Today’s Word
Prayer Ratio
You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied and praise the name of the LORD your God. Joel 2:26 Praise – The most common Hebrew word associated with prayer is palal. In most contexts, it means “praise.” Think about that for a minute. Hebrew prayer is eight times more likely to be about praise…
When The Lion Speaks
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:3 Groaning – We have all kept quiet about sin. And we have all suffered the consequences. David is absolutely right (and he would know). When I close the closet door on my sin, when I cover…
Oppressed Prayer
They have heard that I groan; there is no one to comfort me. Lamentations 1:21 Groan – If this word has never been part of your prayer vocabulary, I wonder if you have really experienced fatal dependence. Every biblical character whom God used to accomplish His purpose seems to have been intimately familiar with anaw…
A Weeping Word
Nevertheless, You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to You. Psalm 31:22 Cried – There is no better place to discover the range of prayer than in the Psalms. In fact, a great number of the Psalms are actually called prayers. But guess what? Yesterday’s word “to pray” (athar) does not occur…
Verbal Advantage
Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, that he may see His face with joy, and He may restore His righteousness to man. Job 33:26 Pray – Something quite unexpected occurs when the Old Testament speaks of praying. The only verb that actually means, “to pray” is this word, athar. It…
Prayer’s Assumption
And it shall come about that when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for I am gracious. Exodus 22:27 Gracious – We come to God in prayer because we believe God is willing to give. That’s the bottom line. If your god is reluctant, petulant, temperamental or immoveable, then you need to…
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