Dr. Whitney:All the Bible is worthy of praying through, of course. But I find that the easiest place to do this is the Book of Psalms. Not only were the Psalms inspired by God for the purpose of being reflected to God, but as someone has said, there’s a psalm for every sigh of...
President Hinckley earlier suggested praying for our children that they may be shielded from the evils of the world and that they may grow in faith and knowledge, that they may be directed toward lives that will be profitable and good. That women should pray for their husbands, expressing grat...
Elijah answers with whining and excuses, the kind you wouldn't accept from your own children:"I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, ...
That's not the advice any sensible parent will give his child. We tell our children to keep far away from such dangers. That's what God tells us too. This petition really means, "Father, don't allow me to face temptation that is too strong for me." It is the cry of one who ...
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spir...
In the timeless land of a child’s summer, I headed out each day, banging my feet against uneven sidewalk, where tree roots heaved and broke concrete into toe traps for children and the elderly. I caught my toes on furniture, had them run over with tricycles, wheel barrows and stomped ...
“The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children ...
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what...
striking heart of the passage is ‘we have access’. Each one of us, individually, but together as the redeemed people of God, can approach the unapproachable, can commune with the almighty and holy God, now that the Son has opened up the way, and the Spirit is with us as our guide...