Study in Prayer

Luke 18:1   “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.”   The Prayer of Persistence Luke recorded something about faith and prayer that neither Mark nor Matthew said. Luke talked about the importance of persistence in prayer. That is, being persistent in your faith and in your praying.  But many Christians misunderstand what J...

Scripture For Today:   2 Chronicles 33:13 “And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. THEN, Manasseh KNEW, that the Lord was God!” The Prayer of Petition pt 10 We have been studying about the Prayer of Petition for the last several days. We’ve covered the reasons why it works. We covered how t...

Scripture For Today:   2 Chronicles 32:27 “The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached Heaven, His Holy dwelling place…” The Prayer of Petition pt 9 We have been studying about the Prayer of Petition for the last several days. Yesterday, we started to go over the layout of your prayer. We covered opening your prayer by addressing, as Jes...

Scripture For Today:   1 Kings 8:45 “…then hear from Heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.” The Prayer of Petition pt 8 We have been studying about the Prayer of Petition for the last several days. Today, I want to go over the actual layout of your prayer. Jesus told us to “Pray to your Father in Heaven…”. He also said to “Pray in my name.” So those need to be included i...

Scripture For Today:   1 Kings 8:29 “May your eyes be open toward this Temple night and day, this place of which you said, “My Name shall be there,” so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.” The Prayer of Petition pt 7 We have been studying about the Prayer of Petition for the last several days. I’ve emphasized the need for you to get into the Word of God and do...

Scripture For Today:   2 Chronicles 7:15 “Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.” The Prayer of Petition pt 6 We have been studying about the Prayer of Petition and how you need to get into the Word of God and do a study about scripture references to your specific situation. Yesterday, we left off with the absolute necessity that you need to make...

Scripture For Today:   2 Chronicles 32:24 “In those days, Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign.” The Prayer of Petition pt 5 We have been studying about the Prayer of Petition and how you need to get into the Word of God and do a study about scripture references to your specific situation. Whether the Bible s...

Emergency Prayer of Petition for the Nation of Israel I am interrupting our normal conversation today from the Prayer on the Prayer of Petition. Actually, this will be a prayer of petition, but due to the extreme nature of this petition, you will see an abbreviated form in today’s session. The nation of Israel is under attack from Muslim extremists. So far, the Biden administration, here in the Un...

Scripture For Today:   Ezra 8:23 “So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He answered our Prayer.” The Prayer of Petition pt 4 Yesterday, I left off with the concept of YOU doing some Bible research to find as many scriptures as possible that speak directly or indirectly to your situation. By spending time in the Word of God and finding these scriptures, you WILL build and increas...

Scripture For Today:   Jeremiah 42:2 “And he said to Jeremiah the prophet, ‘Please hear our petition and pray to the Lord your God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few are left.” The Prayer of Petition pt 3 We have been studying about Prayer of Petition. Yesterday, I emphasized the example of having to go to work for a living. For a paycheck. A...

Scripture For Today:   Jeremiah 11:14 “Do not pray for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress.” The Prayer of Petition pt 2 We have been studying about the Prayer of Petition. Yesterday, I shared you cannot go into the Prayer of Petition without knowing what you want to say and how you are going to say i...

Scripture For Today:   Jeremiah 7:16 “So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.” The Prayer of Petition pt 1 We have been studying about binding and loosing, the prayer of agreement and believing you receive your prayers as answered when you pray. Yesterday, I promised to do a few teachings specifically on the “...

Scripture For Today:   Psalm 35:13-14 “Yet, when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered, I behaved as though he had been my friend or brother. I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother…” Binding and Loosing pt 4 We have been studying about binding and loosing, the prayer of agreement and believing you receive...

Scripture For Today:   2 Chronicles 6:32 “As the foreigner, who does not belong to your people Israel, but has come from a distant land because of your Great Name and your Mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this Temple, hear their prayers…” Binding and Loosing pt 3 We have been studying about binding and loosing, the prayer of agreement and believing you rec...

Scripture For Today:   1 Kings 8:48 “…and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your name…” Binding and Loosing pt 2 Yesterday, we studied the prayer of binding and loosing as outlined in Matthew 21. Toda...

Scripture For Today:   Genesis 32:11 “Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children…” Binding and Loosing pt 1 Jesus said something in Matthew 18 about prayer that believers need to understand in order to have a more successful prayer life. He said,  “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind...

Scripture For Today:   Genesis 24:45 “Before I finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Behuel, son of Milkah, who was wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.” God is Limited By Our Prayers pt 5 Yesterday, we started off with the question some people will ask to the effect of, “If God is in control, why does He allow all the evil in the world?” &...

Scripture For Today:   Psalm 32:6 “Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of mighty waters will not reach them.” God is Limited By Our Prayers pt 4 Sometimes, somebody will ask me a question, something to the effect of, “Why is God allowing all of this evil in the world?” or “Why can’t God do something about Satan being the god of this world?” But...

Scripture For Today:   Exodus 10:17 “Now, forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.” God is Limited By Our Prayers pt 3 Yesterday, we left off with a reference to the governments of this world being under the dominance of Satan and his demonic forces. That includes the government of the United States and our governing officials. From the P...

Scripture For Today:   1 Samuel 1:26 “…and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the Lord.” God is Limited By Our Prayers pt 2 Yesterday, we learned that Adam was given complete dominion over all of creation. He had dominion even over the angels. That included Lucifer. Now we see why Satan was so keen at getting the d...

Scripture For Today:   Hebrews 13:18 “Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.” God is Limited By Our Prayers pt 1 We know that God created everything out of nothing. We know God created the world and the fulness thereof. We know that God gave dominion of everything to Adam. In the beginning, Adam not only had dominion over all the ea...

Scripture For Today:   Hebrews 13:19 “I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.” Pray for Laborers pt 2 Yesterday, I introduced the subject of praying for laborers to be sent into the harvest. I also shared that nowhere in the New Testament did Jesus ever say that we were to pray that God would save anyone.  This is because He did all He needed to do TO...

Scripture For Today:   1 Thessalonians 5:25 “Brothers and Sisters, Pray for Us!” Pray for Your Enemies I want to continue to look at some of the other principles in prayer that Jesus taught on during His ministry here on earth. As we move through these next series of teachings, we will see that Jesus taught us to pray for our enemies and for laborers to be raised up for the harvest of souls....

Scripture For Today:   1 Chronicles 17:25 “You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. So your servant has found courage to pray to you…” Ask and You Shall Receive pt 4 Today, I just want to wrap up our study of “Ask and You Shall Receive.” This is such an important part of Christian doctrine, I just feel it is important for me to summarize what we have bee...

Scripture For Today:   Nehemiah 6:9 “They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.” But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.” Ask and You Shall Receive pt 3   The past couple of days, I’ve been teaching on “Ask and you shall receive” as outlined in Matthew 7:7-11. We ended yesterday’s teaching on the misconce...