Tag Archives: prayer

Incline your ear

Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me. Psalm 86:1 David makes this heartfelt plea of God to listen and act on his behalf. I have implored God for His attention as well. But I must remember that He makes the same request of me. My son, attend to My words; incline your ear to My…
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The Lord Bless You

Jesus taught us to pray, giving us what we call the Lord’s prayer. In the Old Testament, we see a model of giving a blessing when the priests were ordered to pray for the Israelites. The Aaronic blessing is not specifically addressed to us but we can learn from the example and discover the heart…
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His Plan

He gave them what they wanted but sent meagerness into their souls.  Psalm 106:15 I’ve got a bad picker sometimes. I ask for things that aren’t in His plan. They aren’t bad things, in fact most of them I would call good, at least for me. But that doesn’t mean they fit into His overall…
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Praying not Saying

“It is one thing to say your prayers and another thing to pray.” I’m not sure where that saying comes from, but I like the reminder. Am I going through the motions? Or am I talking to my loving Father?  Jesus gave us a model for prayer that we’ve looked at the last few weeks.…
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