Are you so aware of sin and failure that you cannot pray with confidence or even pray at all? I have Good News for you, child of God. Look up and receive His provision! I John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse…
I asked one of my daughters some time ago what God had been teaching her about prayer. At the time she was a busy young mother of a 9 month old, in the middle of transitioning from another country back to the US, her husband starting a new job after a 6 month search, and…
“The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.” S.D. Gordon Do you agree? (You may be at the ‘curious’ stage – “That’s an interesting statement. I wonder if it’s really…
Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. What are you anxious about? What do you fear? Jacob (Genesis 32:9-12) gives us a great example for dealing with external fears. Note: He addresses his prayer to “O God of my father…O…
Psalm 16:2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good besides You.” Do you honestly believe that? As followers of Jesus, we all can honestly pray that, because it is true. And by God’s grace, as I continue to experience His transforming power (that’s the same power that raised Jesus…
II Cor. 5:7 for we walk by faith, not by sight Walking by faith is the constant, everyday challenge of my Christian life. Pain, loss, suffering, confusion, feeling poor and poorly, weakness, being overwhelmed, helplessness, etc., all remind me of who I am and how much I need Jesus. (John 15:5 … apart from Me,…
Hebrews 13:5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Wow, what a promise! Creator/Almighty God/Sovereign over all is with His followers and will never leave – no matter what. (And He’s the…
“I strongly suspect that if we saw all the difference even the tiniest of our prayers make, and all the people those little prayers were destined to affect, and all the consequences of those prayers down through the centuries, we would be so paralyzed with awe at the power of prayer that we would be…
‘Be anxious for nothing…’! The Living Bible paraphrases it, ‘Don’t worry about anything…’ Philippians 4:6 What do you tend to worry about? Note this is not just a suggestion for happier living; and it doesn’t include an ‘if you can’ clause. This is a command. How on earth…with the challenges of life…and the pain…and the…
Wouldn’t it have been amazing to pray out loud with Jesus? How would you pray? What would you ask for? The disciples got to do that at certain times when they were within earshot. We get to do it all the time since the God-head actually lives in us. Maybe feeling a little inadequate and…