September 4, 2010 – 4:26 pm
Ezra – Ezra 8:21 - ‘There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.’
So often we find in the Bible that the greatest answers to prayer are born out of situations where men and women have no other way out other than to cry out to God. When God’s people were faced with the Red Sea, with enormous armies, or in other desparate circumstances, they cry out to God and He comes down to deliver them. This prayer though is a bit different, and is set in the context of Ezra bringing back some of the exiled people of God from Babylon to Israel. Read More »
September 1, 2010 – 4:30 pm
Jesus – Luke 23:46 - ‘And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’” Having said this, He breathed His last.’
To face death is an experience that I guess none of us can really identify with until it’s too late to describe, but that’s what Jesus is facing now. In the last seconds before dying Jesus cries out this prayer of trust in, and submission to His Father. Read More »
August 31, 2010 – 3:42 pm
Jesus – Luke 23:34 – ‘Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”’
Out of all the prayers we find in the Bible, this one should challenge us more than any other, and yet at the same it time should also be a thrilling thing for us to look on at. Read More »
August 30, 2010 – 1:54 pm
Jesus – Matthew 26:39 – ‘He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”’
As we begin looking at this incredible prayer we can ask one incredible question – did Jesus always get what He prayed for? Surprising as it may be, when you look at this prayer the answer has to be no. Read More »
August 30, 2010 – 1:12 pm
Jesus – John 17:1-26 - ‘Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth… I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You… Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am’
In John chapter 17 we have an incredible window into the interaction of Jesus, the Son of God dwelling in a body, with His Father in heaven. There is so much truth in the chapter that we could chew on for hours, but there are also very specific things that Jesus asks for, and the incredible thing is that He is not just praying for the disciples He sees in front of Him, but He is praying for all who will believe in the future. Read More »
Ezra – Ezra 8:21 - ‘There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.’
