Posts Tagged ‘Prayer’
Word For The Day: Knowing God’s Will
Paul wrote to Christians in the church in Colosse after hearing from Epaphras of their faith in Jesus. If you have a few minutes, read the little Book of Colossians, just four short chapters, but filled with so much encouragement and instruction! Paul’s prayer for the Colossian Christians is my prayer for you today. You…
Read MoreWord For Day: Living For the Pleasure of God
Good morning. This [prayer] is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Ti 2:3–4). We were created to worship. God’s desire is for “all men to be saved and come to the knowledge…
Read MoreWORD FOR THE DAY: An Urgent Prayer Request
Emperor Nero was the ruler of the world when Paul, the Apostle, was alive. Nero is famous for murdering his mother, Agrippina, and two of his wives. Nero is most famous for fiddling and dancing while Rome burned the evening of July 18, 64AD. When popular opinion began to turn against him for setting the…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Pray For Opportunities to Share the Gospel
This is the last day of our devotional study on praying for the advancement of the gospel. Today’s Word for the Day is found in Colossians 4:2-4. Please turn your Bibles to that passage and read that text. WHAT: Paul is writing this letter from a prison cell. As he writes he is asking for…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Prayer and Proclamation
We’re continuing our study through 1 Timothy 2:1-7, and we’re learning to pray for the advancement of the gospel. This morning we’re taking The Word for the Day from 1 Timothy 2:5-6. Please read that text now. WHAT: These two verses describe the very heart of the gospel. Notice how Paul refers to Jesus. Jesus…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Praying For Government
The Word for the Day comes from 1 Timothy 2:2. Remember we are looking at the BIG IDEA of praying for the advancement of the gospel. Yesterday we saw the priority of prayer in verse 1. Today we are looking at the people for whom we pray and why we pray for them. WHAT: Paul…
Read MoreCharacteristics of a Model Church for a Modern World
What comes to mind when you hear the word “church”? A building with a steeple and a cross? A denomination with ecclesiastical hierarchy? There was a time when I was boy that I would have told you that the first thing I thought of when I heard the word “church” was boring! What is this…
Read MoreThe Pleasure of Thorns
In my devotions this morning I came across notes I had written in the margin some time ago that challenged and encouraged me. I wanted to give them to you in writing for your personal meditation. In 2 Corinthians 12.7-10 Paul writes this concerning what he refers to as a thorn in the flesh: And…
Read MoreGoing On To Spiritual Maturity
Becoming a Christian happens when you turn from your sin to Christ and receive God’s forgiveness by faith Jesus. John calls this being “born again” (Jn. 3:1-18). Birth is a wonderful thing but ecoming a Christian is just the beginning of a new life. God’s plan for His children is that they go on to…
Read MoreThe Life-Changing Mark of Mothers
Our text today is 1 Samuel 1:1-28. In this text we have the story of a woman who God used in a strategic way in His redemptive plan. Her name is Hannah. Not everyone here is a mother… Not everyone has good memories of their mother… Not every woman will be a biological mother… However…
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