‘“Speak, for your servant is listening’” (1 Sam. 3:10).
The most important prayer-skill is learning to listen to the Living Voice. This week let listening to Him be the main focus of your prayer time. Let 1 Samuel 3:10 be your only request. Listen for Him in His Word, in the quietness of your heart, in the circumstances of your day, in fresh ideas that come to mind, in new understanding that settles on you. Learn to listen. Write down what you think you sense Him saying to you.
Jennifer Kennedy Dean
The Praying Life Foundation
www.nationaldayofprayer.org
Monday, February 19, 2007
Friday, February 09, 2007
Save
"He shall save his people from their sins."
-- Matthew 1:21
"Without holiness no man shall see the Lord." "Let every one that nameth the name of Christ
depart from iniquity." If not saved from sin, how shall we hope to be
counted among his people.
It is true our Lord Jesus Christ does redeem all his people from
the wrath to come; he saves them from the fearful condemnation which
their sins had brought upon them; but his triumph is far more complete
than this. He saves his people "from their sins." Oh! sweet deliverance
from our worst foes. Where Christ works a saving work, he casts Satan
from his throne, and will not let him be master any longer.
Pray this with me...
Lord, save me now from all evil, and enable
me to honor my Savior.
I command you today to love the Lord your God. I command you to follow him and to obey his commands, laws, and rules. Then you will live, and your nation will grow larger. And the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take for your own. Deuteronomy 30:16
“You will never stand alone while standing on the Word of God.”
— Kathryn Souza-Wine
-- Matthew 1:21
"Without holiness no man shall see the Lord." "Let every one that nameth the name of Christ
depart from iniquity." If not saved from sin, how shall we hope to be
counted among his people.
It is true our Lord Jesus Christ does redeem all his people from
the wrath to come; he saves them from the fearful condemnation which
their sins had brought upon them; but his triumph is far more complete
than this. He saves his people "from their sins." Oh! sweet deliverance
from our worst foes. Where Christ works a saving work, he casts Satan
from his throne, and will not let him be master any longer.
Pray this with me...
Lord, save me now from all evil, and enable
me to honor my Savior.
I command you today to love the Lord your God. I command you to follow him and to obey his commands, laws, and rules. Then you will live, and your nation will grow larger. And the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take for your own. Deuteronomy 30:16
“You will never stand alone while standing on the Word of God.”
— Kathryn Souza-Wine
Pray Always & Pray One for Another
"Praying always."
-- Ephesians 6:18
"Pray one for another."
-- James 5:16
Our first prayer was a prayer for ourselves; we asked
that God would have mercy upon us, and blot out our
sin. He heard us.
But when he had blotted out our sins like a cloud,
then we had more prayers for ourselves. We have had to pray for
sanctifying grace.
For as your prayers have been many, so also have been God's answers to them. He has heard
you in the day of trouble, has strengthened you, and
helped you, even when you dishonored him by trembling
and doubting at the mercy-seat.
Remember this, and let it fill your heart with gratitude to God, who has
thus graciously heard your poor weak prayers.
Remember that such prayer is the sweetest God ever
hears, for the prayer of Christ is of this character.
Our prayers for others, having in them more of the
fruits of the Spirit, more love, more faith, and more
brotherly kindness.
All the bread your soul has eaten has come down from
heaven, and all the water of which it has drank has
flowed from the living rock-Christ Jesus the Lord.
-- Ephesians 6:18
"Pray one for another."
-- James 5:16
Our first prayer was a prayer for ourselves; we asked
that God would have mercy upon us, and blot out our
sin. He heard us.
But when he had blotted out our sins like a cloud,
then we had more prayers for ourselves. We have had to pray for
sanctifying grace.
For as your prayers have been many, so also have been God's answers to them. He has heard
you in the day of trouble, has strengthened you, and
helped you, even when you dishonored him by trembling
and doubting at the mercy-seat.
Remember this, and let it fill your heart with gratitude to God, who has
thus graciously heard your poor weak prayers.
Remember that such prayer is the sweetest God ever
hears, for the prayer of Christ is of this character.
Our prayers for others, having in them more of the
fruits of the Spirit, more love, more faith, and more
brotherly kindness.
All the bread your soul has eaten has come down from
heaven, and all the water of which it has drank has
flowed from the living rock-Christ Jesus the Lord.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
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