'Prayer life' Tagged Posts (Page 3)
His Life/Your Life #7
Exodus 3:6 “ Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.” God always speaks to us in the context of what He as done in the lives of those who have gone on before us. When God encountered Moses, He did not give Moses an assignment independent of what He had done through…
His Life/Your Life #6
Isaiah 40:31 “But those who wait for the Lord (who expect, look for, and hope in Him) will gain new strength and renew their power; They will lift up their wings (and rise up close to God) like eagles (rising toward the sun); they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not grow tired.” At times you may feel so worn out and stressed that you are not sure you can take another step. You may…
His Life/Your Life #5
Isaiah 40:31 “But those who wait for the Lord (who expect, look for, and hope in Him) will gain new strength and renew their power; They will lift up their wings (and rise up close to God) like eagles (rising toward the sun); they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not grow tired.” At times you may feel so worn out and stressed that you are not sure you can take another step. You may…
His Life/Your Life #4
1 Samuel 26:8 “Then Abishai said to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand this day; now then, please let me strike him with the spear driving it to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.” Sometimes we are tempted to take shortcuts to our destinations in life. David faced this temptation several times before he was crowned king. Samuel, God’s prophet, anointed David and prophesied that David would be the next…
His Life/Your Life #3
1 Timothy 1:12 “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has granted me [the needed] strength and made me able for this, because He considered me faithful and trustworthy, putting me into service for this ministry.” From our human perspective, the apostle Paul’s record as a zealous persecutor of Christians should have kept him from being in God’s service. Paul was known as the chief of sinners, as a blasphemer, and as a very violent aggressor (1 Tim 13-15).…
His Life/Your Life #2
Colossians 2:15 “When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities (those supernatural forces of evil operating against us), He made a public example of them, having triumphed over them through the cross.” Believers are not called on to defeat the enemy! Of course, we know that the enemy is Satan, listen, we are not called on to defeat Satan, God has already done that in Christ! It is not our mandate to “bind” Satan. Jesus was already set limits on…
His Life/Your Life #1
Ephesians 6:12 “ For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens.” In a battle, it is important to know who your enemy is. If you do not know who the enemy is then you are vulnerable. The apostle Paul had many enemies. Some of them resented him, some of them hated him, and others wanted to kill him. Some of them…
Prayer Life #28
Because of Jesus’s prayer life and His obedience to what He learned, a watching world came to know and experience the wonders and the truths of the father. In John 14:9-10 Jesus proclaims, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father” and “the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” When Jesus spoke these word He went on to makes this surprising statement to His disciples in John 14:12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes…
Prayer Life #27
From Jesus’s times of prayer with the Father, followed by His obedience to the Father’s will as revealed in those times, Jesus did not fail in anything God gave Him to do. Because He always listened to His Father’s agenda and was always obedient, the Father was free to fully accomplish His eternal purposes through the Son. Jesus knew that the Father had eternity in mind each time He prayed. This is revealed at the most crucial moment for…
Prayer Life #26
Jesus was faithful to live out obedience to the Father’s agenda and many times the disciples did not understand what He was doing. These were the times that He had to rebuke them and remind them of the Father’s activity. The most memorable time was in Matt. 16:21-22 Peter actually “took Him aside and began to rebuke Him” after Jesus had told the disciples that He must go to Jerusalem to be killed and be raised again the third day.…
Prayer Life #25
As Jesus understood the plan of God for His life, He also understood that without the guidance and the strength of the Father He would not be able to carry it out. Jesus understood His need for constant intervention from the Father, and His life from the very beginning proved His dependence on the Father. The constant witness we see from Jesus’s life is a life of empowerment through dependence on the mighty power of God the Father. In…
Prayer Life series #24
John 14:116-17 “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever—The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you (constantly) and will be in you.” John 14:26 “But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate,…