August 2 “Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” (James 4:7-8) Yesterday we listed the 24 Overcoming Temptation principles (and …
May 4 “You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend it on your pleasures.” (James 4:2b-3) As we finish up this crucial topic of reinforcing our lives with prayer, let me …
May 3 “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17) May 1 we discussed the need to learn and practice crying out to God. This is urgent, focused prayer, emergency prayers that we offer up to God in times of great stress and testing. Yesterday, we discussed the practice of …
May 1 “And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” (Matthew 6:13) In early January I offered some opinions about how crucial prayer is to our daily victory in Christ, so I will try to not repeat myself, but please review those daily thoughts …
January 13 “The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.” James 5:16b Yesterday we summarized the three types of prayer. Today I would like to suggest a table to help highlight the different types of prayer and how they each play a crucial role in our …
January 12 “Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart” Luke 18:1 Thus far we have discussed three types of prayer: crying out to God (January 7), praying without ceasing (January 11), and daily …
January 11 “Pray without ceasing” I Thessalonians 5:17 In addition to practicing daily, diligent prayer, mentioned yesterday, there is another aspect to prayer that every Christian must learn and practice if they are going to see lasting progress in their spiritual walk, and that is prayer on a …
January 10 “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God, and did not respect man. And there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me legal protection from my opponent.’ And for a while he was unwilling; …
January 9 “I will set no worthless thing before my eyes…” Psalm 101:3 I said earlier that I do not make resolutions because I know my own weaknesses and inability to keep them. But that does not mean I don’t have goals and new habits that I want …
January 7 “In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry for help before Him came into His ears.” Psalm 18:6 I have spent much time praying over my Christian life, …