Category Archives: Prayer

Christian Duty in a Time of National Distress

Joel 2:11,12; Daniel 9:3-6,19 The day of the Lord is very terrible; and who can abide it? Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with … Continue reading

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Praying for Government Officials; A Duty for Our Own Benefit

1 Timothy 2:1,2 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life … Continue reading

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Why Government Leaders Need Our Prayers

1 Timothy 2:1-4 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life … Continue reading

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Incense & The Angel of Incense

Exodus 30:34-36; Leviticus 16:12,13; Revelation 8:1-4 The LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: And thou shalt make it … Continue reading

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Praying in Prayer Meetings

Luke 11:1 Lord, teach us to pray. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): We’ve got to learn how to pray! MATTHEW HENRY (1662-1714):  “Lord, teach us to pray,” is itself a good prayer, and a very needful one, for it is a hard … Continue reading

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God’s Answers to Prayer Come in God’s Own Perfect Time

Ecclesiastes 3:1; Habakkuk 2:3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. The vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, … Continue reading

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Lifting Up Our Hearts & Eyes to God in Heaven

Psalm 25:1; Psalm 123:1; Lamentations 3:41 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto … Continue reading

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Seeking God’s Special Guidance by Fasting & Prayer

Ezra 8:21,23; Daniel 10:1-5,11,12; Acts 13:1-3 [Ezra] proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our … Continue reading

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Watching for God’s Answers to Our Prayers

Psalm 5:2, 3; Psalm 130:5 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my … Continue reading

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Prayer & Fasting for the Christian Church, the Spiritual Israel of God

Nehemiah 1:4,5; Daniel 9:3-5 The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. And it came to pass, when I [Nehemiah] heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, … Continue reading

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