What happens to the man who forgets how to ask? I don’t mean the man who’s forgotten his manners. I mean the one who has quietly stopped believing that asking changes anything, and so he just gets on with it — grits his teeth, manages the anxiety, tells himself that’s just what maturity looks like. […]
Read More KMCD 28: Supplication and the KingsmanThere is a common practice among those who are called by God, and that is the practice of prayer. Prayer is the lifeline. Prayer is the oxygen. Prayer is the important connection set apart to clearly communicate with God in line with the understanding that all communications are primarily based in him. In prayer, we […]
Read More KMCD 05: Prayer and the KingsmanDay 11: The Power of Prayer Read James 5:13-20 Context: How does James’ teaching about prayer serve as both a climax to his letter and a practical response to the various challenges he has addressed? What is James’ teaching on prayer? It’s something we do when we’re suffering. It’s something done for the one who […]
Read More WIWO: James Day 11: The Power of PrayerThere are few things in life more useful than prayer. The thing about prayer is what it does for us and through us. Being deliberately engaged in conversation with the Creator of the Universe certainly gets things off our chest to the most reliable Source in the universe. There’s something it can do to us […]
Read More 20 for 20 #16 About Prayer Part 2Prayer is prominent in scripture. The ability to converse with God on matters great and small is something marvellous to consider and something that God is keen to get us into. It’s no surprise, then, that what’s so basic and foundational in right relationship with God is precisely the sort of thing that is often […]
Read More 20 for 20 #10 About Prayer Part 1Day 4: 1 Timothy 2:1–15 — Instructions for Worship and Community Life Reading: Guidelines for prayer and conduct in worship Study Questions: 1. Observation: What priorities does Paul establish for corporate worship and prayer? Paul’s priorities include communal opportunities to communicate with God; different types of prayers hold great significance for Paul, and he expects […]
Read More WIWO: 1 Timothy Day 4 – 2:1–15 — Worship InstructionsNothing successful has ever succeeded without prayer. Prayer keeps the channels of communication between God and us open. It’s good to keep them open, because it’s good to stay intentionally involving God in every aspect of the initiative. It doesn’t hurt, from time to time, to check in with God, share how things are proceeding, […]
Read More WIWO: Prayer RequestsNow out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens […]
Read More JJ25 #04 – Responsible – Relational Insights Part 1Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell, Matthew 10:28 (ESVUK) What Did Jesus Mean? When Jesus speaks of “fearing God,” He employs the Hebrew concept of yirah – a reverent awe that encompasses both holy respect and loving […]
Read More OTKC 26: Fear God, Not ManWhen he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest. Matthew 9:36-38 (ESVUK) What Did Jesus Mean? In the bustling […]
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