Prayer Series XXVII PSLAM 141 CONTEXT: From the Treasury of David: TITLE.A Psalm, Of David. Yes, David under suspicion, half afraid to speak lest he should speak unadvisedly while trying to clear himself; David slandered and beset by enemies; David censured even by saints, and taking it kindly; David deploring the condition of the godly … More Devotional Thought for Today – 02/04/2022
Prayer Series XXVI PSALM 17 CONTEXT: David is in a time of crisis and instead of relying on friends or himself he turns to the Lord and pleads with Him for protection against those who would oppress him. Matthew Henry breaks it down as follows: I. He appeals to God concerning his integrity (v. 1-4). … More Devotional Thought for Today – 02/03/2022
Prayer Series XXV James 4:2-3 says our prayer life is messed up because we either fail to ask God or we ask wrongly of God. I would add, from personal experience, that sometimes the secret to prayer is silence and letting God do His thing so to speak. Remember what James said at the beginning … More Devotional Thought for Today – 02/02/2022
Prayer Series XXIV We continue with excerpts from Reformed Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer. Serious Reminders and Warnings about Prayer No one except a believer can truly pray. Martin Luther To pray without labouring is to mock God: to labour without prayer is to rob God of His glory. Robert Haldane The heart without the tongue may pray … More Devotional Thought for Today – 02/01/2022
Prayer Series XXIII We continue with excerpts from: Reformed Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer. Our Posture in Prayer Holy Scripture does not bind us to any gesture particularly; but we find these four gestures . . . spoken of there, viz. standing (Mark 11:25), lying along on the face (Matthew 26:39), Kneeling (Daniel 6:10; Ephesians 3:4), and sitting … More Devotional Thought for Today – 01/31/2022
Prayer Series XXII We continue with excerpts from: Reformed Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer. How we should pray Our Spirit Let the first rule of right prayer be to have our heart and mind framed as becomes those who are entering into converse with God John Calvin With great earnestness of heart we should implore help from God. … More Devotional Thought for Today – 01/29/2022
Think of where Christ sits today, interceding on our (true believers) behalf. The only way we could get to heaven was by His sacrificial blood.
Prayer Series XXI We continue with excerpts from: Reformed Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer. When And Where We Should Pray Praise and bless the Lord your God every day. Augustine of Hippo There is not a moment of time during which our need does not exhort us to prayer. John Calvin Bible Proof Texts: (KJV, AMP, NBLA) Luke … More Devotional Thought for Today – 01/27/2022
Prayer Series XX We continue with excerpts from: Reformed Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer. Encouragements to Pray How kindly God allures us to Himself: “Before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” (Isaiah 65:24) John Calvin Prayer . . . is more pleasing to Him than any other work: whether … More Devotional Thought for Today – 01/26/2022
Prayer Series XIX We continue with excerpts from: Reformed Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer. The Power of Prayer The Spirit helps our infirmities by enabling us to understand for who, and what, and how prayer is to be made; and by working . . . in our hearts . . . those thoughts, affections and graces that … More Devotional Thought for Today – 01/25/2022
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