Category Archives: Prayer

Secrets of Prayer: Praying With Power. Mark 9:24.

Everyone wants to get results when they pray. To put it another way: we want God to give us what we want! And of course, that can be a selfish thing. If we need rent money, we might pray selfishly or we might pray selflessly, but either way—we really do need the money.  And GodContinue reading “Secrets of Prayer: Praying With Power. Mark 9:24.”

AGENCY: Adult-Like Faith. Matthew 8:5-10.

Have you heard about the power of childlike faith? Have you ever faced a prayer need and wished you possessed the seemingly magical power of the faith of a child? Jesus said to come to God like a little child (Luke 18:17) and many can share testimonies of the amazing ways God has answered theContinue reading “AGENCY: Adult-Like Faith. Matthew 8:5-10.”

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.”

JESUS’S SECRET. Luke 5:15-16; 6:12.

YouTube is a parade of infomercials—ads for diet secrets, health secrets, stress-reducing secrets, and more. The one I hate most is a muscular young man in a selfie video: “If you’re a guy between 25 and 55, listen up,” and he begins explaining why cardio won’t work, but don’t worry, he has the secret toContinue reading “JESUS’S SECRET. Luke 5:15-16; 6:12.”

Pray Like Nehemiah. Nehemiah 1:4-11.

A wise king surrounds himself with capable people. Pharaoh made Joseph second-in-command, Genesis 41:40-42. Nebuchadnezzar elevated the best of the Hebrews, young men “skillful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge,” bringing them into his service, Daniel 1:3-4. The same is true of Nehemiah. He was the king’s cupbearer, a position of great trust. ThereContinue reading “Pray Like Nehemiah. Nehemiah 1:4-11.”

Pray and Never Give Up! Daniel 10:12

Do you have a problem you are praying about? Daniel prayed about a problem for three weeks. Finally an angel came and explained something to him: “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you prayed and humbled yourself before God, your prayers were answered. I have come because of your prayers. ButContinue reading “Pray and Never Give Up! Daniel 10:12”

DANIEL NEVER FAILED. Daniel 6:10-11.

Daniel is one of few Bible heroes who never failed. There’s “Daniel in the Lions’ Den.” There’s Daniel interpreting dreams. Daniel insisting on a diet of vegetables in order to avoid breaking God’s law by eating unclean meats. There’s even a VeggieTales version in which, while being thrown to the lions, Daniel (played by LarryContinue reading “DANIEL NEVER FAILED. Daniel 6:10-11.”

BE READY FOR ANYTHING.

The worst thing that happened to the Israelites was the Babylonian captivity. Long after they were rescued from the Pharaoh and brought to the Promised Land, after David killed Goliath and God established David’s kingdom and Solomon’s temple—generations passed and the people got worse and worse. Remember how they left Egypt and built a goldenContinue reading “BE READY FOR ANYTHING.”

PRAY ABOUT PRAYING. Jeremiah 32:42.

When someone is ill, we tell them to pray. Then we tell them to pray with faith, to pray BELIEVING. But what if you don’t have faith? Can you muster up faith? Can you strengthen your own faith? I don’t know—but you can pray FOR faith. If you need more faith, ask God! If youContinue reading “PRAY ABOUT PRAYING. Jeremiah 32:42.”