Day: 31 March 2022
FASTING AND THE PRAYER OF PRAISE
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div Devotional Yesterday, the story of Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20 reminded us that God fights for us when we do battle through prayer and fasting, but that is not the only insight we get from that passage. Verse 21 tells us, as they were preparing…
THE EVENING PRAYER
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div Let’s turn in our Bibles for our Scripture Reading taken from the Book of Psalm 31:1-5 Into your hands, I commit my spirit. — Psalm 31:5 Earlier today we reflected on the importance of starting each day with prayer. This evening we’ll look at how…
THE PATTERN OF PRAYER
SUMMARY Prayer is an incredible gift from God. The ability to communicate with the Creator and Sustainer of this world and of our life is a joy and a privilege. Yet, so often in prayer, we move in the wrong direction. We start with us – we launch into…
PRAYER AND FASTING ACTUALLY WORKS
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div From a purely practical standpoint, the combination of prayer and fasting can lead to staggering results. Let’s break down the examples given above to see how God worked through each of those instances: God welcomed Israel back into His arms (Nehemiah 9). King Xerxes not…
THE MORNING PRAYER
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div Scripture Reading is taken from Psalm chapter 5 In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. — Psalm 5:3 At one place in his book Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis suggests that each morning starts…
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