Tag: prayer
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Do you really believe God hears?
John 17:1 “After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed.” When you pray, do you really believe in your heart of hearts that God actually hears you? Do you believe He is present? Do you believe He exists? You may say that these are strange questions, for surely if one prays, he or…
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The Amen
John 17:1 “Father, the hour has come.” What is prayer? A simple definition would be “talking to God.” But what does one talk about – to God? To hear most prayers, we would think that prayer is a matter of asking God for things – certain favors, or help of some kind – perhaps for…
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Prayer that pleases God
John 17:1 “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you.” Jesus did what he did in a perfect way. This included the way in which He prayed. When He asked the Father to bless Him in some way, He always had, first and foremost, the Father’s glory in mind. …
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Saying “Amen”
John 17:1 “Father, the hour has come.” What is prayer? A simple definition would be “talking to God.” But what does one talk about – to God? To hear most prayers, we would think that prayer is a matter of asking God for things – certain favors, or help of some kind – perhaps for…
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The perfect prayer
John 17:1 “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you.” Jesus did what he did in a perfect way. This included the way in which he prayed. When he asked the Father to bless Him in some way, He always had, first and foremost, the Father’s glory in mind. …
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Motives
Psalm 119:167 “My soul keeps your testimonies; I love them exceedingly.” Motives mean everything to Christ regarding how we live our lives and how we practice our faith. I Corinthians 13 speaks of those who do what appear to be great things, things that any human being would likely view as awe-inspiring, but that are worthless…
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Wise requests
John 16:23 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.” In the verse above we have a wonderful, almost incomprehensible promise from Jesus. What a wide- open door we have to ask God for things. And this isn’t the only place such a promise…
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Decisions
Numbers 9:22-23 “Whether it was two days, or a month, or a longer time, that the cloud continued over the tabernacle, abiding there, the people of Israel remained in camp and did not set out, but when it lifted they set out. At the command of the Lord they camped, and at the command of the Lord they set out. They kept…
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Handling holy things
Numbers 4:15 “And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die.” So many of the laws of the Old…
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Valleys
Psalm 116:1-2 “I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.” Have you ever been at the end of yourself? Have you ever been in a situation in which you had no answers, you didn’t…
To Encourage You 