Study in Prayer

Scripture For Today: Judges 16:28 “Then Samson prayed to the Lord, “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.” Two Separate Experiences with the Holy Spirit  Pt 1 Yesterday, we left off in our study of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, with an understanding that the Ap...

Scripture For Today: Genesis 32:9   “Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, Lord, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’” The Holy Spirit’s Help in Prayer pt 2 Yesterday, we started to look at some things the Apostle Paul taught us about praying with the help of the Holy Spirit. We noticed that...

Scripture For Today: James 5:16 “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” The Holy Spirit’s Help in Prayer pt 1 I want to look at some of the things the Apostle Paul has taught us about the Holy Spirit and prayer. He said many, many things about prayer. We’ve covered some...

Scripture For Today:  1 Thessalonians 3:10   “Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.” Walking in the Light of God’s Word pt 2 We left off yesterday about walking in the Light of God’s Word takes Faith and it takes Action on our part. It is not something you can just wish for. You need to be reading, studying and...

Scripture For Today:  Romans 15:30 “I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.”  Walking in the Light of God’s Word pt 1 Jesus said in John 15:7,  “If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will and it should be done unto you.” We have been studying abou...

Scripture For Today:  Acts 10:31 “And the angel said, Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor…” God’s Word Needs to Abide in Us pt 5 We have been talking about having the Words of Jesus abide in you. We left off yesterday with a scripture from Romans chapter 10, verse 38 which reads,  “But what does it say? The word is near thee, even in your mouth and...

Scripture For Today:   Luke 22:44   “And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.”   God’s Word Needs to Abide in Us pt 4 We have been talking about having the Words of Jesus abide in you. I’ve been sharing a personal story where, in the midst of one of the largest ministry events I had been a part of up to that da...

Scripture For Today:   Luke 3:21   “When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened…”   God’s Word Needs to Abide in Us pt 3 We have been talking about having the Words of Jesus abide in you. Yesterday, I gave an example of what happened to me when I was responsible for setting up, directing and even preaching, at a majo...

Scripture For Today:   Jeremiah 37:3   “King Zedekiah, however, sent Jehukal son of Shelemiah with the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah the prophet with this message: “Please pray to the Lord our God for us.”   God’s Word Needs to Abide in Us pt 2 We have been talking about having the Words of Jesus abide in you. Yesterday, we found out that the key t...

Scripture For Today:   Proverbs 28:9   “ If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.”   God’s Word Needs to Abide in Us pt 1 In John Chapter 15, Jesus talks about something else that concerns prayer. He gives us some very important conditions that we need to fulfill in order to receive the answers to our prayers. Let’s look at John 15 verses...

Scripture For Today:   Psalm 80:4   “How long, Lord God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?”   What Are the Greater Works? pt 4 We have been discussing about “What Are the Greater Works” than Jesus did. Yesterday, we left off with the explanation that the only body of Christ in the earth during Jesus ministry was Jesus Himself, until...

Scripture For Today:   2 Samuel 7:27   “The other events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are written in the annals of the kings of Israel.”   What Are the Greater Works? pt 3 We have been discussing about “What Are the Greater Works” than Jesus did. Yesterday, we left off...

Scripture For Today:   2 Samuel 7:27 “Lord Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you.’ So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.” What Are the Greater Works ? pt 2 Yesterday, we started to discuss what, exactly, are the “Greater Works” that Jesus told His disciples (and us) that we should be d...

Scripture For Today:   Deuteronomy 9:26 “ I prayed to the Lord and said, “Sovereign Lord, do not destroy your people, your own inheritance that you redeemed by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.” What Are the Greater Works ? pt 1 We have been studying these last few days from John 14:12-14. We are now focusing on something Jesus told His disciple...

Scripture For Today:   Mark 9:29 “He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.” Doing the Works of  Jesus pt 3 We have been studying these last few days from John 14:12-14. Yesterday looked at some scriptures that explained WHY Jesus never had to pray for the sick. He was walking in accordance with the promises of the Abrahamic Covenant. Everywhere He went, He knew He had aut...

Scripture For Today:   Jeremiah 42:3 “Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.” Doing the Works of  Jesus pt 2 We have been studying these last few days from John 14:13-14. Yesterday, we backed up to see what the main point is that Jesus was teaching on. As we read verse 12, we discovered the whole purpose of these scriptures was for us to r...

Scripture For Today:   1 Kings 8:45 “Hear my Prayer, Lord, and answer me. For I am poor and needy.” Doing the Works of  Jesus pt 1 We have been studying these last few days from John 14:13-14. What is interesting is that this teaching by Jesus comes immediately after His teaching in John 14:12. That makes sense right. 13 & 14 come immediately after 12.  So, it would be appr...

Job 42:9   “So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, did what the Lord commanded them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.”   Asking in the Name of Jesus pt 5 We left off yesterday studying from the Book of Acts in Acts 3:1-8. This is where Peter and John were going into the Temple. There, at the gate, they met a man who was begging for alms. He had been cri...

1 Kings 8:49   “…then from Heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer  and their plea, and uphold their cause…”   Asking in the Name of Jesus pt 4 We left off yesterday studying from the Book of Acts in Acts 3:1-8. This is where Peter and John were going into the Temple. There, at the gate, they met a man who was begging for alms. He had been crippled from birth. Peter stopped a...

1 Samuel 1:27   “I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.”   Asking in the Name of Jesus pt 3 We have been studying from John 14:10-14 and John 16:23-24. We’ve learned the actual Greek translation of the word “ask” in these verses indicates a DEMAND. Not begging. We’ve learned that it is the devil that is withholding the answer to your prayers, not God. W...

Jeremiah 29:7   “Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile.  Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”   Asking in the Name of Jesus pt 2 Yesterday, we left off how the Book of John covers prayer entirely different from the other Gospel writers.  In John 14:10-14, we read: “Do you believe that I am in th...

Ephesians 3:17 “…so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray, that you will be rooted and established in love…”   Asking in the Name of Jesus pt 1 The past few days, we have been talking about persistent prayer.  One of the major ways we are taught to pray, in every prayer, is to pray in the Name of Jesus. We covered this before in the section on the Lord’s Pra...

Acts 26:29   “Paul replied, “Short time or long – I pray to God that not only you, but all who are listening to me today, may become what I am, except for these chains…”   The Prayer of Persistence pt 4 The past few days, we have been talking about persistent prayer. Yesterday, we were looking at what Jesus was saying in Luke 18:1-8. Let’s look at these verses again. “And he told them a...

Luke 9:18   “Once, when Jesus was praying in private and His disciples were with him, He asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?””   The Prayer of Persistence pt 3 The past few days, we have been talking about persistent prayer. Yesterday, we were looking at what Jesus was saying in Luke 18:1-8. Let’s look at these verses again. “And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought&...

Psalm 61:1   “Hear my cry oh God, Listen to my prayer!”   The Prayer of Persistence pt 2 Yesterday, we talked about persistent prayer. We discovered that it does not mean to keep bothering God with the same prayer requests every day, just because you have not seen the prayer answered in the natural. That demonstrates lack of faith and that is what is truly hindering your prayers being an...