Posts tagged “Prayer”
God is listening
“Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life…
Hear me, Lord
Have you thought of designating multiple times per day to stop and pray? “Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and…
Why we pray in Jesus’ name
There’s a powerful truth tucked away in an Old Testament chapter that’s tempting to skip or skim. In Exodus 30, God tells Moses to…
Prayer reaches him and is sweet to him
I had a light-bulb moment regarding prayer. My handy coworker Tom had re-created for me the golden altar of incense, a piece of furniture…
Your every word is heard
“So, Mike, why do you stink at prayer?” the radio hosts asked. We were discussing a book I cowrote with Mark Jeske whose intro…
A prayer for mercy
“O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. They have left the…
Not until you bless me
Have you ever been desperate in prayer? So desperate you would not stop praying until you got your answer? Jacob in the Bible was…
Faith to believe
The early Christians were heartbroken. A great persecution had broken out against them, and many of them were losing their lives. First it was…
A conversation with God
Here’s an honest conversation with God: “When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant; I was…
A daily reminder
Allow me to introduce you to my number-one enemies—anxiety and doubt. How often I forget the words of God when a crisis or problem…
Pray for people
I hear a lot of confessions about pornography. Both men and women, young and old, married and single schedule a time to talk and,…
Left on read
For today’s high school and college students, the worst thing you can do is leave them “on read.” Let’s pause a moment for a…