In a sense, Jesus might also be praying for all His expressed will in the Bible to be fulfilled in us, likeColossians 1:9-12orEphesians 3:14-21. He might include the things He taught His disciples to pray in what we call “the Lord’s prayer“: that we might reverence His name, ...
Open my mind that I may comprehend your Scriptures, show me new things that I've never noticed before about Yourself and Your Word. I praise you for the relationship that we have together with intimacy, openness, and the reality that you, the God over all, lives inside of me, a si...
Guide us by Your Holy Spirit in how to lovingly talk about spiritual things and eternal life. Show up in ways that only You can. Reveal Your hope and peace with them, and we pray that You would help us not to give up praying on their behalf. Amen. Photo credit: ©GettyImages/Fi...
one man made a remark about compulsive shopping, “you know how women are.” I didn’t laugh, but others chuckled with amusement…or maybe politeness. Later, another man declared, “I’m straight up, honest, you know who I am and what I stand for…not like a woman...
ve heard the stories of people needing organ transplants suddenly meeting someone who happens to be a willing match. But, we don’t go looking for these things to happen to us unless we are the ones in need of help, unless we are the ones searching, begging, and praying for a miracle...
When my wife suggested that, instead of giving up my “future-orientation” in frustration, I apply it to an even longer-term view—such as eternity—it got my attention. In fact, a light went on for me, as I recalled noticing in the past, and even teaching about, how central eschato...
Bible Verses about Strength: Top Scriptures for Encouragement There are many Bible verses about strength for when you feel tired, weak, and overwhelmed by the storms of life. In the Psalms, we read the beautiful promise that: "The Lord is my rock,... ...
but as a response to His grace. We do this by renewing our minds with Scripture (Rom 12:1-2), maintaining fellowship through confession of sin (1 John 1:9), praying without ceasing (1 Th 5:17), walking by faith (2 Cor 5:7), and trusting God in every situation (Prov 3:5-6)...
This week, while talking with friends, we decided that we could also apply this same concept to hoping and praying about things in the Church as a whole. For example: We might watch a teacher and think they are just repeating what they’ve heard before, and we hope and pray for teacher...
Also, we don’t find these two men praying. Instead, they were extremely downcast and talked about it openly. Misery loves company. Then Jesus shows up from behind them. He sneaks upon them! They were not expecting anyone. Sometimes, God knows what we need to get us out of the funk....