Word of a new believer in Christ is a joyful moment, particularly if you’ve been praying for their salvation for a long time. It is also a time to shift the focus of your prayer to their maturing faith. Paul gave us a good guide for such a prayer in Collosians 1:3-12 after he heard […]
Read More Standing Guard with PrayerYou dear God are the source of wisdom, of truth. I praise you for your Word that you have given to us — for the faithful who have passed it to us across the generations. I am forever grateful for the obedience of so many followers of Jesus who have taught me and nurtured me […]
Read More Prayer Journey — Faithful SowersI have turned the soil
Shovel by shovel
Tilled the land
One by one
I sowed seeds
In fertile ground…
In 1 Kings 8 Solomon is dedicating the just completed temple to God. A great assembly is gathered “from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God (1 Kings 8:65).” The priests have “brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary […]
Read More For All PeopleI pray this morning that those who reject you dear God would get a glimpse of you today. May your light break through the darkness and illumine their soul if even for a moment. I pray the evidence of your existence would compel them to seek you. May your presence become more evident when they […]
Read More Prayer Journey — RejectionI am not self made, I am God made. All that I am, the whole of who I am right now, is because of God’s hand. Every event that has occurred in my life is because you allowed it to happen. It has all shaped me — molded me into who I am right now […]
Read More Prayer Journey — Who Am I?I see the approaching storm on the horizon. Soon it will engulf me. I turn to you and there you are by my side. You are always there, my faithful companion. You have never parted from me dear God. Even when it seemed all had abandoned me, you remained with me. You have never ceased […]
Read More Prayer Journey — FaithfulDraw me to you dear Lord. Protect me from those who pursue me with false claims. Help me to remain close to you. Fill me with your wisdom so that I may empty myself of worldly desires. Give me eyes to see you and your work. May I walk with you on the path you […]
Read More Prayer Journey — NearnessYou gave it all dear Lord. You came to this earth to save us. You became flesh so that we would know you; know God’s grace; know life in the Spirit of God. You gave it all so that I could know life, true life in you; so that I would know light and not […]
Read More Prayer Journey — LifeBring me closer to you dear Lord. Show me your ways. There are many paths in this world to follow. Help me to see your path, the journey you have laid out for me. Give me eyes to see, wisdom to discern the right direction. Help me to persist when the path is rough, the […]
Read More Prayer Journey — The Right Path
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