What can we learn about how Jesus prayed for us in John 17? And how did references to Fred Rogers end up in this sermon?

What do Mr. Spock and a Jewish blessing have in common? Does this ancient text still have value for the 21st century?

The action of supplication is modeled for us in the Lord’s Prayer but the simple request

for bread. The simplicity of this is staggering. We are to ask for something as simple as

bread - the daily food that is required for life. This is our first clue as the the “right” things

to pray for when we pray for our needs.

Is 'giving thanks' just something we do before we eat a meal? A holiday that we celebrate with turkey? Or should it be part of daily prayer lives, something that actual forms the kind of person we are becoming? Today we look at Psalm 118 and hope to convince you that the poets through the ages have always praised the one they love by recalling their deeds and their attributes, and that we should be no different.

“If we confess our sins¨ he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from allunrighteousness” 1 John 1:9

Christian meditation is the middle ground between Bible reading and prayer where we ponder digest and align our thoughts and hearts both mind and intention with the word of God as a means to prepare for the work of His Spirit in our lives. Eugene Peterson,

Psalms: Prayers of the Heart

A practical look at Psalm 17 and how real life and the psalms intersect to teach us the language of prayer and how to turn our circumstances over to God.

Today we begin a short survey of Prayer - what it is, what it isn't, and what we should expect from it.

Jesus offers a model of compassion toward ‘aimless’ people (sheep without a shepherd), leading to a recognition of a bountiful harvest, but calls his disciples to begin this work with a dependency on prayer.

Jesus isn't concerned with our impurity or uncleanness - neither does he care much about the proper way to approach him - but Jesus is interested in faith and hope.