A New Heart

 

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Then, I will give them one heart, and put a NEW spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 11:19 (NKJV)

 

The prophet Ezekiel heard from God. Part of what He said states a very basic belief. God gives new hearts to those who believe in Him.

 

When a believer truly lives for Jesus, his or her life changes. Nothing is viewed in the same way. This does not mean that all is easy for the believer. God will bring His children through very difficult times. The Israelites were being hauled into exile when God spoke to his prophet Ezekiel.

 

In our present world, God speaks to each of His children, as He has need. A man and his wife at our church are praying for their son’s soul. He was hurt in an accident in March of 2021. He can’t go back to his job until he is completely healed physically, it could be another year. When you pray, please remember this couple and their adult son.

“The Lord will cleanse His people from sin as they repent. He will transform their hearts and minds and place His Spirit within them to empower them to be obedient. They will repopulate the desolate land and enjoy His rich covenantal blessings”. ⁽¹⁾

(1)   Jeremiah Study Bible© 2013 Worthy, Hachette Book Group, New York, NY. Page 1064 (FYI) Sidebar.

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Happy New Year!

I thought I would get started with January's Theme a bit early this year.

 

Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples if you have love for one another.” John 13:33-35 (NKJV)

 

A NEW COMMANDMENT I give to you, that you love one another

 Jesus doesn’t say “You can do this if you want to.  He tells us this is what He expects us to do.

 as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

How does Jesus love us? Does he remember what we did that was wrong when we were growing up?  Of course not!  When we ask Him into our hearts, He forgives us of ALL our sin.

 

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION ; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become NEW. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)

 

These are the words of Paul. He is the example of the power Jesus has to change people. Jesus gives each person who comes to him, In the Old Testament, Ezekiel tells us: “God says ‘Then I will give them one heart, and I will put  a NEW spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh.’’ ’Ezekiel 11:9 (NKJV)

 

As we enter the new year of 2022, none of us knows what lay ahead for us, as individuals, as a church, as a society, or as a nation, or as a world. Let us, each one stay as close to the Lord as we can during the new year.

Book Review: Lead like Christ By A. W. Tozer

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This book is edited by James L. Snyder.

Dr. Snyder has compiled a series of sermons based on the New Testament book of Titus by A.W. Tozer.

 

Tozer aims his writings to “those with an incurable hunger and thirst for the deep things of God.”  [1]

 

This should be considered a workbook to raise up men and women to become the Christian leaders needed in our world today.

 

I found myself caught up by the concept of purpose. Some of today’s believers follow Christ but do not realize they have a purpose for following him. It can be a challenge for some Christ-followers to discover their purpose. I know it was mine. I found out just recently that our purpose can change as we advance in age and deterioration of our state of health.

 

I would recommend this book to anyone who is seriously searching for a closer walk with the LORD. Because of the shortness of each chapter, I believe it would make a good study book for a small group made up of such Christians. I would also recommend this to be in any pastor’s personal library. 

 

(1.) Lead like Christ, by A.W. Tozer and James Snyder, Bethany House, © (James Snyder), 2021, page 7.

 

 

 

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Preparing Our Hearts

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I had to extend my blog break into this week. My husband was in the hospital. God has been good to us through this ordeal. When I wasn’t at the hospital, I was exhausted and just sat and read and watched television. I brought him home yesterday afternoon (Thursday, Dec 5^th)

Last Sunday was the first Sunday of Advent. It was my turn to talk to the children of our church during Children’s Moments.

One of the questions I asked them was, “Do you know who Jesus is?” I got some very good answers. LORD, King, and God were the answers they gave me.

I shared with them that Advent is a time of preparation. One of my favorite traditional Christmas carols is “Joy to the World.” I love the line, “Let every heart prepare Him room.” As we prepare our homes and plan for family festivities, we also need to prepare our hearts for Jesus’ birth.

Just the next day, someone reminded me of a challenge she saw on Facebook. It goes like this. Starting on December 1^st, read the book of Luke one chapter a night. There are 24 chapters in Luke. By the time you read the last chapter on Christmas Eve, a person would understand the true meaning of Christmas. I came home from that meeting and promptly read the first chapter. Later that night, I read the second chapter.

As we enter this Advent season, let us remember to take time to prepare our hearts, as well as our homes, to receive Jesus.

Do you do anything special to remember Jesus during Advent?

Has your family ever had a birthday party for Him?

Some Christmas music for your enjoyment:

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

 

Jesus Prays for Our Forgiveness, etc.

