That God hears our prayers is truly amazing! The God who is “the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see” (1 Timothy 6:15-16) – this God hears me when I pray! Talking…

You cannot change anyone. Ask any husband or wife if they’ve been successful in changing their spouse. . . . It doesn’t work. They may hope and resolve that their marriage will be different or better than some marriages they’ve seen or known. They may privately think, My spouse will change. I can do this….

Here’s an intriguing approach for prayer – “Lord, cause me. . . .” Maybe you’ve never prayed this way before. I have. “Lord, cause me” can mean that I need God to push me to do what he wants me to do. Maybe I’m stubborn and unwilling, and I know it. But I’m also willing…

“Lord, restore me, renew me, revive me, refresh me” are interrelated themes that express our need and desire for God’s continued work in us. “Lord, restore me. Bring me back to my former relationship with you. Establish me once again with the closeness I used to feel with you.” That’s what David expressed: “Restore to…

How often we need a touch from God in our physical bodies! We face sicknesses, ailments, pains, diseases. We cry out in faith, “Heal me, LORD, and I will be healed” (Jeremiah 17:14). Matthew tells us: “When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a…

While Nehemiah was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, he became the target of a malicious rumor. Calmly he denied these false accusations. “These are things you have come up with in your head, and they are not true.” He refused to bow to pressure. Outwardly, Nehemiah was unwavering and steadfast. Inwardly, however, he realized that…

In our culture, the phrase “show me” is understood in several ways – show me the money, show me a picture, show me love, show me the way. I’d like to ask the question – what might we ask God to show us? Start here: “Show me the wonders of your great love” (Psalm 17:7)….

The prayer “Lord, save me” is easy to identify with. We need to be: • Saved from desperate circumstances – “Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck” (Psalm 69:1). • Saved from difficult people – “Deliver me from evildoers and save me from those who are after my blood”…

An honest, heartfelt, and perhaps frequent prayer we pray is “Lord, help me.” We need God’s help in ordinary days: • God’s help in our minds – for clarity, insight, and discernment. • God’s help in our wills – for decisiveness, determination, and persistence. • God’s help in our emotions – for encouragement, assurance, and…

Making yourself available to God so that he can touch someone else through you is exciting. A “Lord, use me” prayer creates such adventures. “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10). Imagine, you and I were created for…