Posts Tagged ‘Prayer’
Paul says in Ephesians 3:20 that God is “the one able to do exceedingly more abundant than all that we ask or think…” He uses a Greek adverb ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ (hyperekperissou), a rare compound word that is the strongest possible to indicate abundance and overflowing-ness. And he says that God is able to do this beyond [...]
WHERE WE’RE HEADED: Miramar
I’m sure that many of you already know that I have been called to be an associate pastor at Pembroke Road Baptist Church in Miramar, Florida. (The pinpoint “A” on the map is the location of the church’s building). Laura gave the whole rundown of this journey on our family blog.
One week [...]
A good word from over 150 years ago:
The autumn of 1857 was signalized by a sudden and fearful convulsion in the commercial world. That calamity was so speedily followed by reports of revivals of religion and remarkable displays of divine grace, that it has been a widely received opinion, that the two events stand related [...]
When you pray do you tend to keep things “off the table”? Do you not bring things to the Lord, either carelessly or deliberately? This morning some friends (here and here) and I were talking about this. It corresponds well with this quote from Jonathan Edwards:
Resolved, very much to exercise myself in this, all my [...]
It’s easy for me to get side-tracked when I do personal, devotional Bible study. I easily and quickly forget the point of why I want to study the Bible: to know God. He has revealed himself in all of Scripture, most specifically and poignantly in the man who is God, Jesus Christ. But we get [...]
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(In the original post here I have a link for the “Connor Watch” blog, but only about half of the people who have landed here after searching for “Connor Williamson” have clicked it. That makes me think that the link is not labeled clearly. I updated the [...]
We often forget that the Bible tells us to ask for things. James 4:2: “You do not have because you do not ask.” Jesus said ask, seek, knock (Matt 7:7). The widow’s request was heard because of her annoying persistance (Luke 18). Let your requests be made known to God (Phil 4).
Surely, we know that [...]
A few days ago I posted about an unspoken prayer request.
I can give more details now.
I’ll let my sister tell it in her own words:
Friends,
This is so hard to write, especially online, but after 9 weeks, our baby is now with the Lord in heaven. Some unusual pain sent Justin and I to the [...]
Yesterday during Piper’s message he mentioned a story of a man who had lost his three children at a young age, and, after sixty years of marriage, had lost his wife to insanity. Someone asked him if he ever asked, “Why me?” He said, “No, I have never asked that. I do always ask, ‘Why [...]
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