“Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God” (Psalm 31:5, ESV).
"Rejoice In All The Good Which The LORD Your God Has Given You" - By Cameron Piner
Deuteronomy 26 doesn’t necessarily contain what we would think of as a “prayer.” However, the people of God were given specific things that they were to say to the priest and to “say before the LORD your God” (vss. 5, 13, NASB). While this is more of a confession/ declaration before the priests and before the LORD, it also is something that the speaker was saying with God as their audience. Therefore, it is at least very similar to a public prayer. Either way, there are some things that we can learn from this chapter about things to say before God, and we can apply that to our prayers today.
Teach Me Your Paths - By Jared Synan
“Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.” - Psalm 25:4-5 (ESV)
Prayers of the Bible (Numbers 10:35-36; Psalms 22-24) - By Don Newcomer
“The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein…” Psalm 24:1 (ESV)
Rejoicing In The Lord's Strength - By Jared Synan
O LORD, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults! - Psalm 21:1 (ESV)
Exodus 33; Psalms 16, 17, & 18 - By David Williamson
“I have set the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.” - Psalm 16:8 (ESV)
Wrestling With God - By Grady Huggins
The account of Jacob wrestling with God is one of the more confusing stories in the book of Genesis, yet it is clearly a pivotal moment in Jacob’s life. On this occasion, he is given the name Israel, meaning “he who strives or wrestles with God.” This name would commemorate Jacob’s wrestling match with God for generations to come. What is so significant about this story and what lessons is it intended to teach us?
God's Righteous Attentiveness - By Ben Palmer
Praise of God's righteous judgement weaves a common thread between Psalms 7 and 9. God saves the righteous, and those who champion His cause find comfort in this (Psalm 9:9-10). In Psalm 7, David leans heavily on this characteristic of God in a request to be delivered from his enemies. David comes to God in this psalm with a clear conscience even going so far as to call judgement upon himself “if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause” (Psalm 7:4, ESV). Let us ask ourselves if we also could so confidently extol the righteous judgement of God. I believe David prayed so powerfully partly because he continually repented and kept his conduct honorable before God and people. As a result, he could genuinely appeal to the righteous judgement of God. If we also live for the Lord, then we can more genuinely and effectively “give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness” and “sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High” (Psalm 7:17, ESV).
O Lord, In The Morning You Hear My Voice And Every Night I Flood My Bed With Tears: Psalms 4, 5, And 6 - By Carl Ballard
“Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!” - Psalm 4:1 (ESV)
Bonus Article - Week 1 Reading From Psalms 1-3 And Genesis 18:22-33 - By David Lauer
Praying For The Oppressed And The Oppressors? - Genesis 18:22-33 - By Cameron Piner
Gen. 18:22-33 is one of the first recorded “prayers” in the Bible. However, it is not what we’d typically refer to as a “prayer.” It is really more of a dialogue between God (through angels) & Abraham. Nevertheless, Abraham is talking to God and is interceding, much like is done in many of the prayers in scripture. Abraham intercedes for his nephew Lot, but also for the rest of the people in Sodom.
Too Broken for God?
When the Oxen Stumbled: Lessons from the Death of a "Good Man"
Fishers of Men
What Church Do You Belong To?
When people heard the preaching of the gospel in the first century, there was not a variety of churches to choose from where they could then become members. They were simply converted to the Lord and met with other converted people in their local community to worship Him. Why can we not simply do the same today?
The Creation: God Has Revealed Himself
The Right Medicine
How Does Love "Cover A Multitude of Sins"?
Love's Quest
The Fool's Laziness (4)
Over the past few weeks we have observed the prideful attitude, unrestrained speech, and quick temper of “the fool” described in Proverbs. To complete our picture of folly, we will now discuss the work ethic of the fool. The same lack of self-discipline apparent in his speech and temper is inevitably expressed in laziness as well…