David’s prayers are often rendered to God with an air of confidence. What is the source of this confidence when we pray? We have been exploring Psalm 91 as a model for our praying during the Covid-19 pandemic. As we close out the discussion of praying in the midst of this pandemic, the final three …
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Praying and Covid-19
The Psalms were written as prayers to God. In the Hebrew tradition the book was referred to as "The Prayers of David." Our God gave us this extensive collection of recorded prayers for a reason - they are patterns and models for our own thoughts and prayers every day. Paraphrasing the Psalms into prayers is …
Covid-19: How Should We Pray?
Difficult passages in the life of a person, a community, or a nation often drive people to prayer. While prayer is always available to us, so many of us are not available to pray. We are too busy, to hurried, to distracted, and to selfish in our paradigms to stop to communicate with our God. …
Prayers of Faith: Audacity
“Are your problems bigger than God, or is God bigger than your problems? Our biggest problem is our small view of God. That is the cause of all lesser evils. And it’s a high view of God that is the solution to all other problems.” - Mark Batterson “Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you …
Prayers of Faith: Repetition
Fourth in a series on prayers of faith. “We treat God like a slot machine. You put a coin in the machine, pull the handle, and see if you score. If you do, you can quit. If you don’t, you’ll probably try again and again, as long as your change holds out, waiting for the …
Prayers of Faith: Reliance
Third in a series on prayers of faith. “If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you. But ask in faith, never doubting….” - James, the brother of Jesus of Nazareth Praying, despite all the ink devoted to discussing it, seems …
Prayers of Faith – Simplicity
Second in a short series on praying in faith "...they think that they will be heard because of their many words." - Jesus of Nazareth, as recorded by Mathew In the last post, the words of Jesus on praying intimately with the Father in heaven were the focus. Now, Matthew 6:7-8 are the focus. In …
Prayers of Faith – Intimacy
“But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” - Jesus of Nazareth, as recorded by Matthew As followers of Christ, we are enjoined to “pray without ceasing,” and “devote yourselves to prayer, …
The Lord’s Prayer a Model
“We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life is he does not pray; I question it. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God within him, which is nourished not by food but by prayer...Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.” --Oswald Chambers If prayer …
Prayer and Fixation
The true spirit of prayer is no other than God's own Spirit dwelling in the hearts of the saints. And as this spirit comes from God, so doth it naturally tend to God in holy breathings and pantings. It naturally leads to God, to converse with him by prayer. --Jonathan Edwards “Therefore, since we are …
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