1st of 3-part prayer series: Prayer – God, Jesus, and You Prayer is communication with God, and God’s responses involve listening and answering. GOD’S LISTENING GOD’S ANSWERING See God Always Answers Prayer but Not as We Think _____ This study is used by permission and is from Self-Confrontation, a 480 page discipleship manual produced by the…
2nd of 3-part prayer series: Prayer – God, Jesus, and You We can learn about the prayer life of the Lord Jesus Christ through the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John). Jesus is the perfect example for how to live, and His prayer habits provide a template for believers to follow in their own prayer…
3rd of 3-part prayer series: Prayer – God, Jesus, and You Prayer provides opportunity for you to acknowledge God’s goodness, sovereignty, and power and to request His divine intervention in your life and/or the lives of others. TRUTHS ABOUT YOUR PRAYER LIFE TRUTHS ABOUT ANSWERS TO YOUR PRAYERS HOW YOU ARE TO PRAY WHEN YOU…
The vitality of your life in Christ is revealed daily. You can gain significant insight into this spiritual reality by evaluating “when” and “why” you pray. There are three perspectives of life that require little or no prayer for a Christian: A fourth pattern of life can be described as “abiding in Christ” and is…
Only God can help us discover the real power and personal impact of sin, even though we may know the “definition” of sin. This is especially true with regard to prayerlessness. To begin with, prayerlessness indicates a lack of belief in the necessity of depending on Christ for all aspects of life (John 15:5). When we…
MISTAKE #1 Most of us have been with other believers in a worship service or Bible study and heard a fellow disciple pray, “Lord, be with us today.” Do you recognize the error in this request? Read the following verses and note the emphasized portion to realize the mistake in this prayer. Hebrews 13:5-6, Keep your life…
Can you remember when you wanted to know God’s will in a particular situation of life? Obviously, what you wanted was a specific answer but; in all probability, at that time you did not consider if you had prepared yourself to receive direction from the Lord. The goal of this study is to highlight the foundation for…
No one on the WordTruth team claims to be a “prophet or a son of a prophet” and, unlike the prophet Amos, those ministering through WordTruth cannot claim that the Lord has told any of us to “go prophesy” (Amos 7:14-15). As members of the Body of Christ, however, we have noticed how nations are currently…
I Am Christ’s Friend – November 26, 2011 Devotional from Days of Praise* Some things in Scripture are harder to understand and believe than others. Christ, the Sovereign Creator of all things, the offended Judge who declared the penalty for sin to be death, the One who willingly died to pay that penalty and redeem…
All of us have experienced trouble in our lives, and most of us have helped or tried to help others who were going through difficulties. When trouble comes—and it surely will—believers in Christ are to trust the perfect and completely sufficient Word of God and remember the never-failing promises of God that provide hope in…