Psalm 131:2 Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child rests against his mother, my soul is like a weaned child within me. It doesn’t seem to take much to get my soul disquieted. Sometimes it’s a combination of little things that causes more unrest (anxiety) than a ‘big’ thing. Why…
“It is finished!” are the last words of Jesus on the cross while still in a body like ours. He had already prayed for His attackers/torturers (and all mankind, including you and me), “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” Jesus instructs us to pray the same way when He gave us…
Jesus is about to ‘be lifted up’ (for all to see – shame, the greatest unfairness/injustice, as though powerless – He who had ALL authority and power) for the sins of the whole world…and He knows it. He says, “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour?’”…
Isaiah 6:3 “…the whole earth is full of His glory!” I have always thought a full manifestation of His glory was yet to come. I often pray as a companion to “Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” (Mt. 6:10) the promise in Habakkuk 2:14, “For the earth…
1. Come with humility – if we had true humility, that would be motivation enough to pray. Humility is recognizing who God is and who you are in relationship to Him. Who is God? Acts 17:24-25 “The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does…
How many of you are like me? You pray for yourself and other people and things and when you don’t see anything happen you get discouraged and want to give up? Purpose for prayer is not so much to get things from God, but for us to know God. (A mentor I had long ago quoted…
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. John 4:24 All our present life is spent in the physical world using physical senses – sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell. There is an even more real (certainly longer lasting) unseen realm. It takes faith and practice to SEE/sense what’s…
Have you ever asked that question when life was pressing in on you and it seemed like God was not listening to your cry for help? Or maybe you have prayed for change/something for a long time and nothing has happened? I have. Are you asking that question now? Where is God in the midst…
Luke 10:40-42(NIV) Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made….”Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed…” If these were preparations that “had to be made”, how was she to get in on the one needed thing? How was she…
Psalm 106:14-15 MSG They only cared about pleasing themselves in that desert, provoked God with their insistent demands. He gave them exactly what they asked for…but along with it they got an empty heart. What have you demanded and received, only to be left with an empty heart? Was it a certain relationship? Recognition? Accomplishment?…