THE LORD’S PRAYER PART 3 God will meet all your needs. Philippians 4:19 The Lord’s Prayer can be divided into sections. Following the Address to the Father, we have seven petitions, or supplications. The first three (“hallowed be your name,” “your kingdom come,” and “your will be done on earth […]

THE LORD’S PRAYER PART 2 Teach me to do your will. Psalm 143:10  How great is God? How big and how powerful and how wise is he? Certainly we can point to many of the miracles in the Bible to learn about how great God is. We think of the […]

THE LORD’S PRAYER PART 1  By him we cry, “Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15  Luke 11 tells us that one day the disciples watched Jesus take time to pray. When he finished, they said to him, “Lord, teach us how to pray.” So Jesus sat down with them and taught them […]

WHEN WE HIT BOTTOM When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you. Jonah 2:7 Jonah was a strange sort of man. On one hand, he was considered one of the great prophets of his time who served under the reign of Jeroboam II. […]

EYE-OPENING TRUTHS Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” 2 Kings 6:17 Eyes are important. Just ask Elisha and his servant. In 2 Kings 6 we see Elisha and his servant completely surrounded by an enemy army.  It appears there was no way out of their […]

PRAYING FOR OUR FAMILIES Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom. Job 1:5 King Solomon once wrote, “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward […]

WHERE SHOULD WE PRAY? When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Matthew 6:6 Where were you the last time you prayed? Was it on your bed this morning? On your way to work? Before your latest meal? Or was […]

INCESSANTLY! Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up… “Will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night?” Luke 18:1,7  “Nothing is so necessary as to call upon God incessantly […]

He prayed, “Lord, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today.” Genesis 24:12 Is it wrong to pray for success? There are some things that our world is obsessed with, and success is one of them. Go to the library and look for books on success. You will find […]

He [Moses] asked the Lord, “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them […]