Matthew 6:5-14, And when you pray you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners that they may be seen by others. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees you in secret will reward you. And when you p...  Read More

Genesis 32:9-12.And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of your steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. Please de...  Read More

Philippians 4:6,7,“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."Colossians 4:2,“Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.”As I was meditating on this Colossians passa...  Read More

1 John 3:1-3,“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purif...  Read More

Well, I'm going to have three different scriptures tonight and as we hear our brethren read them, I want you to listen for one word in particular. There's one word that pops up in every one of these passages that are going to be read. Exodus 33:18, 19,Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name, ‘The Lord.’...  Read More

I think it's very beneficial for us to look at and learn from the prayers that we find in the Bible. I think that in these prayers we find there are patterns to imitate and examples to follow. We find examples of things to pray for and even sometimes in the prayers in the Bible we find types of Christ, particularly in the Old Testament. Recently, I've been looking through some of the first prayers...  Read More