Jesus, Teach Us How to Pray
1 Hear me, Lord, and answer me,     for I am poor and needy. 2 Guard my life, for I am faithful to you;     save your servant who trusts in you. You are…
1 Hear me, Lord, and answer me,     for I am poor and needy. 2 Guard my life, for I am faithful to you;     save your servant who trusts in you. You are…
How might our lives change if our prayers transformed into three percent requests, fifteen percent venting about our life, and eighty-two percent praising Jesus?
It makes sense if the Almighty asks us to worship in spirit, He'd expect us to serve from our spirit, too.
The Psalmist challenges us to examine our lives. Is the Lord really my portion? Is He all I need? If I lost everything, would God’s love and His word be enough?
But when our hearts begin to look like Jesus’, we begin to see the need to confess. Hopefully, we’ll see our mistakes earlier than the Psalmist who had to deal with affliction as a result of his going astray. But even when we don’t, Psalm 119 gives us hope.
When I hide His word in my heart and seek Him with all my being, He pours out His Spirit, and I begin to understand what Jesus meant when He said life abundant.
We should laugh and enjoy life with our Heavenly Father, but we can't allow a comfortable relationship overshadow the knowledge that the Ancient of Days expects to be feared.
Do you live out Psalm 9:1-2?
For the sake of His own name, God will not reject you! It's not about the good or bad you've done, it's about how good God is!
You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight. Luke 16:15 I've read…