Sermons and Biblical Studies

Grace be with you. The Bible, 2 Timothy 4.22 Let this day, O Lord, add some knowledge or good deed to yesterday. Lancelot Andrewes Lord, give me what you are requiring of me. Augustine of Hippo You have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until in you they find their rest. Augustine … Continue reading “PRAYERS,
SHORT”

To God the Father, who has made us and all the world; to God the Son, who has redeemed us and all mankind; to God the Holy Spirit, who sanctifies us and all the elect people of God; to the one living and true God be all glory for ever and ever. Author unknown Bless … Continue reading “PRAYERS,
DOXOLOGIES”

Speak, for your servant is listening. Samuel, 1 Samuel 3:10 nrsv Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 nrsv Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! Psalm 27:14 … Continue reading “PRAYERS,
BIBLE PRAYERS, SHORT”

What am I to do, Lord? Acts 22:10 nrsv O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” “Or who has given a gift to him, to … Continue reading “PRAYERS,
BIBLE, PRAYERS OF PAUL”

Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors! Luke 2:14 nrsv Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we … Continue reading “PRAYERS,
BIBLE PRAYERS, NEW TESTAMENT”

I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and my might, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will exalt him. … Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is … Continue reading “PRAYERS,
BIBLE PRAYERS, OLD TESTAMENT”

Remember your mercies, Lord. Be gracious to me, O God. In you I hope all day long. In your love remember me. In you I place all my trust. Awake, O my soul, awake! God is worthy of our praise. Create a clean heart in me. Have mercy on me, O God. Holy is the … Continue reading “PRAYERS,
ARROW”

A church without an intelligent, well-organized, and systematic prayer program is simply operating a religious treadmill. Paul E. Billheimer

Prayer meetings are dead affairs when they are merely asking sessions; there is adventure, hope and life when they are believing sessions, and the faith is corporately, practically and deliberately affirmed. Norman Grubb

See also: Prayer, Neglect of Bibles read without prayer, sermons heard without prayer, engagements to marriage without prayer, travel undertaken without prayer, homes chosen without prayer, friendships formed without prayer, the daily act of private prayer itself hurried over or gone through without heart – these are the kind of downward steps by which many … Continue reading “PRAYERLESSNESS”