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And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:34 (ESV)

Jesus was on the Cross, life draining from His body. He looked up to heaven and asked His Father to forgive the people who carried out this plan. What those people didn’t know was they were carrying out God’s plan.

When Jesus talks to His Father here, He fervently asks God to not hold this action against the people involved with the horrendous act. Our prayers should take on such a fervency.

Each time we pray to God, we are in conversation with The Maker of the universe. Conversation is defined as an exchange of ideas. We tell Him our needs or what we want, and He shows us who we are in his sight. He also shows us what we may need to do or refrain from doing in order to get through our time of need.

Some hymns of prayer:

Take Time to be Holy

Standing in the Need of Prayer

Sweet Hour of Prayer

Every Time I Feel the Spirit 

Our Hope in God

The following post is the devotional message I wrote to give to Church Women United at an area meeting held in our city today.

But this I call to mind, and therefore, I have hope.

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;

his mercies never come to an end;

they are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness.

‘The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,

 ‘therefore, I will hope in him.’

Lamentations 3:21-24 (ESV)

As I watch news reports and read about events that happen in our cities, our state, and our world, I believe that people, young and old, have lost hope. The news reports on television point out violence and loss of lives every day. The newspapers tell us of man’s maltreatment of others.  We as a nation have almost lost hope.

The Biblical meaning of hope is the confident expectation of what God promised. (Hope’s strength is in God’s faithfulness.) This summer, at our church, we sang a song, new to us, Confidence by Sanctus Real. I love the chorus:

So, give me faith like Daniel in the lion's den

Give me hope like Moses in the wilderness

Give me a heart like David, Lord, be my defense

So I can face my giants with confidence.

In today’s world, we should remember that God has promised not to leave or forsake us and that we need to communicate that to others.

As we witness, read about, or hear of events that the LORD does not like, we need to cling to Jesus, pray about what concerns us, and listen for His guidance.

I leave you with this encouragement Paul wrote to the believers at Rome:

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit, you may abound in hope. (Romans 15:13)

Will you pray with me?

Dear Father God, we come before You with the needs of others on our hearts. We ask that we, your servants, be able to tell others of the hope we have in You and that, whatever they face, they can also be able to find hope in You. In Jesus’ Name, I pray. Amen

Book Review: Exhale

Subtitle: Lose Who You’re Not, Love Who You Are, Live Your One Life Well

230 pages

 

Authors: Amy Carroll and Cheri Gregory

Authors Amy Carroll and Cheri Gregory share from their hearts about how they learned to love themselves as they learned of Jesus. This new-found love came about as they learned that they did not have to be controlled by their to-do lists or their day planners. Their book explores different scriptural passages that they have experienced as they walked along with Jesus.

At the end of the book, the include a glossary containing terms appearing in their work that were new to me. I appreciated that feature. Also, at the end of this book, they include a personality quiz. This quiz also can be accessed online along with other items that may be of help to those who study this book. Among those items is a format for a group study.

I would recommend this book for any Christian woman who wants to learn how to love and respect herself and for those who should learn how to be more relaxed in their lives. This would also be a valuable study tool for groups who desire to minister to those who struggle with not knowing who they are in the sight of God.

I received this book free from the publisher Bethany House. All they asked that I do was give an unbiased review.

Exhale: Lose Who You’re Not, Love who You Are, Live Your One Life Well is available on Amazon

His Love and His Compassion

 

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I will recount the steadfast love of the LORD,

the praises of the LORD

according to all that the LORD has

granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel

that he has granted them according to his compassion,

according to the abundance of his steadfast love.  Isaiah 63:7 (ESV)

The prophet Isaiah leaves us a great message in this verse.

I will recount the steadfast love of the LORD 

He tells us he will tell of the love of God toward him and others. Do we share with others what God has done for us?

according to all that the LORD has granted us,

Isaiah tells of the blessings that he

has received from God that line up with what God does for His children.

that he has granted them according to his compassion, 

Isaiah reminds the people of the reason God blessed him. God granted these blessings to him and to us because of His love. Do we communicate love to those we meet? To those we meet while doing business?

according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

God gave those blessings to Isaiah out of the overflow of His great love. Do we, as God’s children rely on His undying love to carry us through times of turmoil and doubt?

I Will Sing Forever

Times

Times of Trouble Bring Rays of Joy, Part 1

Let’s explore the meaning of the title of my book.

Times: King Solomon, the wisest man in the world tells us,

For everything, there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven: (Ecclesiastes 3:1, ESV)

a time to be born, and a time to die;

We all have experienced these times. Births are a time of joy, deaths can be a time of shock and grief.

a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted ;

When we plant flowers or vegetable plants or seeds, we anticipate how the flowers will appear and how the vegetable will taste. As we harvest them, we are thankful that we have the vegetables for our tables and our freezers.

