Posts with the tag “prayer”

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

Our difficulty in prayer demonstrates our mixed views of God.  (JI Packer) The way we pray shows us what we really believe—do we believe He exists, do we believe He is personal, do we believe He is in...  Read More

Adam and Eve blew their chance for pure fellowship because they believed the lie that they could become more like God through disobedience—they refused to trust God and chose to believe the enemy.  Wh...  Read More

For the last two weeks I’ve written about what we call the Lord’s Prayer.  I just want to make sure you see it as an outline or even as talking points that direct your prayer life.  Take the time to w...  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

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

So, this is how I've learned to read the Scriptures and pray them as I'm reading.  I'm reading 2 Thessalonians 1 in the NLT and come across verse 3, "Dear brothers and sisters, we can''t help but than...  Read More

A few years ago I read Pete Greig's book, How to Pray: A simple guide for normal people.  In the book he gave three simple thoughts about prayer.  First, Keep it Simple.  Go for a walk, go for a drive...  Read More

I found the following prayer that John Stott is said to have prayed each morning.  I think I'll incorporate it into my morning routine...will you join me?"Good morning heavenly Father,good morning Lor...  Read More

By the time you read this I will be on route to Southeast Asia.  I covet your prayers and we go to fulfill our King's Great Commission!  As you pray consider another prayer of Tozer,“O Lord,I have hea...  Read More

At the end of chapter 6 in Tozer's The Pursuit of God, he prayed the following prayer“Lord,Teach me to listen.  The times are noisy and my ears are weary with the thousand raucous sounds which continu...  Read More

There are a few books that I read over and over again and Tozer's The Pursuit of God is the one I read the most.  His second chapter, "The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing," is about Abraham's strugg...  Read More

Earlier this week I said, our lives are the byproduct of our lifestyles.  I find it amazing that Jesus starts His ministry in prayer, He spends the last night of His life on earth in the Garden prayin...  Read More