Posts Tagged ‘ Prayer ’
Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert in this with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.
Ephesians 6:18, HCSB
God reveals Himself through His Word and His people, especially as we pray and He empowers us by the Holy Spirit to persevere through life and persecution and struggles in general, knowing He is faithful and true to keep His promises.
I preached again!
Last week, Pastor Paul powerfully preached on Colossians 1:9 and the importance of prayer. This week, I looked at the next three verses, Paul’s prayer for the Colossians and what prayer is really for. (Hint: To focus on and be conformed to Christ!)
May you be blessed by this message. As usual, my PowerPoint is provided below the video.
Hello, wonderful people!
Beginning in a few hours is a youth camp in beautiful Prescott, AZ. I was asked to be the main speaker, and I wrote the outline for the teachings.
Our focus is Psalm 1 and The Mountaintop Experience. Please pray we speak well sharing God’s truth, that these teenagers encounter God in a meaningful and impact full way, and that it is an overall safe and fun weekend. (Of course, God’s will in all things above all!)
Thankfully, my wife gets to join me, so it is also a bit of a retreat for us!
Praise His Holy Name!
Daniel
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.
James 5:16, HCSB
We keep God’s Word, and this includes confessing our sins to each other, praying for each other, and seeking God together.
God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10, HCSB
We keep God’s Word, which means relying on the Holy Spirit. Yet, even if we fail, He can cleanse us and renew us, franting rest from our burden, as turn to Him again.
Be alert, stand firm in the faith, act like a man, be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13, HCSB
God wants to give us all good things, amd being faithful to His commands and ways brings those good things to us. Thankfully, He helps us be faithful like the Son through the indwelling Holy Spirit.
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”
Matthew 5:44, HCSB
God wants to give us all good things, and that should push us to want to give goodness to others, especially those who have no love for us and Jesus.
But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:7, HCSB
God wants to give us all good things, and the good begins with the cleansing from sin by Christ’s blood when we repent and put our faith in Him. We also get the family of the Church and the jiy of bringing others to faith.
So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.
Galatians 6:9, HCSB
God wants to give us all good things, and that includes the joy of leading others to salvation through faith in Christ. It is work He has called us to and equips us for.
Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
Luke 6:36, HCSB
God wants to give us all good things, and it begins with mercy when we ask. It also means that we show mercy to others just as He has to us.