Tag: Prayer
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What to do when your prayer path seems to have ended
Have you felt like you were walking on a daisy-lined path with the Lord, and then, the path ended? What do you do? PRAY! Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me! You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, LORD, do I seek.” …
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You’re Invited to A Prayer Walk
Prayer begins the Bible with God speaking the world into existence, and prayer ends the Bible with an “Even so, Come, Lord Jesus.” Revelation 22:20 The Bible is a sweet love letter to us, the beginning of a conversation with God. He is just waiting for us to respond. In the Bible, we are encouraged…
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The Lord’s Prayer – 12 Quotes from J.I. Packer
Dr. J.I. Packer blessed us with an amazing little book, Praying the Lord’s Prayer. Below are quotes from the book that have ministered to me.
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5 Prayer Points to Live By
When the temple was completed, all the elders and Levites brought the ark of the covenant, the tent of meeting, and the holy vessels before King Solomon and the assembly of Israel. They sacrificed sheep and oxen–too many to number–before the ark. Then the priests placed the ark in the Holy Place. When they came…
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Gifts from Heaven … 40 stories of answered prayer
Prayer. Christians pray, and they wait. They pray more earnestly, and they wait in expectation. It’s the last minute. Is God going to intervene? Thirty-nine authors, 40 true stories. Forty answered prayers. Just in time.
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Treasures of God … Take the Challenge
Life sustainers, life containers, life treasures. Mixed Sunday biscuits, taste makers. Microwaved oatmeal breakfasts, color pleasers. Salads with a story, smile makers. In the late 1970s, Keith and I bought a teak salad bowl set in the Philippines. Pictures of the past, imagination prompters. Passed from father to daughter, this was Daddy’s cereal bowl when he was…
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Intercessory Prayer … A Review … Search the Scriptures
Dutch Sheets has repackaged his classic Intercessory Prayer: How God Can Use Your Prayers to Move Heaven and Earth. Sheets caused me to examine my own prayer life in light of Scripture and my traditional understanding of prayer, miracles, and the will of God. I greatly appreciate the word studies, questions at…
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4 Questions About Your Prayers
“Oh, my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the Lord. For this boy I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him. So I have also dedicated him to the Lord; as long as he lives he is dedicated to the…
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Jesus’ 7 prayer points … 5 prayer promises
Walking the earth, Jesus proclaimed the arrival of the kingdom of heaven, taught practical living strategies, healed the blind, raised the dead, touched the lepers, fed the thousands, calmed the storm, cleansed the temple, gave power to heal to His disciples, ate with sinners, and washed dirt-covered feet. Now, it was time to…
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Answered Prayer
Christians throughout the world have been praying for the release of prisoners in Iran for years. This fall, Christians gathered to pray for Pastor Saeed, the other prisoners in Iran, and the persecuted church in other countries. On September 26, we joined a symphony of prayer around the world on behalf of these prisoners. God hears our…