Posts with the tag “how-to-pray”

Sing your way into His presence......  Read More

I don't always use written prayers outside of the Bible, but Valley of Vision is a great help.  It is a collection of Puritan prayers and devotions.  Consider praying this one today,O HOLY SPIRIT,As t...  Read More

The amazing thing about the “living and active” Word of God is that it just keeps speaking.  I’ve written, preached, taught, and prayed Ephesians 3:14-19 for months now, but just the other day a word ...  Read More

I read Isaiah 41 on Monday morning and verse 10 has this promise, “…fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you and not c...  Read More

As we think about the common themes that run through Paul’s prayers, knowledge of God, empowerment to do what God has called us to do, and then we come to a theme that is beyond my ability to describe...  Read More

Yesterday I pointed out that Paul has some common themes running though his prayers…we saw knowledge as one area, but this morning let me point a second common them…power.  Paul isn’t asking for power...  Read More

As I pray through Scripture, particularly through Paul’s prayers, I’m amazed at the common themes that run through each prayer.  Take knowledge as an example…I don’t think Paul is praying that we’d kn...  Read More

The last line of Jesus’ model prayer is found in some translations and left out of others.  I’m not writing about Textual Criticism, but the most reliable manuscripts do not have the words, “For yours...  Read More

Jesus’ Model Prayer is amazing.  Today’s focus is, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”  Much like, “Your kingdom come,” is explained by “Your will be done,” the “Lead ...  Read More

Today we come to the one line in Jesus’ model prayer that most of us would probably prefer He left out!  We are fine with “forgive us our debt,” but Jesus added, “as we also have forgiven our debtors....  Read More

As we continue to study Jesus’ model prayer, we come to the line, “and forgive us our debts.”  It’s important to remember that this prayer is for believers who have already been forgiven and declared ...  Read More

The disciples come to Jesus and ask, “Lord, teach us to pray.”  So, Jesus teaches them a Model Prayer.  I suggest it is an outline of how we are to pray and it is one that we can use on a regular basi...  Read More

Have you considered how must of a factor trust plays into your daily life?  You drive across a bridge and think nothing of it…you trust those who put it together.  You take medicine from the pharmacy…...  Read More

Prayer may be defined in many ways, but I think we should see it as communication that leads to encounter with God.  Jesus tells us to consider our approach….we are not renters…we don’t’ come with a “...  Read More

When Jesus taught the disciples to pray, He started by telling us how to address God…He is our Father who is in Heaven.  We are not renters coming to a landlord with a business deal, we are children c...  Read More

Jesus taught us to pray, “Our Father in Heaven.”  Yesterday I wrote about the privilege of calling our Creator Abba, but let’s not forget that Abba is in Heaven.  He is on the Throne.  The Jews of Jes...  Read More

I love the fact that the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray.  He gave them what we call the Lord’s Prayer but might be more accurately called the Model Prayer.  I love what Max Lucado said in...  Read More

Paul blows me away with the things He asks God to do…he prays the following things for his readers,that they would be filled with the fullness of Him who fills all in all,that they would be filled wit...  Read More

Yesterday we looked at God’s divine power, but notice in 2 Peter 1:3, “His divine power grants us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us…”. We must ge...  Read More

In 2 Peter 1 we find some incredible promises, “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excelle...  Read More

I’ve been writing about 1 Peter 4 and today we come to the reason I’ve included this passage in the blog that is trying to encourage us and teach us to pray.Peter tells us to arm ourselves, to be read...  Read More

Peter says, in 1 Peter 4:2, if we will arm ourselves for battle and if we will be willing to suffer to be holy, “You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxiou...  Read More

I’m reading through the Bible this year following the M’Cheyne plan, and Saturday brought me to 1 Peter 4.  I’m reading it in the NLT this year and some things jumped out at me regarding prayer.When y...  Read More

Four verbs describing our Life in the Spirit…walk, led, live, and now in verse 25, “let us also keep in step with the Spirit.”  Some translations repeat the word from verse 16 and say walk, but that i...  Read More

So, in Galatians 5 we find four verbs that show us how to live the Spirit filled life.  First, the call to walk in the Spirit, then the call to be led by the Spirit, and the third verb is found in ver...  Read More

Yesterday we looked at the word “walk,” but there is a second verb in Galatians 5 that speaks of living our life in the Spirit.  In verse 18 Paul says, “But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not u...  Read More

I closed yesterday’s sermon with Ephesians 3:19, “and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled with all the fulness of God.”  I said to you, but please understand I w...  Read More

How do we pray for the lost or the prodigals in our lives?  2 Corinthians 4 gives us insight as to why they are lost or why they may have moved away from the truth, “And even if our gospel is veiled, ...  Read More

One page of my Prayer Journal simply had the prayer of Paul in Philippians 1:9-11.  Years ago, I memorized it in the NIV and that tends to stick with me as I come to this passage.  I absolutely love p...  Read More

This morning, I found myself in the midst of James 1 where he speaks about temptation…basically he says, it doesn’t come from God; rather, it comes from the desires that are inside of us.  As I wrote ...  Read More

The pages I’m sharing from my Prayer Journal are the ones I start with after reading the Scripture.  This morning, I read Hebrews 13 and spent a while in the writer’s benediction.  In verse 21 he remi...  Read More

Got back from Southeast Asia yesterday…from the time we left the hotel to the time I arrived back at home only took 32 hours!  Jetlag does a lot to the body, but one of the best parts of it is that I ...  Read More

As I read the Word of God, the Holy Spirit often takes me to other passages and those passages often lead me to prayer.  For example, I was meditating on Romans 8 and came across these words, (vs 5) “...  Read More