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- Seven Simple Daily Prayers - Desiring God
Take Psalm 86, for example Here are seven simple daily prayers drawn from David’s prayer 1 Listen to my prayer Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace (Psalm 86:6) David wrote an entire book of divinely inspired song-prayers to God, so you would think he might know that God hears all our prayers
- Prayer - Desiring God
In five short verses, Jesus himself taught us how to pray Transforming glories can be seen in these most familiar words of “The Lord’s Prayer” if we will slow down enough to see them In this series of three labs, John Piper puts the text on the screen and helps you mine more for your prayers
- Prayer for Beginners - Desiring God
Anything and everything, every day Don’t be afraid to pray big prayers, and small ones 7 Be willing to ask one more time Jesus knew we would lose heart in prayer, specifically that we would pray for things for long enough that we would start to question if God was listening or might ever answer But he didn’t want us to lose heart or
- Seven Prayers for Those You Love - Desiring God
If God answers these prayers, we will see the fruit over time — and we should thank him as often as we see it One of the best ways to stoke the fires of our big prayers for others is to praise God for what we see him doing in and through them This is the prayer Paul wrote as often as any other: “I thank my God for you ”
- A Simple Way to Pray Every Day - Desiring God
Personally, I tend toward praying inward-focused prayers that center on my confession, my problems, and my requests Praying the Lord’s Prayer as Luther recommends helps us to seek a greater awareness of Christ, other people, and God’s broader mission in our prayers 2 Discipline our wandering minds Our minds drift so easily in times of
- Where Do All Our Prayers Go? - Desiring God
When we pray, where do our prayers go? This was the question answered by John Piper in his 2006 sermon titled “Prayer and the Victory of God” Here’s what he said What an amazing thing prayer is The final text we’ll consider to illustrate the connection between prayer and the victory of God is Revelation 8:4–5 This passage is amazing
- How to Pray the Psalms | Desiring God
1 Prayers of Jesus Often, the Psalms express the experience, the sufferings, the faith of Jesus of Nazareth in his fully human nature during his life on earth They are the prayers of Jesus They express his “loud cries and tears” (Hebrews 5:7) as well as his praises
- What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On?, Part 1 | Desiring God
When you spread forth your hands I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the
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