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

We may have times of intense anger, we can also have times when that anger is dissipated. We also have times where we ‘meltdown’ and then we get strong again.

a time to weep, and a time to laugh ;

We weep when we are sad or get hurt, we laugh when we are happy.

a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

We mourn the loss of family and friends through death, moving, and sometimes, a difference of opinions. We dance when we are happy or when we are blessed.

a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;

We have times when we have to clear away our flower beds or our vegetable gardens from all the winter’s leavings. We also have times when we choose to gather stones for a display or for a rock garden.

a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

From time to time, we are made aware of a cause that we can support. We may or may not be able to support that cause any longer. In our town, we have had good missions groups have to close their doors. For people, reasons to refrain from supporting a cause may be personal but valid.

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

We have times where we have need of certain commodities, we retain them for a while, and then we have times where we have to dispose of those items that we no longer have need of.

a time to tear, and a time to sew;

In history, the pioneers and then the frontiersmen and women, tore apart what they had when they needed bandages for someone who was hurt. During the Great Depression and for a few decades following mothers and wives sewed most of their children’s clothes.

a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Sometimes, we have to learn when to keep silent and when we can speak.

a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

In our world, we have times of different emotions. God’s word tells us to love the sinner but hate the sin. In our world, we have had times of war, presently we still do. Yet, we yearn for peace. Peace, true peace, will not come until the Prince of Peace comes to live among us.

Spiritual Refreshing at Special Times

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Repent, therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. Acts 3:19 (ESV)

The Apostle Peter had healed a beggar. The healed man was ecstatic over what had happened. Those who saw him were amazed.

Peter began to speak to the people about how they had denied God’s son and turned Him over to be crucified and had asked that a murderer be released to them.

Peter, then tells the crowd that all they had to do in order to be forgiven and refreshed is to repent, turn away from their bad acts.

Repentance has a simple definition; “To turn away from.” Before a person can truly repent one has to recognize what he or she did was wrong. A person who is guilty of evil things has to acknowledge that his or her actions were wrong and/or hurtful to others.

The wrong-doer has to search his heart to understand these steps. Also, that person needs to be certain that he or she can honestly say that what they did was wrong. There is no room for ‘lip service’ in this process. True repentance comes from the heart. 

I am taking a break from my computer. I will be back online on April 23. 

Refreshing of Our Spirit

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for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such people.1 Corinthians 16:18 (ESV)

Paul, toward the end of his first letter to the believers at Corinth, writes thanking them for sending Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus to him. He tells them that these three refreshed his spirit.

What does it mean when someone or something refreshes our spirit? Do we feel better about things? Are we able to view our surroundings with joy and gladness? Does the work go easier?

As God’s child, I sometimes get frustrated when I watch the news broadcasts. Even reading the newspaper can bring me down. However, from time to time, I hear or read something that perks me up.

At times, when I pray about a need or a circumstance that vexes me, I have to ask God to give me His eyes to view that situation.

When I pray the Lord’s Prayer, I find my spirit lifted when I focus on the words: “Give us this day our daily bread,”

We have times when God will use a friend to refresh our spirit. One of my local friends does this just by speaking. I can usually hear the joy bubbling in her voice. We have known each other long enough that I can also sense when something is bothering her.

We truly have times when God uses those down times to minister to us. He refreshes us by His very presence. Even if our circumstance seems bleak and unchanging, He is there with us and that fact refreshes our spirits in ways that nothing else will.

Choose

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Choose this day who you will follow. . . . As for me and my house, we will follow the Lord. Joshua 24:15

Choose life that you and your offspring may live, loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him. Deuteronomy 29:19-20 (ESV)

These two passages remind me that we have choices we make every day. We choose when we arise and how we spend our days. We choose where we worship God or how we worship Him.

The passage from Joshua was one I heard at a church service, probably, a revival service. Joshua speaks to all the tribes of Israel as they renew the covenant with God.

I have a magnet on my refrigerator that states this message from Joshua to the Israelites. It has a big round stone-like surface that always draws my attention to it.

    

I found the passage in Deuteronomy during a very bleak time in my life. I was looking at a circumstance in my life as the events I witnessed were going to be with us for the rest of my life. I experienced depression because of these issues. They affected our home life and I believed they were affecting our son.

