Tag: prayer
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If They Sin
36“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near, 37yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and…
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The Prayer Jesus Taught
2And he [Jesus] said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name.Your kingdom come.3Give us each day our daily bread,4and forgive us our sins,for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.And lead us not into temptation.” Here’s what this prayer teaches me: My name or reputation is not most important. My…
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Labor in the Harvest
1After this the Lord [Jesus] appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into…
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Pause and Consider
1May God be gracious to us and bless usand make his face to shine upon us, Selah2that your way may be known on earth,your saving power among all nations.3Let the peoples praise you, O God;let all the peoples praise you!–Psalm 67 Praying for God to bless you is not a bad thing. In fact, the psalmist…
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David Sang of God’s Strength
16But I will sing of your strength;I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.For you have been to me a fortressand a refuge in the day of my distress.–Psalm 59 King Saul was coming after David. He had sent ment to kill him and watch his house. David’s family was in danger.…
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God Pays Attention
8You have kept count of my tossings;put my tears in your bottle.Are they not in your book?–Psalm 56 David wrote this psalm when he had been seized by the Philistines. Remember, he once killed their most famous giant, Goliath. So David spent a lot of time tossing back and forth in his sleep and had…
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David’s Final Prayer
14“But who am I [David], and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. 15For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and…
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David and Temple Guards
12These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brothers did, ministering in the house of the LORD. –1 Chronicles 26 So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall bear iniquity connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear…
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A General’s Prayer
10When Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Syrians. 11The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites. 12And he said, “If…
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David’s Ultimatum
16And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David. 17David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come to me in friendship to help me, my heart will be joined to you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no wrong…
