Christian Prayer Blog and Book Recommendations
Christian Prayer Blog and Book Recommendations
Echoes from Eternity
“Kyrie eleison.”It was the one sentence uttered to Jesus more than any other.“Kyrie eleison.”Those who traveled with Jesus heard it over and over.“Kyrie eleison.”We would have been amazed at the ...
God, We Need to Talk.
When my eyes opened the next morning, they didn’t move left or right. They just stared straight up. The ceiling fan above my bed was strangely therapeutic. As I watched ...
Unanswered Prayers
It’s easy to slip into the mentality that we somehow fell through the cracks of God’s good plans.Things are too final. The ink is too dry. The page has been ...
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee: The Story Behind the Song
{1907}Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee God of glory, Lord of love Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee Op’ning to the Sun above Melt the clouds of sin and sadness drive ...
Patriot's Prayer: What We Can Do for Our Country
So this day shall be to you a memorial. — Exodus 12:14 (NKJV) In honor of the veterans of the Civil War, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., who ...
Prayers for Graduates
Heavenly Father…1) As ____________ weighs the choices that are before her, let her be filled with knowledge and depth of insight, that she may be able to discern what is ...
10 Godly Truths to Encourage You to Keep Praying for Your Future
Editor’s note: The future is uncertain. That’s something we can all agree on. Whether your long-term goal looks like saving for retirement, graduating from school, planning for a new baby, ...
Why Pray for Wisdom Anyway?
This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit. — 1 Corinthians 2:13Wisdom was there in the very beginning, ...
Praying When Your Children Have Children
Praying When Your Children Have ChildrenI will pour out My Spirit on your offspring, and My blessing on your descendants. — Isaiah 44:3Back when Praying the Scriptures for Your Children ...
See What God Has Done! Do You See It?
Devotion For You How vital that we pray, armed with the knowledge that God is in Heaven. Pray with any lesser conviction and your prayers are timid, shallow, and hollow. ...
The Storied God: How His Word Heals Our Stories
In your strings is hid a music that no hand hath e’er let fall, In your soul is sealed a pleasure that you have not known at all; Pleasure subtle ...
Praying to Know the Power of Prayer
During the first couple of years I walked with the Lord, my prayers went something like this: “God, help me get that job.” “Jesus, please heal my throat.” “Lord, send ...
The God of All Comfort
O Lord, You have searched me and You know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out ...
3 Scriptures That Will Help Draw You Near to God
This is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever ...
Forgiveness Makes a Difference
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. — Colossians 3:13The Bible doesn’t tell us if Daniel struggled ...
Comfort in God Alone
Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. — James 5:13The day I met Rebecca, she invited me over to ...