Posts with the tag “praying-the-scriptures”

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

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

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 I wrote about Paul praying for “fullness,” and I want to come back to that.  When you read the book of Acts, the Spirit of God comes into people, and everything changes.  The church booms, t...  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

I hope you are already putting yesterday’s sermon into practice.  I want to challenge you to make praying for the lost a priority in your day-to-day lifeAs I was reading my Bible this morning,...  Read More