“What is imprecatory prayer?”……First of all, let's define imprecatory prayer. To imprecate means "to invoke evil upon or curse" one's enemies. King David, the psalmist most associated with imprecatory verses such as Psalm 55:15, 69:28, and 109:8, often used phrases like, "may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing […]

Morning Prayer December 7, 2011 “Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.” (Psalm 143:8) This is a beautiful and meaningful prayer with which to start the day, and one […]

Our Posture Towards Prayer In Matthew 6:6, Jesus tells us that when we pray to "go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place." But, as Oswald Chambers points out in this devotional, Jesus is addressing more than just our physical location. He's […]

“Is it allowable to use candles in connection with prayer?”……Answer: There is no biblical reason why we can't light candles while we pray or while we do anything else, for that matter. Candles are inanimate objects. They have no power, no strength, and no mystical or supernatural abilities. They are nothing more than wax and […]

We stand here this morning with our lips we rise up and praise you Lord and acknowledge that you are the king of Glory the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. This here is your place even as the world is yours and all that is in it, the see and the sky […]

Pray Like This: Hallowed Be Your Name Matthew6:5-18 5 "When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get. 6 But when you pray, go away […]

“What is the serenity prayer?”……Answer: The serenity prayer is attributed to a Protestant theologian named Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971). There are various versions of the serenity prayer floating around with minor alterations. ……Niebuhr himself did not publish the serenity prayer until 1951, in one of his magazine columns, although it had previously appeared under his name […]