Note, I often set the timer on my watch to allow myself five minutes to write a prayer to God. Under that limitation I have no time to worry about rhyme or meter, I can only speak my heart. I often do not share these little prayers as they tend to be corny and cheesy
James 5:16 Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. This morning during my first bus run I was waiting for a light when I noticed a middle aged woman trying to help an
Matthew 6:7: “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.” I read this passage in the Aramaic this morning and discovered something very interesting. The word that Jesus used in the Aramaic for prayer it tsela. This
John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him, shall not perish but have eternal life.” I grew up in a Baptist church where salvation meant that you recited a sinner’s prayer and after repeating these words you became a new person. Now
Matthew 6:13: “And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” As I seek to understand a new dimension that God is leading me in my prayer life, I am finding myself using the Lord’s prayer more often. In this use of the Lord’s Prayer I am discovering that I haven’t the
Isaiah 56:7: “For my house will be called a house of prayer for all the people.” Luke 2:37: “And she (Anna) never left the temple, serving God night and day with fastings and prayers.” When someone subscribes to our website they give us their e-mail address. I love to look at these
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Psalms 88:1 (verse 1 in the Hebrew text) “A song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Herman the Ezrahite.” I often challenge my Hebrew students to pick out any passage in the Old Testament, no matter
WORD STUDY – WEEPING Weep – bakah: Weep, mourn, lament. II Kings 8:11: “And the man of God wept.” John 11:35: “Jesus wept” The Hebrew word bakah has its origins in the picture of dropping or dripping of water as in tears flowing from one’s eyes. What made Elijah and Jesus weep was the knowledge
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar; Psalms 42:8: “Yet, the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.” Last week we had a beautiful fall day and my study partner suggested that rather than go to the
