent do not say, “Go sit down, be quiet, and quit whining; I’m busy.” A good parent will drop what he or she is doing and tend to the injury, even though it is not life threatening and no medical assistance is needed. The cry of the child releases the love and compassion of the parent. When the sick, afflicted, and possessed cried out to Christ in the four Gospels, He never rejected one person; instead He stopped, prayed, and ministered. When we cry out to our heavenly Father, He immediately hears us, as David said in Psalm 120:1: “In my distress I cried to the L ORD , and He heard me.” For God to reach down to you, you must first reach up to Him. Prayers are released through words, but compassion is released through tears, and Christ is moved with compassion toward your needs (Matt. 9:36; 14:14; 20:34).