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Praying God's Word for Your Life gives women the direction and Scripture they need to bring purpose and power to their prayers. The simple strategies Kathi Lipp shares will create in women the habit of praying with renewed boldness, consistency, and expectation. And Kathi's warm, approachable ...
His Word also contains the complete record of His self-revelation to us. In the Bible, God has shown us a lot of His names by simply telling us what they are outright–names like “I am the Lord” or “I am God Almighty.” But when we read these verses in which God just outright...
What do we mean when we say to “pray Scripture”? Evan Howard in his book Praying the Scriptures writes, “To pray the Scriptures is to order one’s time of prayer around a particular text in the Bible.” This can mean either praying the prayers of the Bible word-for-word as your...
Each day this week we’re focusing on one of the primary names or titles of God. By incorporating the divine names and titles into your own prayers—and learning about the biblical context in which the name was revealed—you’ll gain a more intimate understanding of who God is ...
Scripture Prayers >> Praying For The NationsAll nations around the world are included in this prayer. Or you can pray for an individual nation such as "the nation of ___." I had never really thought about praying for the nations, until I became a prayer leader. But this is a prayer ...
Luther’s Four Strands of Prayer Martin Luther believed that Bible study and prayer were intertwined; we need both to know God intimately. Our Bible study should influence our prayers, and we should pray as we study the Bible. As a simple way to pray Scripture, Luther looked at every bibli...
St. Augustine believed that every word of the psalms was Christ speaking to the Father, but in different voices, as the Head, the Body and both together, Christus Totus. I’ll go with Augustine. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (another good 3:16 selection!) All scripture is inspired by Go...
If you can’t trust God enough yet to say, “Anything You ask of me, I’ll do,” then keep working at it. I must admit that saying yes to God was difficult for me until I read God’s words in the Scripture: When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would...
In the Bible, people expected God to heal, rather than expected him not to. You find bold prayers, not prayers laden with phrasing to protect us from responsibility in the likelihood that God doesn't heal. We aren't to pray like lawyers!