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A PRAYER FOR LIGHTENING THE LOAD|Pray for India | Bless India

August 12, 2011

RESTORE ME AND I WILL RETURN JER 31:18 Lord, I don?t want to carry this baggage anymore. I don?t want to inflict my pain on others anymore. I don?t want to harm my body anymore. I thought that if I told everyone about the injustice I?d feel better. I didn?t. It only cost me friends [...]

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The Lord’s Prayer (2)|Pray for India | Bless India

August 11, 2011

GIVE US TODAY OUR DAILY BREAD. MATTHEW 6:11 God has provision for whatever you?re facing today, so ask for it! You can?t fight today?s battles on the strength of yesterday?s bread. That was then, this is now. In the wilderness old Moses and the gang were only permitted to collect enough manna for each day. [...]

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The Lord’s Prayer (1)|Pray for India | Bless India

August 10, 2011

TEACH US TO PRAY? LUKE 11:1 Jesus gives us the lowdown for approaching God. Let?s take a scan at it: 1) ?Our Father in heaven?. You?ve got to put the correct address on the envelope if you want it to reach the right letter box. We don?t just pray to some vague higher power; we [...]

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5 DAYS ON PRAYER (5)|Pray for India | Bless India

August 9, 2011

WHEN THEY CALL ON ME, I WILL ANSWER? PSALM 91:15 Before the people of Israel ever crossed the Jordan, an enemy army arrived determined to wipe them out. So, ?Moses said to Joshua, ?Choose some of our men and go out to fight? I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of [...]

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5 DAYS ON PRAYER (4)|Pray for India | Bless India

August 8, 2011

WHEN THEY CALL ON ME, I WILL ANSWER? PSALM 91:15 Most normal parents enjoy being generous to their children. Jesus used this as a framework for understanding God, ?If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts [...]

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5 Days on prayer (2)|Pray for India | Bless India

August 5, 2011

WHEN THEY CALL ON ME, I WILL ANSWER. PSALM 91:15 Bill Hybels, Pastor of one of America?s largest churches, writes: ?Prayer has not always been my strong suit. For many years, I knew more about prayer than I ever practiced. I have a racehorse temperament and the tugs of self-sufficiency are very real to me. [...]

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5 DAYS ON PRAYER (1)|Pray for India | Bless India

August 4, 2011

WHEN THEY CALL ON ME, I WILL ANSWER? PSALM 91:15 Right then, it?s Monday. Time to put the weekend behind you. You looking forward to this week? Not sure? Listen, when God?s hand is on your life, there?s always something to look forward to. He packs everyday full of opportunities ? you just need to [...]

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Six types of prayer (2)|Pray for India | Bless India

August 3, 2011

LONG BEFORE DAYLIGHT, HE GOT UP AND…PRAYED… MARK 1:35 Let’s finish off this month by looking at the rest of those six different types of prayer: 4) the prayer of intercession. Listen to this: ‘I looked for a man…who would…stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land’ (Ezekiel 22:30 NIV). To intercede [...]

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Six kinds of prayer (1)|Pray for India | Bless India

August 2, 2011

PRAY…IN THE SPIRIT AT ALL TIMES WITH ALL KINDS OF PRAYERS… EPHESIANS 6:18 Let’s look at six different types of prayer; three today and three tomorrow: 1) the prayer of agreement! Listen: ‘If two of you…agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father’ (Matthew 18:19 NIV). When you’re [...]

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Prayer barriers (4 + 5)|Pray for India | Bless India

August 1, 2011

WHEN YOU ASK, YOU DO NOT RECEIVE, BECAUSE YOU ASK WITH WRONG MOTIVES… JAMES 4:3 Barrier No. 4 – selfishness. To take a closer look at our praying means coming face to face with selfishness. That means realising the difference between wants and needs, rights and responsibilities, justice and grace, personal comforts and being a [...]