Praying with Purpose: A 28-Day Journey to an Empowered Prayer LifeMany Christians crave something more from their prayer time. We pray knowing that God hears and answers our prayers, but we also know that prayer should be something more than recited phrases and personal wish lists. God wants prayer to become vital to everything we do. Using Scripture passages, applications, and a prayer guide, "Praying with Purpose" is a five-week study designed to teach believers how to pray without ceasing. Perfect for church use, small groups, or individual study. |
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... morning and before going to sleep at night or even in times of solitude and meditation . We share God's desire that prayer become central in our lives . We know that God longs for our lives to be filled with prayer . We experience His ...
... morning and before going to sleep at night or even in times of solitude and meditation . We share God's desire that prayer become central in our lives . We know that God longs for our lives to be filled with prayer . We experience His ...
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... morning to discover that you had all the power of God? The winds and waves obeyed your command. You could make deaf people hear and blind people see. You could even raise the dead. Would you still feel the need to pray? Jesus did. I ...
... morning to discover that you had all the power of God? The winds and waves obeyed your command. You could make deaf people hear and blind people see. You could even raise the dead. Would you still feel the need to pray? Jesus did. I ...
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... morning. Instead, He woke up early to pray: “Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed” (v. 35). Though He was physically drained from the previ- ous ...
... morning. Instead, He woke up early to pray: “Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed” (v. 35). Though He was physically drained from the previ- ous ...
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... morning, O LORD; in the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up” (Ps. 5:3). Many Christians have followed this same pattern, waking in the early hours to spend time with God. Someone might argue that prayer does not have to ...
... morning, O LORD; in the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up” (Ps. 5:3). Many Christians have followed this same pattern, waking in the early hours to spend time with God. Someone might argue that prayer does not have to ...
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... morning . In desperation , he slips away from his hungry guest , goes to a nearby house , and pounds on the door . This brings us to the grumpy neighbor . He and his family are all asleep in their little house . Like most of the other ...
... morning . In desperation , he slips away from his hungry guest , goes to a nearby house , and pounds on the door . This brings us to the grumpy neighbor . He and his family are all asleep in their little house . Like most of the other ...
Contents
16 | |
Day | 56 |
Day | 64 |
DAVIDS PRAYER FOR RESTORATION | 121 |
117 | 135 |
Day | 139 |
THE LORDS PRAYER | 145 |
Our Fathers Coming Kingdom | 179 |
Our Fathers Delivering Power | 198 |
Making the Lords Prayer Your Prayer | 213 |
Notes | 249 |
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Page 62 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Page 52 - And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith He unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Page 67 - Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Page 175 - God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, that he might redeem them which were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Page 39 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 51 - And He went a little farther, and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me : nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt.
Page 236 - BEHOLD, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; Neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, And your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Page 103 - LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And, when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 53 - And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Page 135 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.