God can intervene to stop our suffering. Immediately! Jeremiah 32:27 (KJV) Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? God does not always intervene when we want Him to or the way we want Him to. 1 Samuel 14:6 (NASB) 6 Then Jonathan said to […]

We don’t always know what to pray for. (Romans 8:26) The purpose of prayer is NOT to inform God. (2 Chronicles 20:12)

Prayer should be continuous. (Not just petitions) We should keep a running conversation going with God all day long. There is really no special formula for how to pray in the Bible. We should just do it. We can pray under any and all circumstances. Prayer develops our relationship with God and demonstrates our trust […]

What prayer is really all about, part 2 (Matt. 6:9-13) The more constantly you feed on the Word, the richer and deeper your life of prayer becomes. The Word of God is the food that makes you strong to pray. Jesus, quoting from Deuteronomy 8:3, defeated Satan by pointing to the essential role of the […]

What prayer is really all about. (Matt. 6:9-13) The most basic definition of prayer is “talking to God.” Prayer is not meditation or passive reflection; it is direct communication or dialogue with God. Prayer can be audible or silent, private or public, formal or informal. All prayer must be offered in faith (James 1:6), in […]

Philippians 2:5 (NASB) 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, Philippians 2:13 (NASB) 13 for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. He Thinks of Others, Not Himself (Phil. 2:5-6) The “mind” of Christ means the “attitude” Christ […]

Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV) 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Joseph (Matthew 1:20; 2:13): Joseph would have divorced Mary when he found out she was pregnant, but God sent an angel to him in a dream, convincing him that the pregnancy was of God. Joseph went ahead with the marriage. After Jesus was born, God sent two more dreams, one to tell Joseph to take […]

Joseph (Genesis 37:1-11): Joseph is one of the most famous dreamers, and one of the most famous dream-interpreters, in the Bible. His first recorded dreams are found in Genesis 37. They showed through easily deciphered symbols that Joseph’s family would one day bow to him in respect. His brothers didn’t appreciate the dream and in […]

Jabbok = emptying God meets us at whatever level He finds us in order to lift us to where He wants us to be. • Hosea 12:3-4 (NLT) 3 Even in the womb, Jacob struggled with his brother; when he became a man, he even fought with God. He wept and pleaded for a blessing […]