Category: Prayer

  • Dan

    Praying the prayers of Zion

    The Lord has me praying and meditating through Isa. 60-61 and other places in the latter part of Isaiah. The past couple of days have been in Isa. 61. 

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    Finding Beauty

    Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,     ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;     worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness. (Ps. 29:1-2)

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    Asking in prayer is no good…

    5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 

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    Psalms and prayer

    To pray is to first listen. Prayer is about giving attention. Eugene Peterson notes in As Kingfishers Catch Fire that there are five books of Psalms and each book has a concluding thought. Five books in one. Five conclusions. We realize our Hebrew ancestors wisely arranged this book of prayers to protect us from presumptuous prayer. Presumptuous prayer speaks to God…

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    The determination of one holy passion

     They will receive blessing from the Lord     and vindication from God their Savior. 6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,     who seek your face, God of Jacob. (Ps. 24:5-6)

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    Empowered by the Spirit… and groaning

    Romans 8:18 (Common English Bible) I believe that the present suffering is nothing compared to the coming glory that is going to be revealed to us.

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    Kingdom Authority

    “To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.” — Karl Barth

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    When the desert comes

    I love the Gospel of Mark. He’s in such a hurry. In four short verses we get the baptism of Jesus AND the 40 days in the wilderness. Here is a lesson I was meditating on this morning in prayer. 

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    Spiritual Leadership — The Prayer Life

    On a retreat this past week, the Lord walked me through several New Testament letters, but he had me plant myself in 2 Timothy the most. There are some great thoughts on spiritual leadership I will build on. To be honest, it was also a brutal walk through a letter for me. It was personal and the Spirit really had…

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    Lead me, Great Shepherd

    He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water. (Ps. 23:2) Lord, I don’t find water or food without you. I don’t know true abundance without you. I don’t know the way without you. Lead me, please, Great Shepherd.