"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all people." (1 Timothy 2:1 ESV) "Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perserverance, making...
"Rise! To arms! With prayer employ you, O Christians, lest the foe destroy you; For Satan has designed your fall. Wield God's Word, the weapon glorious; Against all foes be thus victorious."For God protects you from them all. Fear not the hordes of hell, Here is...
"Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known." (Jeremiah 33:3 ESV)"Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear." (Isaiah 65:24 ESV)We sing this in church occasionally: "The answers...
"Praying at all times in the spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perserverance, making supplication for all the saints." (Ephesians 6:18 ESV) "And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought to pray and not lose heart."...
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mark 11:24 ESV) "And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive it, if you have faith." (Matthew 21:22 ESV) There is power in a sincere, fervent prayer....
In the ongoing series on the subject of "The Heavenly Census Register" (Read Lamb's Book of life), we come to the penultimate portion even whilst focusing on yet another dimension of this ethereal subject...Resolve..."But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if...
It never ceased to amaze me how a simple kiss could take away the tears from my toddlers’ eyes. How can something so small make such a change? The answer of course is that it showed someone cared, and that was truly all that really mattered in the eyes of my toddlers....
"Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me." (Psalm 50:15 ESV)Note that our text, Psalm 50, does not read, "Call upon Me" once "in the day of trouble; I will deliver you." No, rather Scripture's direction is to "pray...
"I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite." (Isaiah 57:15b ESV) Recently I knew something was amiss between the The Prince of Peace and...
"Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches." (2 Corinthians 11:28 NIV) Like most pastors, I often wake up in the middle of the night thinking about and worrying over people in the congregation that I serve. I guess that...