And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness to Tekoa. and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed. 2 Chronicles 20:20 Please read 2 Chronicles 20:20-24 Jehoshaphat spoke to his soldiers to not put trust in their armor but to believe in God. To give God credit in his word from the prophets. Jehoshaphat assured them they would prosper and succeed. Through their faith, they praised and gave thanks to God. They praised his holiness. they kept a day…
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God Alone
So now, O Lord our God, save us, please from his hands that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O Lord, are God alone. 2 Kings 19:19 Please read this whole passage for context. 2 Kings 19:19-36 If we truly love God, this prayer of Hezekiah is a good example for us. Hezekiah wanted God to be honored. He wanted the Lord to prove and accomplish his purposes. Moses and David also showed this kind of example of prayer. We also must show this kind of faith in our prayers. We must boldly identify with God and his purposes. We should uphold his reputation. and…
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Faith Through Prayer Intercession
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain.” So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees. And he said to his servant, “Go up and look toward the sea.” And he went up and looked and said,” There is nothing.” And he said, “Go again,” seven times. And at the seventh time he said, “Behold, a little cloud like a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go u, say…
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Heavy Hands
Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of GOd in my hand. So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his…
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Praying For Each Other
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The Prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. James 5:13-16 Life is hard. There is…
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In Everything By Prayer
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6 Do you ever worry about things? Your job, friends, spouse, children, church, others? A cure to help stop the worry is to pray. Taking your worries to God first helps take the focus off of difficulty of it and puts it on the power of God. With prayer, we renew our trust in God’s faithfulness by giving him all of our anxieties and problems. We can trust that when we give it all to him, He will take care of it and us. When God takes…
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Laboring In Prayer
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Colossians 4:12 Prayer is a strong battle tool against the enemy. What is amazing about it is all we have to do is prayer. Pray for ourselves and for others. Let’s take a look the words laboring. In this verse laboring fervently is wrestling in agony of prayer. Other translations use struggling. Struggling in the Greek word is agonizo. This is where we derive the English word agonize from. To labor, struggle, or agonize speaks of deep desire and…
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Lord’s Prayer – Part 3
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, be deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen Matthew 6: 9-13 Deliver us from evil: We believers in God will always be a target of Satan’s opposition and attack. We can not deal with Satan on our own. We will need to depend on God for help. We will need to pray consistently for wisdom and…
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The Lord’s Prayer – Part 1
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, be deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen Matthew 6: 9-13 Our Father in heaven Prayer is openly communicating with our Heavenly Father. Prayer is a way to worship our Heavenly Father. It is expressing honor and worthiness. God is everything we could have in a father. God will never let us down. He cares for…
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Passion Week: Devotions Thursday –
High Priestly Prayer and Praying at Gethsemane John 17: 1-26; Matthew 26: 36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22: 40-46 This is Jesus final prayer to God. Jesus wants us to know and to show us His deepest desire to pray to our Heavenly Father. This prayer shows us as ministry leaders, pastors, parents, friends how to pray for others. We should pray over these subject matters, as Jesus did: that they may know the Lord intimately, that God with protect them, and they will constantly have the full joy of the Lord serving him, that they live by God’s standards of purity and truth in thoughts, actions, and character, be unified…