That's when I got serious about praying for my preaching. Each night I walked a four-mile route through my neighborhood and talked to the Father. My petitions dealt with the usual stuff — family needs, people I was concerned about, and the church. Gradually, one prayer began to r...
9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. 11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to ...
Thank you for how our teeth help so much with eating. I can see how hard eating would be without our teeth. Thank you Lord for our wonderfully designed bodies! And thank you for the scripture (about the Queen of Sheba) for today’s prayer: 6 Then she said to the king: “It was ...
15So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less? 16Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery! 17Did I exploit you through any ...
I stood there praying for a minute then I leaned in and placed my forehead on the wall. That’s when something happened. I saw a freeze frame of my life memories, and one particularly painful memory was frozen and I could see it clearly. I had never been able to overcome this memory...
Those relationships can begin when we say, “Let me pray for you.” Let’s stop praying later, and start praying now. Let’s stop saying, “I’ll pray for you,” and start saying, “Let me pray for you now.” I know how intimidating that can be. But we don’t have to speak ...
Treasury of Scripture At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes. Jesus. Luke 10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank the...
I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel: 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn...
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Praying for Her Is Loving Her So, husbands: Pray for your wife in these areas. Pray for her, about her, and with her. Let her, your children, and others hear you pray for her. And as you pray, strive to make her“job” much easier by loving her, caring for her, and blessing ...