December 12, 2023

Acts 22:17 “After I returned to Jerusalem, I was praying in the Temple and fell into a trance.

Can prayer lead to a trance – I don’t understand

Can prayer take me somewhere – I don’t understand

Can prayer change a persons life – I don’t understand

Thanks be to God prayer can and does

"If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things.  It is we, of course, to whom things look 'little' or 'big'." - Elisabeth Elliot

December 11, 2023

Acts 16:25 Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.

The Psalms are songs

The Psalms are prayers

So prayers are songs

Prayer is lifting your heart to God in song.

December 10, 2023

Acts 11:5 “I was in the town of Joppa,” he said, “and while I was praying, I went into a trance and saw a vision. Something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners from the sky. And it came right down to me.

I talked and talked but never heard

I asked and asked but did not listen

That is not prayer, teach me to pray

Prayer is coming to God with a heart to hear and ears to listen. 

December 9, 2023

Acts 10:30 Cornelius replied, “Four days ago I was praying in my house about this same time, three o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly, a man in dazzling clothes was standing in front of me.

Prayer is an amazing adventure

to where you can never imagine

and people you would not know

Prayer reaches beyond borders and limitations.

December 8, 2023

Acts 9:11 The Lord said, “Go over to Straight Street, to the house of Judas. When you get there, ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying to me right now.

Someone is praying for you now

They may not know who you are

You may not know who they are

Prayer allows us to touch the lives of people we do not know.

December 7, 2023

John 17:20 “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message.

The prayer of Jesus is for those who were

The prayer of Jesus is for those who are

The prayer of Jesus is for those who will be

Prayer is within time to a God who created time.

December 6, 2023

Luke 11:1 Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

Lord please teach us to pray

so we can teach others to pray

so all Your people learn to pray

Prayer can be deepened through guidance by God and others.