Just before I found this passage, I had started attending a different church. I noticed their love of God’s Word was genuine. One particular evening I reclined on our couch and started reading my Bible. God must have wanted me to find the passage in Deuteronomy because, at that time, I really thought the Old Testament was dry reading. Discovering this passage made me take stock of myself and how I viewed events.  

Because of my reading those words in Deuteronomy, I was able to learn that God is in control and will guide me through times that seem bleak and dark.

One thing we need to teach our younger generation is that each choice we make has consequences. These results are not based on how good we are or on how much money we have in the bank. They are logical outcomes of our making good or poor choices.

New Covenant

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Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke though I was their husband, declares the LORD. I will put the law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people. For I will forgive their iniquity and I will remember their sins no more. Jeremiah 31: 31-32, 33b, 34c (ESV)

God never gave up on the people of Israel or the people of Judah. He speaks through the prophet Jeremiah. God speaks of the events in the future.  What does He say?

The LORD speaks of the people of Israel and Judah’s unfaithfulness. God looked on His relationship with them as a marriage. (my covenant that they broke though I was their husband.)

He reveals His plan to present the law to them. His plan is to engrave His law on their hearts. What the people had could be described as ‘head knowledge.’ God wanted His people to have ‘heart knowledge.’ In today’s world, people know what the right thing to do is but choose not to act on it, doing what they want over what God wants.(Head Knowledge) God wants us to believe and live out his commandments. (Heart Knowledge.)

God tells Jeremiah His part of the outcome. All the people will know Him. He will forgive their wickedness and will erase their sin from His memory.

One of my Sunday school teachers told us that prophetic statements are either fulfilled in the Bible or will be fulfilled in the future. As I understand this one, I believe part of this one will be fulfilled in the future.

Open

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Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking, if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come into you and eat with you, and you with me Revelation 3:20 (NRSV) 

When we hear the Gospel message we may or may not be receptive to it.

As God works in our hearts we realize the need to receive Him into our hearts and give Him control of our lives.

In the focus verse, we see Christ standing at a closed door. He knocks and continues to knock. Then, He tells us something that surprises us. if you hear my voice and open the door.

We have to open the door to Him.

 I have seen the painting showing that the door where Jesus knocks has no knob on His side of it. I have also seen a home décor piece depicting this verse. The first time I saw it, it set my heart to thinking.

God, in His wisdom, created each of His children with a free will. He chose to make us not like robots who always do as they are commanded because His desire was for each of His children to choose to love Him.

Let’s all proclaim the message to others to be open to Jesus and to the work of the Holy Spirit.

Do We See Unity?

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But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

Matthew 12:25 (NKJV)

        As I watch the events of our nation unfold, I wonder are we united in our stand for what is right? A friend said something recently in Sunday school that got me to pondering this idea of our lack of unity. Her thought was because we see a large crowd gathering for an event, we will see a major disruption of peace.

        We have seen peaceful daily events turn into disasters. Demonstrations have turned to crime scenes. Police stops have turned deadly. Innocent lives have been taken. We have seen citizens demonstrate against authority in small towns of our nation because of their dislike of the way a situation was handled.

        Let’s consider what Jesus said. He had just cast out demons. Some of those in the crowd claimed He couldn’t do that unless He, himself was possessed by the devil. Jesus knew their thoughts. He then told them the words in our focus verse. He states it very well. He says, every kingdom, every city, and every house that has division will fall victim to disaster.

        We have seen marriages break up because of things that may have been fixable at one time. Cities have sections of town that are areas where newcomers are advised not to frequent. In my lifetime, I have seen nations break apart because of internal strife. I will concede some of those nations were under totalitarian rule and eventually broke away from that larger nation as it seemed to crumble.

        As I see it, we need to ask Jesus to step in and guide our leaders, national, international, state, and municipal, and even those in our homes. We, as a people, need to return to God.

        Please pray for our world, our nations, our states, and cities and our families.

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“I Have Seen the Lord.”

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Thoughts of Mary Magdalene:

            I returned to the tomb. I couldn’t keep from crying. I wanted to know what the soldiers, or whoever took my Master’s body, did with it.

            After Peter and John departed, I sat at the entrance and sobbed all the harder. Then, I heard a voice ask me why I was crying and who I was looking for.

            I thought it was the gardener. I inquired about the Master’s body—where had they taken it? Then, I heard my name. I looked up and saw Jesus. No one knows the relief I felt. All I could do was call out his name, the name I thought of his as. “Rabboni!”

            He talked to me. He asked me to deliver a message to the disciples. I departed to find the disciples to share the wondrous news, "I have seen the Lord!”

            Mary went from somber sadness to ecstatic joy. Can we identify with her as we enter into the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection?

