15 Prayers for God’s Power - Desiring God
2014年3月11日 · Lord, make me so mighty in resisting the bait of frenzied productivity that I never cease to enjoy the still waters of prayer and your sweet presence (Psalm 23:2; Isaiah 46:10; Luke 10:42). Lord, make me so mighty against the deadly undertow of self-reliance that I am never ashamed to trust your arm, like a child with his father, in every ...
Seven Ways to Pray for Your Heart - Desiring God
2013年7月19日 · You might choose one D per day. Or you could choose one D as a theme for a week and pray through these every seven weeks. You’ll also note that I have a verse for each prayer. But over time, as you pray, more verses will come to mind, and you might find it helpful to collect them so they are right at hand as the Spirit leads.
The Very First Prayer: Why Man Began to Call on God
2022年3月1日 · Prayer begins with asking God to do his gospel work. This is presumably why Jesus can encourage us to pray unhypocritical, to-the-point kingdom prayers (Matthew 5:5–14). Prayer isn’t primarily communing with God, let alone twisting his arm, but asking God to do what he is already committed to doing (see Luke 11:5–13).
Be Devoted to Prayer - Desiring God
2002年12月29日 · Memorize it and pray it often. Pray the Lord’s Prayer and as you pray it put each phrase in your own words and apply it to the people you are burdened about. Pray the commands of the Bible: “Help me — help my wife, my children, the elders, our missionaries — to love you, God, with all my heart and all my soul and all my strength.”
That Your Prayers May Not Be Hindered - Desiring God
Your prayer life in 1994 depends in part — under God and his enabling grace (1 Corinthians 15:10) — on how you choose to live at home and at work and in your private life of solitude. So another way to state the doctrine we’ve seen in these verses would be: do whatever you must do so that your prayers are not hindered.
When We Grow Passionate in Prayer - Desiring God
2015年1月1日 · Which means, when we pray for perseverance we are not flipping a coin or thinking that it’s all up to us. Prayer does not mean we wring our hands in worry, or that we’ve come to a last resort. That is restless anxiety, not passion. Instead, foundational to the passionate prayer “God, no!
Four Prayers for Bible Reading - Desiring God
2015年9月21日 · Bible reading is a daily prompt to own our failures, newly repent, and freshly cast ourselves on his grace all over again. Prayer is the path to staying fascinated with his grace and cultivating a spirit of true humility. 3. James 1:22: Make Me a Doer of Your Word
Grab Hold of God: The Importance of Wrestling in Prayer
2019年5月5日 · Throughout the Bible, we see people wrestling with God. Moses wrestled with God, interceding on behalf of the people to change God’s mind. He pleaded with God. He gave God reasons to answer his prayer. He reminded God of his promises. And as a result, God often relented of his judgment (Deuteronomy 9:18–19).
Winning Battles Through Prayer - Desiring God
1990年7月19日 · The Bible Portrays God as Ruler. I say this from what I see in biblical prayers. I say it from what I see in the prayer awakenings around the world. And I say it from my own personal experience. Let me mention the text that has been most empowering in my own life of prayer in recent months, and give a closing admonition. The text is Psalm 22:27-28:
Praying for a Breakthrough - Desiring God
2015年10月2日 · Usually breakthroughs are not achieved by prayer alone — there are works to be done and courage to be exercised. But real spiritual breakthroughs are not achieved at all without prayer. Concentrated, specific, persistent, prevailing prayer, often engaged in by two or more (Matthew 18:19), is needed to weaken our spiritual opposition.