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- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 15: Retribution and Revenge
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 14: The Counsels of Men
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 13: God’s Symmetrical Tapestry
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 12: Idolatry
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 11: Narcissistic Vanity
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 10: Inquiring of the LORD
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Category Archives: Prayer
The Gift of Prayer Part 3: The Babbling Counterfeit
I Corinthians 14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak in tongues, and there come in those that unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? WILLIAM S. PLUMER … Continue reading
The Gift of Prayer Part 2: The Wordy Counterfeit
Ecclesiastes 5:2 Let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. E. J. POOLE-CONNOR (1872-1962): I was born twelve years after … Continue reading
The Gift of Prayer Part 1: Quickening Power
I Corinthians 4:19, 20; 14:1 I will come unto you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. For the kingdom of heaven is not in word, … Continue reading
Pulpit Prayer Part 3: The Plague of Long Preachy Prayer
Job 21:22 Shall any teach God knowledge? Seeing he judgeth those that are high. JOHN NEWTON (1725-1807): The prayers of some good men are more like preaching than praying. They rather express the Lord’s mind to the people, than … Continue reading
Pulpit Prayer Part 2: Lengthy Prayer, the Murderer of Fervency
2 Chronicles 6:13; 7:1 Solomon had made a brazen scaffold…and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, and said, O LORD God of … Continue reading
Pulpit Prayer Part 1: Reading Forms & Monotonous Repetition
Romans 8:26 We know not what to pray for as we ought. WILLIAM S. PLUMER (1802-1880): Is it, then, best to study our prayers, and even at times to write them? JOHN BUNYAN (1628-1688): The Apostle Paul said he … Continue reading
Oh, Lord!
Isaiah 64:1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): This man knew how to pray, and did not need instruction about prayer. … Continue reading
Prayer in the Presence of God
Psalm 65:1,2 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. JOHN CALVIN (1509-1564): Literally it runs, “Praise is silent to … Continue reading
