Pray without CEASING. – Household Words:

The King’s Heart. Ezra 1:1.

Sometimes I am impatient in prayer. Sometimes I wonder why it seems to take so long for God to answer, or whether He is listening at all. But God is listening. God is sovereign. God is in control and seated on His throne. And sometimes—in His mercy—He encourages me with signs that He does indeedContinue reading “The King’s Heart. Ezra 1:1.”

My Daily Prayer for You. Mark 12:30-31

My prayer for my family, for my kids, every day: That you “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, and with all your strength” Mark 12:30-31. And that you love the Word, read the Word, study the Word, memorize the Word, and submit yourselves toContinue reading “My Daily Prayer for You. Mark 12:30-31”

HOW HARD ARE YOU PRAYING? Matthew 15:22-28.

What do you need from the Lord? How hard are you praying for it? I bet you could pray harder. Are you praying the Word, using scripture to “prove your point” to God, to show Him why He should say ‘YES’ to your request? Are you praying out loud, having a conversation with Him? OnceContinue reading “HOW HARD ARE YOU PRAYING? Matthew 15:22-28.”

PRAY LIKE A LAWYER! Matthew 15:22-27; Mark7:29.

Daddy used to get fed up: “You’d argue with a fence post!” So he told me to be a lawyer. True, there are thousands of lawyer jokes, few of them undeserved. But when you need one, you’ll be glad to have one. (Even Jesus is described as “our advocate with the Father” 1 John 2:1.)Continue reading “PRAY LIKE A LAWYER! Matthew 15:22-27; Mark7:29.”

Pray Without Ceasing. Matthew 15:21-28.

Jesus says, “You have not because you ask not.” Are you remembering to ASK? And when you ask, He says to “pray without ceasing,” (I Thess. 5:17) and to “knock and keep on knocking” (Matt. 7:7). Don’t give up in prayer. Consider the story of the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15:21-28. She comes to JesusContinue reading “Pray Without Ceasing. Matthew 15:21-28.”

PRAY HARD! Luke 11:5-10.

Have you persisted in prayer? Have you? Have you really, really prayed hard? Have you prayed for a long time? Have you ever had something on a prayer list that you came back to day-after-day for a long time? Have you prayed consistently, while days turned to weeks and weeks to months and months toContinue reading “PRAY HARD! Luke 11:5-10.”