Passage: Mark 1:35-39 Directly on the heels of a busy but wonderful day of ministry, Mark records that Jesus got up very early the next day before the sun had risen and went off to an isolated place to pray. On its face, this may not appear to be incredibly significant, but we should stop […]
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Prayerful Diplomacy
Passage: Ephesians 6:18-20 This morning, as we are approaching the end of our study in the book of Ephesians, we actually conclude our look at the spiritual armor of God. Although not technically a piece of the armor, there is no doubt that prayer is absolutely essential for the Christian to stand firm against the […]
The Importance of Prayer
Passage: Various Prayer is a crucial activity in the life of a follower of Jesus Christ, however, in today’s culture with its hurried paces, instant access to almost everything, and the frenzied pull of social media, prayer will often times be overlooked and that can lead to spiritual disaster. The Bible gives us several principles […]
Why Pray?
Passage: Ephesians 3:20-21 This morning’s passage concludes the first half of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, which contains some of the most sublime thinking on the nature and work of the church in all of scripture. This passage also wraps up Paul’s prayer for power for the Ephesian Christians. We have been looking at that […]
A Powerful Prayer – Part 3
Passage: Ephesians 3:17b-19 This morning, we will wrap up our study into the form and content of Paul’s second prayer recorded in his letter to the church at Ephesus. So far, we have introduced this prayer by looking at Paul’s reason, attitude, direction, and sanction for praying this way for the Ephesians. Last week, we […]
A Powerful Prayer – Part 2
Passage: Ephesians 3:16b-17a The Westminster Shorter Catechism states that prayer “is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of ours sins, and thankful acknowledgement of his mercies.” Ultimately, we pray because we are needy and dependent upon God. Yet all too […]
A Powerful Prayer – Part 1
Passage: Ephesians 3:14-16a I doubt that any Christian would ever argue that prayer is unimportant, but I also doubt that any Christian is perfectly happy with their prayer life. Why is that? Could it be that we tend to give prayer far more lip service than practice? Could it be that we were never really […]
Praying for the Church
Passage: Ephesians 1:15-19a Having completed a mind-blowing passage praising the love of God and his work of redemption, Paul now moves into a beautiful prayer for his readers. What we can learn from the apostle is that our prayers need to be focused more on others than on ourselves and that the primary need we […]
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
Passage: Luke 18:1-8 This morning, Pastor Trey Richardson brings us the message from God’s Word on prayer. Every one of us knows how easy it is to get discouraged in prayer, either because our prayers are unanswered, or because we have begun to doubt the goodness and faithfulness of God. Using Jesus’ parable of the […]
Daniel’s Prayer
Passage: Daniel 9:1-19 The book of Daniel is not organized chronologically. Today’s passage covers the time shortly after Daniel was miraculously rescued from the lion’s den in chapter 6. What we have recorded for us in chapter 9 is one the greatest prayers in all of scripture. We can learn much from Daniel’s prayer and […]