Praying Scripture

In order to study for the final big test in AP chemistry, my son was teaching what he knew to me. So, I got a crash course in Chemistry yesterday. He was explaining solutions to me and said, I’m going to give you the basics like we learned in middle school, but then I’ll tell you why that’s not exactly true.

That’s the way I feel about the book of Esther. We learn one fact from the book–particularly if we’ve grown up in the church and the fact we learned is probably sort of right, plus there’s So much more to it. So, I’m excited to dig into this book with you this month!

Personal Update

Is there something God has called you to, whispered you toward, or keeps pulling you back to? Something that you need to pay attention to and obey? For me that thing is art. A trip last week to a quilt show reminded me of that calling.

About Prayer

We kick off this new segment with a question: How does your prayer life indicate what you believe about prayer? About God? And about your relationship?

Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s Verses

Worship:  Matthew 19:26

Prayer: Esther 1:1-8, Esther 2:1-4 and 12-14

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“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today we’re going to pray through some best-loved verses, one of which is specifically about faith, but all of them–by meditating on them, knowing them, and reminding yourself of their truths–will build your faith.

Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s Verses

Worship:  Mark 12:41-44

Prayer: Ephesians 2:10, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Matthew 11:28, Hebrews 11:1, and 2 Corinthians 5:17

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“Lent is not an effort to save ourselves.. we have been saved by Jesus’ ONE and PERFECT sacrifice. Rather, it is part of our journey, the continuum, the falling in love, staying in love, growing in love with God.” - anonymous

Today we’re praying through the most important week of this season. The most important week of the life of the most important person who ever lived.

Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s Verses

Worship:  Acts 17:24-25

Prayer: Matthew 21:10-17, John 13:3-5, Matthew 26:50, John 19:28-30, Matthew 28:5-9 

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Viggo Mortensen said, “A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch them a year later and you go, ‘Maybe it wasn’t so great.’” Today we reach the very top of our list of Best Loved Bible verse…and I don’t think you’re going to react that way!

Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s Verses

Worship:  Acts 17:24-25

Prayer: John 3:16, Jeremiah 29:11-13, Romans 8:28, and Phillippians 4:13

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Bill Bryson said, “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” This is the experience I hope we have each time we look at these familiar verses–to feel as if we experience them for the first time and not to let their familiarity cause us to take them for granted. We;re praying through more of the best-loved verses in the Bible today!

Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s Verses

Worship: 1 Samuel 16:7

Prayer: Genesis 1:1, Proverbs 3:5-6, and Romans 12:2

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If you google Quotes about favorite things–which I do not recommend unless you have time to waste–you’ll come up with the most widely random set of things you can imagine. From jicama to, according to Dale Earnhardt, his steering wheel and  Remington rifle. It’s fascinating to see what people have said publicly that they love.

For those of you who don’t know, jicama is a root vegetable that has been said to taste like a cross between an apple, a potato, a water chestnut, and a pear. The verses we have today have that complex a flavor but are far more familiar to those of you who don’t have Mexican or Central American roots.

Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s Verses

Worship: Genesis 18:13-14

Prayer: Ephesians 2:8-9, Galatians 5:22-23, and Romans 12:1

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Abraham Lincoln said, “I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.” We’re praying through some of our culture’s very favorite parts of this “best gift God has ever given to man” today.

Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s Verses

Worship: Ezra 3:11

Prayer: 1 John 1:9, Galatians 2:20, Acts 18:9-11, and John 10:10

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Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, writer, and Catholic theologian in the 1600s. He said, “The gospel to me is simply irresistible.” And today we’re praying through verses intimately connected to the gospel. I hope your heart finds it irresistible too. 

Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s Verses

Worship: 1 John 14:9-10 and Psalm 136:26

Prayer: Romans 5:8, Matthew 28:19-20, Romans 3:23, and John 14:6

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Andy Rooney said, “Familiar things are a comfort to us all.” And he’s right. I think that’s human nature. But Tierney Gearon said, “Even in the familiar, there can be surprise and wonder.”

This month we’re taking some very familiar verses and looking for them to reawaken wonder in us.

Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s Verses

Worship: Daniel 2:20

Prayer: Philippians 4:6-7, Philippians 4:8, Joshua 1:9, and Isaiah 40:31

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Taking a break from our topical series to pray for Ukraine.

Weekly Prayer Focus & Today’s Verses

Worship: Psalm 125:2 and Isaiah 7:14

Prayer:  Daniel 2:21, Psalm 75:7, Job 42:2, Psalm 37:27-29, Deuteronomy 31:8, Micah 6:8, 

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