Tag: prayer
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Selflessness in Prayer
Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day! (Psalm 74:22) This verse captures the essence of the prayer in this psalm. Things have gone terribly wrong for the people of God. Enemies have come into the land and destroyed the temple. They “profaned” the temple, tore it…
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Flattery will get you nowhere
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. (Psalm 66:18) If you’re like me, you want to know that God hears your prayers. If I don’t have confidence that God hears and cares about my prayers, then what’s the point in praying? So I’m always on the look out…
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Abiding = Answered Prayers
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. (John 15:7) I want to be here; how about you?! So close to Jesus, his words such a part of me, that his will is my will. That my prayers are pleasing and answered…
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The Walking (Spiritually) Dead
To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. (Psalm 28:1) Those who are content to hear only their own voice in prayer, become like dead people spiritually. Spiritual zombies if you will. Prayer…
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Pray for their ultimate good
Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace, (Psalms 83:17) Jesus tells us to pray for our enemies (Matthew 5:44), but I doubt this is what most of us think he meant. Here in Psalm 83 David is praying for the enemies that threaten the nation of Israel. Interestingly…