I've Just Seen Jesus

          

       I will be taking a short break from blogging. I will be back on April 24. Hubby and I are going to do something special while I am unplugged. In the meantime, I wish each of you a very Happy Easter.

 

Times of Refreshing Come from the Lord

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“Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that time of refreshing may come from the Lord.” Acts 3:19 (NIV)

            Peter and John had healed a beggar at the entrance to the temple. The people came running toward the duo and the healed beggar.

           

            He spoke to the crowd about their part in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. He reminded them that they disowned Christ before Pilate, although he had decided to let Jesus go. He then told the crowd to: “”Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that time of refreshing may come from the Lord.”

            The priests, the captain of the temple guards, and the Sadducees spoke to Peter and John. This message disturbed the officials. The two men wound up in jail.

            Isn’t Peter’s message relevant to our world today? When we as Christians realize things are out of synch, not quite as they should be, in our lives, the first thing we need to do is to search within us to discover if the issue begins with our hearts.

            The next step we have to take is to seek God’s forgiveness. This involves confessing any sin we find in our hearts. The passage tells us to repent. To repent simply means to turn away from something evil, to never do it again.

            When we go through this process, we allow God to come into our hearts and refresh us. The pray, confess, and repent process has to be a daily practice. As time grows closer to that time chosen by God for Jesus to return to earth and set up His kingdom, let us all be more open to the need for repentance and refreshing from the Holy Spirit.

Our Strength

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“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.”  Psalm 84:5 (NIV)

               Blessed: When God blesses us, He smiles on us.

Strength: We sing the chorus, “The joy of the LORD is my strength. (Nehemiah 8:10) Nehemiah prefaces this thought with the simple words, “Do not grieve.” When we become sad, we lose strength. This loss can also happen when we get angry. We become susceptible to all kinds of physical, emotional, and mental conditions.

               “Set their hearts” Those who progress in this world get their goal in their sights and work to achieve that goal. As followers of Christ, we asked Jesus into our hearts and daily strive to live for Him.

               “pilgrimage” Our lives with Christ are individual journeys. Like a pilgrimage, our walk with the Lord leads us to a very special destination—heaven to live with Him.

Book Review: 40 Days of Decrease

Author: Alicia Britt Chole

               Mrs. Chole investigates the season of Lent in a very well researched book. She takes the 40 days of Lent and explores various aspects of the season.

               In each days reading, she has a section relating to Jesus’ actions during His last week on earth. She continues with a reflection of what we have read. Next, she tells us what we need to fast (give up) for that day. Mrs. Chole then gives us information about Lent and its history. She ends each daily section with our reading the book of John, chapters 12 through 21,          one section at a time, she has also included a place for us to journal our thoughts about each day’s passage. Those who faithfully read and journal about the book of John will gain intimate knowledge about the last week of Christ’s life.

  

               I would recommend this book for any individual or group who wants to learn more about Lent, the process of fasting, and the ways of Christ in the face of His path to Golgotha. I would also recommend this book to anyone who feels the need to grow in the Lord. I intend to use this study as my Lenten devotional.

               I received this book from Thomas Nelson free of charge. All they asked of me was that I read it and give an impartial review.

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I am posting this on Ash Wednesday as a way to be true to my intention about letting others know about this marvelous book. 

Some Thoughts on Prayer

Imagine with me that you have made friends with a neighbor and were able to introduce that person to the Lord. He or she accepts Jesus into their heart and then wants to know about what a Christian does, specifically about prayer.

What is prayer?

   

               Prayer is the way we talk to God, through Jesus.

 Why do We Have to Pray?

               We pray because Jesus set the example for us.

               He spent time alone in prayer on a regular basis.

“But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”

(Luke 5:16) (NIV)

               In the garden of Gethsemane, He prayed for His Father’s will to be done.

(Matthew 26:36-45) (NIV)

              

               He taught the disciples how to pray

(Matthew 6:9-13) (NIV)

He prayed for Himself.

“Father, now glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.”

(John 17:5) (NIV)

               He prayed for the disciples.

(John 17:6-19)(NIV)

   

               He prayed for those who would believe because of the disciples’ ministry.

(John 17:20-21)(NIV)

When Can We Pray?

                

               We can access God through prayer at any time of the day or night. Even when we can’t sleep, we can pray.

What about the things we can’t have any control over?

               We can still pray because our God is in control. People need to remember that God is in control of all that happens in our world.

Do our prayers really matter to God?

              

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)

“The prayer offered in faith will make a sick person well. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” James 5:15a, 16b (NIV)