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Category Archives: Prayer
Forgiveness (Following Christ Today)
These classes are all about what it means to follow Christ today, but we are not following Christ when we refuse to forgive; we are standing still. So many of us have trouble with this, but forgiveness – and the … Continue reading
Do You Suffer from Spiritual Apnea?
For the past five years or so, I have been on a quest to sleep better. I have been sleeping poorly since my thirties, and it has only gotten worse as the years have passed. My three sons all followed … Continue reading
Posted in Prayer, Spiritual life, Theology
Tagged "be filled with the Spirit", 2 Corinthians 3:6, CPAP, Ephesians 5:18, pneuma, ruach, sleep apnea, spiritual disciplines
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Prayer in Action (Nehemiah 1:1-2:8)
We don’t know how long Nehemiah had served the king, but it was long enough for the king to notice that something was wrong with him, and he asked him about it. Nehemiah says that the king’s question made him “very much afraid.” Why? Because Nehemiah had resolved to ask the king to send him to rebuild Jerusalem, but it was on the king’s order that the rebuilding of Jerusalem had been halted.
Nehemiah was about to ask a Persian sovereign to do an about face, a 180 degree turn. The request itself might be taken as an insult. Nehemiah could be fired—or worse. He had good reason to be “very much afraid.”
But the God who had prepared Nehemiah had also prepared the king. Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Faith, Prayer, Spiritual life
Tagged Colossians 4:2-6, Nehemiah 1:1-2:8, Prayer, Prayer in the Spirit, Romans 8:26-28, waiting in prayer
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Prayer in Everyday Life (Colossians 4:2-6)
Paul is not talking about inner room prayers here. He wants Christians to take their praying on the road. As they go about their day, doing their normal things, he wants them to stay alert to God’s voice and be ready to interact with him at any moment. Prayer is not just something we do when we have something to pray about. It is something we do when God has something for us to pray about. That insight in transformative. Continue reading
Lead Us Not into Temptation
Understanding why you are tempted can help you overcome chronic, difficult temptations. The reason behind temptation may not be something you’ve ever thought about. This message helps us understand why we are tempted and what it means for us to … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Prayer, Sermons, Spiritual life
Tagged How to pray, Is the devil real?, James 1:13, Lord's Prayer, Matthew 6:13, resisting temptation
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Forgive Us Our Trespasses
What did Jesus mean when he said, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors?” Will we not be forgiven if we don’t forgive? And for that matter, why do translations have “debts” when we pray “trespasses”? This message … Continue reading
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Only when we can pray, “Our Father,” from a full heart can we say truly, “Hallowed by thy name.” This message looks at hallowing the name of “our Father, the One in the heavens.” You live in two worlds – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Prayer, Sermons
Tagged hallowed be thy name, Jerome Frank, Lord's Prayer, Matthew 6:9, Our Father in heaven, what does hallow mean?
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Our Father
In this message, we enter, explore, and savor the Lord’s Prayer, which is to say, the prayer he gave his disciples. And what a gift it is! We see in this first sermon that it is those who can call … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Faith, Prayer, Sermons, Theology
Tagged "Our Father", fatherhood of God, Lord's Prayer, Malachi 4:5-6, Matthew 6:7, Matthew 6:9, Rob Kenney, Turn hearts of the fathers
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Becoming a Person Who Can Pray the Lord’s Prayer
When I was a boy, I wanted to be just like Mickey Mantle. In 1961, he had 514 at bats and he hit 54 homeruns. That means he hit a homerun one out of every 9 or so at bats. … Continue reading
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