The disciples watched Jesus closely as He prayed. They were captivated and quiet in this instance. When He was finished, they asked Him for a specific teaching on the practice of prayer. Take note that this happened “in a certain place” according to the report we examine in Luke 11,...

"The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God, not of the answer." (Oswald Chambers)

“Long lay the world in sin and error pining …” So goes the lyric line in “O Holy Night,” one of our most popular Christmas carols. This is the truth about how things are and how things were just before the coming of Jesus to earth. Still, there were those...

Jesus’ great prayer for His own is what we find in John 17. This was a major moment in a night like no other on earth. The disciples’ Passover time with their Rabbi began ordinarily enough. They ate the supper as these Jewish believers had done since their childhood. They...

Jesus has His place in glory. He went up. It must have been such a sight to see. He was speaking to these faithful followers, gathered on the Mount of Olives. His feet left the earth and He rose through clouds. Away went the Son, the Savior, the Christ of...

God designed us for relationship with Him. The basic element of this relationship is the practice of prayer. He who formed and made us alive by His breath also wants us to be in communion with Him. We are made to carry the fire of the Lord within us. The...

She was a woman on the run. Feeling unwelcome and mistreated as a maid in the home of Abraham and Sarah, Hagar made her escape. She was pregnant and all alone as she sat by a stream in the wilderness of Canaan. At least, she had found a place of...

The first miracle of Jesus was a small thing, a surprising thing even, as we read in John 2. He and His disciples arrived at a wedding celebration in the village of Cana, near Nazareth, and they went to get something to drink. Jesus was met by Mary, His mother,...

Matthew 9:36-38, Jesus was moved with compassion in His heart and in His feet. The harvest is truly plenteous but the laborers are few. Pray, pray, pray that the Lord of the harvest would send forth laborers into His harvest. Read more>April 2016 Prayer Focus

  “Our Father” – these are the words Jesus gave as the starting point for prayer. The disciples had asked Him to teach them to pray, to teach them as John the Baptist had taught his followers. This was their request as described in Luke 11. It seems that they...