When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses – Mark 11:25
The only way any prayer is ever heard is through the righteous imputation and intercession of Jesus Christ. Yet it is Jesus who here reminds us that successful prayers […]
Matthew Henry refers to the practice of praying God’s Word back to God as “wrestling with God in his own strength.” For this reason, I love to peruse the Bible for prayers to make my own. And one of my favorite passages to pray is Psalm 25.
As we look forward to the new year, I […]
Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done – Luke 22:42
Someone has said that these words of Jesus are the most difficult—and most important—words that we can learn in any language: not my will, but Thine, be done.
To say these words sincerely and from the […]
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple – Jonah 2:7
Prayer can take us from hell to heaven in the blink of an eye.
Here Jonah had run away from God, disobeying the command to preach to Israel’s enemies in the city of […]
When Paul briefly exhorts in 1 Thessalonians, “Pray without ceasing,” we might ask the question: “Why?”
Why pray without ceasing? That seems a tall order for busy people who have many life-obligations on their plate already.
But consider the biblical inducements to prayer by asking yourself a few clarifying and self-examining questions:
1) How often do you have […]
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