Jesus Prayed
“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles…” – Luke 6:12-13 I am humbled by this verse. Jesus had a big decision to make and […]
Praying for the Lost is the Gateway to Evangelism
Not everyone is comfortable having a Bible study with a non-Christian. Everyone is able to pray for lost people. Start with what people can do and are willing to do and eventually they will be willing to try new things. If they are willing to write a note to a new person, ask them to […]
The Prayer I Woke Up Praying
I rarely ever wake up in the middle of the night and have trouble falling back asleep. Missy will tell you that once I lay down in bed it is not uncommon for me to fall asleep in mid sentence. I sleep hard. But last week I woke up around 4am and just couldn’t get […]
Principles Wrapped in Practices – The Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s prayer offers us several great teachings about the Christian faith. We learn everything from God being our Father to kingdom values and the importance of God’s will being done. We learn about God providing for our necessities and the importance of forgiveness. Those are all amazing teachings. What is so great about the […]
Praying Like Paul
I am touched and motivated by this prayer by Paul in Ephesians 3:14-21. We prayed this payer over our LIFE group tonight, “14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you […]
400 Prayers for Preachers & 300 Quotations for Preachers by Elliot Ritzema
Elliot Ritzema has just come out with two new series for the Logos Bible software: 400 Prayers for Preachers and 300 Quotations for Preachers. Elliot has done a fantastic job pulling valuable resources together into two resources that are attractive, highly functional, easy to use and extremely well organized. Do you have a scripture that […]
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18…Three Short Verses, Three Powerful Commands
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 packs three important commands into three tiny verses. Paul wrote, “16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” What Paul wrote here is more than just three easy memory verses. Paul tells us three things that he expects Christians to do on a continual […]
Three Prayer Requests
I have a couple of prayer requests to put out there. First, my grandmother has been having a rough time with her health. She is in her 90s and has been in good healthy until this last July. She has several issues that are concerning and I just ask for your prayers for her. Second, […]
Jonah Teaches Me to Pray
I was praying with Jonah (our two year old) tonight and he taught me a valuable lesson on prayer. I was thanking God for everything from his mommy to his friends and then he spontaneously picked up right in the middle of it all, “Sanks you God for me-me…sanks you God for my play ground…sanks […]
If You Had Three Years to Change the World…
If you had three years to change the world, would you spend as much time away alone with God as Jesus did? If I knew I had three years to change the world I know I would be tempted to never slow down and solitude would be pretty far down on the priority list. Not […]