Today’s Word
Prayers of Altitude
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His footstool; He is holy. Psalm 99:5 Exalt – “See Him high and lifted up.” Yes, songs can also be prayers. The Old Testament sees no distinction between songs of praise and prayers of exultation. We need to blur that distinction too, for prayers that rejoice in…
Personal Passion
“Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and the LORD changed His mind about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them?” Jeremiah 26:19 Entreat – What does it mean to entreat someone? Even in English we have a difficult time expressing this thought succinctly. Certainly the concept involves…
Sub-Categorical Prayer
That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving and declare all Your wonders. Psalm 26:7 Thanksgiving – Prayer is designed by God. Does that surprise you? Everything that works according to His purposes is designed by Him, so why should prayer be any different? Did you think that just because prayers come from your…
New Testament Summary
With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit Ephesians 6:18 Pray – All of the ideas associated with prayer in the Old Testament are captured in the New Testament with a single word. That word is proseuchomai. It covers thanksgiving, confession, adoration, intercession and supplication. Notice that it is not the…
The Greek Equivalent
By faith, Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped, leaning on the top of his staff. Hebrews 11:21 Worshipped – Jacob certainly wasn’t Jimmy Hendrix, but you would be on the right track if you thought of this word with the lyrics “kiss the sky.” Proskuneo literally describes…
The Prayer of Faith
Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you.” Genesis 22:5 Worship – How unfortunate it is that we are confined with this English translation of the verb hishtahavah. Yes, it’s true that Abraham took Isaac…
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