How can we win the battle with weak, wandering prayers? I have not yet graduated from the school of prayer, but here are 10 suggestions I have found helpful in my own conversations with God. 1. Be honest. Don’t try to hide anything from God or sugarcoat your true thoughts and feelings. No issues you […]
Week 32 Application |
Week 32
Study Questions
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson. 1. If someone were to ask you, “Why do you pray and what do you pray for?” what would you tell them? 2. Why is prayer important? Does it really matter? Read Colossians 4:2-6 1. Do you watch for God to answer your prayers? […]
Week 32 Mission |
The Praying Church
“One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples’” (Luke 11:1). Imagine what it was like for the disciples to be with Jesus those three and a half years. In the end they worshiped […]
Week 32
Daily Reading
Luke 14:15-24“An excuse is the skin of a reason stuffed with a lie.” I heard that definition years ago and it stuck. If you listen closely, most excuses fit very neatly into those parameters. That explanation certainly describes the excuses used in Jesus’ parable. The truth is this; if we really want to do something, […]
Week 32 Character |
Holiness vs Holier-Than-Thou
When I was asked to write this article on the pursuit of holiness, I immediately began to think and pray about how I would address the need for holiness in believers today. I remembered that the definition of holy means “to be set apart.” It literally means to be separate or distant. Separate from things […]
