Today’s pastors face much difficulty in their calling and role as shepherds of God’s flock. They must accurately understand and teach the Word of God, discern God’s will, follow His leading, and shepherd their church and family with humility, grace, and love. They serve in a culture increasingly hostile to the gospel and the call …
Happy June! Are you looking for a June 4 prayer to read and reflect on? We provide a guiding Bible verse, prayer questions, and example prayer for the day below. Please sign up here if you’d like to receive these prayers daily in your email. Bible verse for June 4 “Then Hezekiah turned his face …
Looking for a prayer for someone having surgery? One Saturday night in early June 2019, I nicked my middle finger on a just-washed glass that broke when I stacked a dish atop it. Clean glass. Clean hand. Bleeding was minimal but I covered the wound with a Band-Aid and went about my evening with no …
If you are looking for prayers for a sick family member, we understand that you are walking through a new unknown. The unknown of a loved one’s serious illness is among the most terrifying things we experience. If you wonder how to pray for a sick family member, we want to help. Here are twelve …
Prayers for a miracle in real-time… After a series of calls from realtors and the attorney’s assistant this morning, a frightening truth became evident. The much-needed sale of rental property, slated to close tomorrow, had rapidly unraveled. There was no way we could finish the additional paperwork needed to complete the sale on time. “Impossible” …
Do you know or want to pray powerful prayers for firefighters? You’ve come to the right place. We recently surveyed a few firefighters with these topics, “How to pray powerful prayers for firefighters,” and “What firefighters want people to pray.” Their answers surprised us. Not even one requested prayers for their own personal safety. Firefighters …
To answer the question what does it mean to take every thought captive? we need to consider more than the five little words tucked toward the end of a passage on spiritual warfare. “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are …
Looking for a new prayer for the end of the day? If you’re like me, you grew up saying a memorized prayer for the end of day that went something like this: “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I …
These twelve Bible verses about widows offer hope and encouragement for the bereaved woman who may feel abandoned and alone. They reveal the depth of God’s concern for widows and set a framework for how the body of Christ should care for them, too. 12 Bible Verses that show how much God cares for Widows: …
If we want to pray effectively, there’s no better way than to learn how to pray according to the Bible. The Scriptures serve as our textbook through the examples of the people described, the prayers recorded, and the principles taught therein. A few months ago I arrived at the venue for a youth rally where …