O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay …” (Daniel 9:19)The theme verse for this year’s National Day of Prayer is the passionate, desperate conclusion of Daniel’s prayer of intercession for...
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. (James 1:27) Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the...
Jesus: Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.(John 14:13-14) Most of us automatically close every prayer with … In Jesus’ name, Amen. I am so casual about...
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your...
All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing … (Colossians 1:6b) I want to personally invite you, a reader of the prayer blog, to the Missions Month prayer event on Wednesday evening, March 15. It will be a time of corporate prayer focusing on a few broad...
“O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command. Answer me, O LORD, answer me so these people will know that You, O LORD, are God, and that You are turning their hearts...
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (Philippians 4:6) Have you ever been approached outside the grocery store and asked to sign a petition for a ballot initiative? If 365,880 California voters sign...
Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path. (Psalm 119:105)Sometimes it’s hard for me to know how to pray, especially when I’m trying to pray according to God’s will, not my own, and when I’m trying to go beyond vague or superficial prayers. I have...
So you are no longer a slave, but a son …(Galatians 4:7) Jesus to his disciples: I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, “Move from here to there” and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for...
“O King Darius, live forever! The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or man during the next thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown...