Ref |
Scripture |
Source |
Theme |
001 |
Heb 12:1 | 05.18.00 | The amount of time we spend in prayer is indicative of our spiritual life as a whole. |
002 |
1Th 4:11-12 | 05.26.00 | Don't become so earthly minded that you're of no heavenly good. |
003 |
Is 55:6 | 05.30.00 | Whether good or bad, every Believer is a witness. |
004 |
Luke 5:16 | 06.26.00 | Missionary Beaty: Is grass growing on your prayer path? |
005 |
Dan 9:23 | 07.13.00 | While education and experience are good, they do not make us better pray-ers |
006 |
Psalm 88:13 | 07.21.00 | Jesus viewed a busy day as one to pray more than usual. |
007 |
Phil 3:13 | 07.29.00 | Does your prayer life reflect the love you have for God? |
008 |
Heb 13:15 | 09.16.00 | How much prayer is in your heavenly prayer bowl? |
009 |
Dan 3:17 | 09.19.00 | Prayer in school isn't dead, just ask a student just before taking a pop quiz. |
010 |
Rom 1:16 | 09.20.00 | Most of our perceived dangers are Fig Newtons of our imagination. |
011 |
Ps 66:18 | 09.24.00 | Unconfessed sin will block getting an answer to prayer. |
012 |
1 Peter 3:12 | 10.06.00 | The opposite of Righteous is evil, and God answers the prayer of one and resists the other. |
013 |
Eze 22:30,31 | 11.04.00 | God is still looking for gap-standers. |
014 |
2Chr 7:14 | 11.12.00 | In America the church is blessed with prosperity and knows little to no persecution. |
015 |
James 5:17,18 | 11.18.00 | Much time spent with God is the secret of all successful praying. E.M. Bounds |
016 |
Ezek 22:30 | 11.27.00 | God is more interested in one person listening to Him than a large number of people just talking to Him. |
017 |
Mt 21:13 | 03.30.01 | Is our church a place where people stay or pray? |
018 |
Mt 5:6 | 07.06.01 | Prayer is best defined as spending time with God. |
019 |
Lu 5:16 | 07.13.01 | Is the grass bent on the path to your place of prayer? |
020 |
Lu 18:1 | 07.20.01 | PT is a systematic plan of flooding heaven with prayerful petition on behalf of those God called us to serve - until the answer or Jesus comes. |
021 |
Mk 1:35 | 07.22.01 | How long has it been since you prayed? |
022 |
Php 3:13,14 | 07.28.01 | We demonstrate our love for God by the amount of time we spend alone with him. |
023 |
Lu 22:46 | 08.08.01 | Prayer is practicing the presence of God, |
024 |
1Jo 2:15,16 | 08.09.01 | What you DO is what you believe - everything else is just religious talk! |
025 |
Da 6:10b | 08.17.01 | Great men think on their knees. |
026 |
Lam 3:8 | 08.20.01 | Hope is the center of our faith and prayer is the delivery mechanism to renew it. |
027 |
Heb 13:15 | 09.13.01 | Heaven has a bowl to hold your prayer or air. |
028 |
1Pe 3:12 | 10.03.01 | Before you fold your hands and bow your head, better check to see if anyone's home. |
029 |
Js 5:17,18 | 11.23.01 | Earnest praying then, is a matter of personal choice, not divine calling. |
030 |
Mt 21:13 | 12.05.01 | God is far more interested in one person listening to Him than a whole bunch of people talking to Him. |
031 |
1Sa 1:12-13a | 12.10.01 | Most of us pray at the point of desperation, but other than that see no need. |
032 |
Lu 5:16 | 12.24.01 | We shouldn't make God talk over a lot of noise. |
033 |
Jer 7:11 | 01.14.02 | If Jesus visited his House of Prayer this Sunday, would he clean house again? |
034 |
2Sa 7:3 | 01.17.02 | It's absolutely impossible to know God's heart without knowing Him intimately which comes from spending time with Him. |
035 |
Ps 116:17 | 02.06.02 | Have you prayed the TACS method? |
036 |
Hos 7:7b | 02.09.02 | How much time did you spent in prayer yesterday? |
037 |
Ps 109:4 | 04.06.02 | A man of prayer stands-alone when everyone else abandons him. |
038 |
1Chr 29:19a | 04.14.02 | Before you die, will you have prayed for your children? |
039 |
Ac 3:1 | 06.21.02 | Daniel prayed three times a day, while most of us go for three days and don't pray once. |
040 |
1Ch 4:10 | 07.26.02 | The formula for prayer: spend time in God's word , listen to the Holy Spirit and keep your eyes on Jesus. |
041 |
2Ki 7:4 | 07.23.02 | If you're not praying, could it be that you're too comfortable in your state of spiritual starvation? |
042 |
Jos 9:14 | 11.07.02 | How much pain should we bear before we go to the Lord in prayer? |
043 |
Ex 30:5-6 | 11.15.02 | Meeting with God is as close as starting to pray. |
044 |
Neh 4:18b | 12.23.03 | It's easy to spend more time talking about prayer than actually doing it. |
045 |
Isa 66:4b | 12.21.03 | How do we know God is on the line if we're doing all the talking? |
046 |
Ps 119:89 | 12.15.03 | Block praying is a modern way of building an acrostic psalm. |
047 |
Luke 9:215 | 12.13.03 | You don't have to be alone when you pray privately. |
048 |
Mt 6:5 | 12.03.03 | Praying for show will never be admitted by those who do it. |
049 |
Mk 3:12 | 11.24.03 | Every day presents a fresh opportunity to meet Jesus at the altar of prayer and worship. |
050 |
Lu 21:36 | 07.05.03 | Before we stand before Him, we should spend a lot of time on our knees. |
051 |
Mk 6:45 | 03.18.03 | Most every miracle in Jesus' ministry involved prayer, before, during and after. |
052 |
Col 1:9b | 12.17.03 | Most people spend more time talking about prayer than actually doing it. |
053 |
Mt 19:26 | 09.20.03 | Jesus will do the impossible through us, which begs he question, why don't we ask Him to do it more often? |
054 |
Jos 10:13b | 08.27.03 | Unlike Joshua, more times than not we fight our own battles and then ask God to bless our effort. |
055 |
Ex 12:35 | 08.19.03 | We get much more than we ask when we pray with specificity, but usually get less when we don't. |
056 |
2Ki 13:4 | 06.28.04 | Sadly, prayer is often the first thing mentioned in church, but the last thing done. |
057 |
Ps 5:3 | 01.05.04 | When God speaks to your heart, you've got your Bethel. |
058 |
Gen 32:26 | 01.16.04 | The wrestling match between Jacob and the Angel of the Lord was fixed. |
059 |
Lev 10:10 | 02.20.04 | If you want to be a good pray-er, then practice, practice, practice! |
060 |
Isa 62:6 | 09.30.04 | Have you taken up a position on the wall of prayer, O watchman? |
061 |
Eph 3:12 | 09.24.04 | Prayer is often ignored for the sake of exercising things conceived in the heart of men. |
062 |
Acts 1:14 | 06.03.04 | Acts shows us that corporate prayer should be precursor to both preaching and witnessing. |
063 |
Rev 8:3b | 12.17.04 | I wonder how some will answer God with an empty bowl of prayer in their hands? |
064 |
2Chr 6:18 | 07.22.04 | Is you life filled with intimate time with God, or do you just listen while others pray? |
065 |
Josh 10:14 | 04.14.04 | Prayer is where faith begins. |
066 |
John 10:18 | 05.18.04 | It's amazing how many giants of the faith are out there that never put on God's armor. |
067 |
Heb 5:7 | 11.03.04 | Have you learned to approach God in such a way He's interested in what you have to say? |
068 |
Isa 66:4b | 10.02.04 | Prayer has become a knee-jerk reaction for most people. |
069 |
Php 4:6 | 10.03.04 | Not only was Paul a man of prayer, but he did so with power and inspired others to do the same. |
070 |
Pro 15:22 | 05.20.04 | Prayer is spending time in God's presence with conversation as an optional activity. |
071 |
Mk 16:11 | 03.12.04 | Your actions may indicate your love for Jesus, but your prayer life proves it. |
072 |
Ps 13:1 | 07.17.04 | We shouldn't expect God to answer a question we never pose. |
073 |
Ezra 9:6 | 08.09.04 | The way we pray demonstrates how well we know Him. |
074 |
Dt 20:4 | 02.15.05 | Prayer is the only thing that can stop some enemies that keep on going and going like an evil energizer bunny. |
075 |
Zec 10:1 | 02.22.05 | If there's a time when we think we don't need to pray, that's when we need it most. |
076 |
Lu 6:12 | 11.05.05 | Personally I think we ought to stop talking about prayer and spend that time praying. |
077 |
2Ki 13:4 | 02.11.05 | It's almost funny how we'll avoid talking to God even when we know God is there waiting for us to do it. |
078 |
Act 8:35 | 12.13.05 | It's not only possible to pray all the time, in many ways with all kinds of prayer, but it's expected of us. |
079 |
Lu 3:21 | 11.02.05 | Can it be mere coincidence that God often dramatically moves while we are praying? |
080 |
1Ti 1:11 | 11.14.05 | Have you only ask God what He thinks when your other options have run out? |
081 |
2Chr 14:7b | 04.14.05 | If God was choosing up sides for a prayer meeting, would he choose you? |
082 |
Jos 10:14a | 06.19.05 | Are our prayers based on what we want or what God wants? |
083 |
Jude 1b | 05.20.05 | The choice of how and when we pray shows our love for God. |
084 |
1Cor 4:20 | 03.02.05 | If you are not convicted of your lack of prayer, like the Corinthians you need to erect a monument to the God you don't know and can't name. |
085 |
Ex 23:30 | 02.19.05 | When it comes to prayer, I'm afraid we consider what the Bible has to say and then come to the wrong conclusion. |
086 |
1Jo 2:13b | 02.18.05 | Prayer is a privilege granted the child of God, but is probably the most overlooked privilege we have. |
087 |
Ps 119:123 | 03.20.05 | If you're not praying, you either don't believe God or don't miss spending time with Him. So what makes you different from the world? |
088 |
1Tim 5:5 | 09.22.05 | When you put off praying, you fail to receive what God wants to give you right now. |
089 |
Mal 1:10 | 02.16.05 | Here's the church, here's the steeple. Open the doors and where's the people? |
090 |
Jos 14:12a | 02.26.05 | Prayer is like a beautifully wrapped gift. We spend so much time admiring the wrapper, we don't think to open it and see what's inside. |
091 |
Mt 6:9b | 04.26.06 | Many people claim to pray, but unless they pray to Jehovah God, it's little more than vocal exercise. |
092 |
Gen 18:27 | 04.17.06 | Those who don't pray either don't understand the nature of prayer or don't have a relationship with Christ. |
093 |
Mt 7:11b | 08.12.06 | If a person never prays, then it's likely they'll never know or receive what God wants to give them. |
094 |
Gen 19:35b | 07.02.06 | It's alright to pray with your eyes closed as long as you're not doing something that requires you to keep them open such as driving a car or watching God work. |
095 |
Mt 5:47 | 04.04.06 | If praying was easy, everyone would be doing it. |
096 |
Gen 19:30b | 06.23.06 | It's only by spending time in prayer and God's word that we're able to see things as He sees them and know how to pray. |
097 |
Gen 21:16a | 09.30.06 | Distance from God is measured by prayer, not in a holy metric system. |
098 |
Gen 24:12a | 12.31.06 | When we ask for prayer, God gives us more than we ask. |
099 |
Mt 8:13 | 10.29.06 | I wonder how many times I've continued asking God for something He's already given me? |
100 |
Mt 6:4b | 04.14.06 | Be careful what you ask in prayer because the answer may not be what you expect. |
101 |
Mt 7:7 | 07.25.06 | If I ask God for something, either I've got what I prayed for, or there's a reason God didn't honor my request. |
102 |
Gen 18:14b | 03.26.06 | A delay in answered prayer affords us ample time to demonstrate our faith in God's promises and thank him in advance. |
103 |
Mt 5:17 | 02.26.06 | Misconception leads to false assumption which makes it impossible to pray effectively. |
104 |
Mt 6:9 | 04.24.06 | Jesus never intended his model prayer to become a mantra repeated by those never prayed otherwise. |
105 |
Mt 6:31 | 07.01.06 | It's alarming how few pray except in church where they listen to someone else do it. |
106 |
Mt 7:8 | 07.31.06 | If we never ask, then how will God know our desire and how will we acknowledge it was him who gave it to us? |
107 |
Gen 19:23 | 06.04.06 | Each day, we can see how God is answering our previous petition and adjust our prayer accordingly. |
108 |
Gen 19:13 | 05.13.06 | Don't tell me that a multiude of people praying the same thing doesn't move God |
109 |
Gen 21:2b | 09.02.06 | When we pray according to what we think possible, we err because we don't know God or understand Scripture. |
110 |
Mt 6:6 | 04.18.06 | Be honest with God in private, but please don't air the details of your sin in public. |
111 |
Mt 6:7 | 04.20.06 | The simplest and most powerful prayer may be one word, "Help!" |
112 |
Gen 18:30a | 04.25.06 | We should not be a "one and done" pray-er |
113 |
Mt 5:45 | 03.27.06 | What better way to show you're a child of God than to spend time with Him? |
114 |
Mt 8:3 | 10.07.06 | If we really believed will do more for us than we ask, we'd probably spend far more time praying than we do. |
115 |
Mt 6:28b | 06.21.06 | How can you not pray when you see what God is doing around you? |
116 |
Mt 5:20 | 03.03.06 | The amount of time a person spends in prayer may be the best indicator of their spiritual condition. |
117 |
Gen 20:3 | 07.12.06 | It's an embarassment to us as Christians that God has to speak to strangers because we, his children, won't speak to him. |
118 |
Mt 5:45c | 03.31.06 | It's natural for Christians to run to the Lord when problems come. |
119 |
Gen 25:22b | 03.01.07 | If you're not praying, on what are you waiting? |
120 |
Gen 24:42 | 01.24.07 | Most situations require we be mobile and pray the same way. |
121 |
Gen 32:9 | 12.29.07 | Will history say of you, "He prayed?" |
122 |
Mt 13:20a | 10.19.07 | Prayer is about coming and going, we keep going to the Lord and He keeps coming through. |
123 |
Gen 24:50 | 01.30.07 | When God is in it, you don't need to ask Him in. |
124 |
Mt 13:34 | 11.24.07 | The most effective praying is accomplished by seeing other people as the Father sees them and then praying in unison with Him. |
125 |
Gen 25:21 | 02.25.07 | Most people won't pray as long as they think they can do something without God's help. |
126 |
Mt 14:15 | 01.23.08 | While there's no best time to pray, the evening proves to be the best time to review the day and prepare for the next. |
127 |
Pr 2:2 | 10.25.08 | Knowing how to pray is as simple as filling your mind with Scripture and asking God to reveal it. |
128 |
Ps 4:3b | 07.25.08 | Are you praying yourself or expecting someone else to do it for you? |
129 |
Pro 1:28 | 09.13.08 | Don't think because prayer is an option today, it will be tommorrow. |
130 |
Mt 14:30b | 03.07.08 | Prayer is proven to be most effective when paired with spontaneous desperation and least effective when performed like a ritual. |
131 |
Ps 4:3a | 07.24.08 | Prayer is not a group activity. |
132 |
Ps 3:4 | 07.06.08 | When it comes to praying, the way we do it is not nearly as important as the frequency we do it. |
133 |
Mt 14:23a | 02.18.08 | We need not ask what Jesus would do because in most every situation He'd be praying which requires spending time alone with the Father. |
134 |
Ps 5:2 | 08.15.08 | Make provision for unanswered prayer and you can stop praying. |
135 |
Mt 15:28b | 04.30.08 | Position and petition mark the place where faith becomes fruition. |
136 |
Pr 2:8 | 12.26.08 | God shows His love to us by witholding some things we think we need. |
137 |
Pr 2:7a | 12.12.08 | The things of God are not for sale, but are free for the asking. |
138 |
Mt 15:30b | 05.04.08 | How can we expect anything if we never ask, and when we do, we do it one time. |
139 |
Pr 2:3b | 11.07.08 | The difference between silent and audible prayer is the degree of our desperation or need. |
140 |
Mt 15:25 | 04.22.08 | The shortest prayer, "Lord, help me," may also be the most effective. |
141 |
Mt 16:8b | 08.28.08 | When you're speaking to someone, do you repeat their name once or twice in every sentence? |
142 |
Mt 17:25b | 02.17.09 | When we get close to Jesus, we seldom have to begin the conversation. |
143 |
Gen 43:29b | 08.31.09 | If we spent as much time praying for people as we do talking about them, the world would be a better place. |
144 |
Mt 19:13 | 07.07.09 | It's never too late to do the right thing by our children although we may experience problems for having done it wrong for so long. |
145 |
Mt 18:31 | 05.21.09 | Release comes from emptying your feelings to God, the only one who really cares. |
146 |
Mt 17:22 | 02.05.09 | While on the move, we should thank God for where we've been, ask Him to go before us and look for His moving around us. |
147 |
Ecc 5:3 | 11.15.09 | You won't daydream while you're praying. |
148 |
Mt 20:33 | 12.03.09 | Presumption has no place in prayer. |
149 |
Mt 21:14 | 01.21.10 | If you're not praying, maybe having some desperate needs will help. |
150 |
Gen 46:2 | 01.25.10 | If you won't pray, what makes you think God will be there when you need him? |
151 |
Mt 21:36 | 04.08.10 | 3166. We are closest to God when we confirm to Him what He told us. |
152 |
Gen 48:11 | 06.23.10 | 3251. It's never too late to believe God's word. |
153 |
Ps 10:14 | 07.02.10 | 3260. We tend to take for granted those with whom we don't communicate. |
154 |
Mt 22:28 | 07.08.10 | 3266.If what you don't know can hurt you, Who you don't know can kill you. |
155 |
Pr 5:18 | 08.07.10 | 3296. Why is it we search for what we hold in our hand? |
156 |
Gen 50:4 | 10.27.10 | 3377. Why ask if you're going to do it anyway? |
157 |
Mt 23:32 | 11.04.10 | 3385. What you treasure is trash to someone else. |
158 |
Gen 50:16 | 12.01.10 | 3412. A representative should know you and want what you want. |
159 |
Ecc 8:5 | 01.16.11 | 3458. Just because we avoid trouble, doesn't mean it won't affect us. |
160 |
Ex 2:23 | 04.25.11 | 3555. God's three-step plan for success: give up, look up and hook up. |
161 |
Ex 3:2 | 05.04.11 | 3564. It's amazing what God has to do to get our attention. |
162 |
Ps 17:6 | 05.20.11 | 3580. Our problems are God's RSVP to meet and talk. |
163 |
Ps 18:3 | 08.05.11 | 3657. If prayer fixes things, why are so many things broken? 3657 |
164 |
Ps 18:6 | 08.19.11 | 3680. Answers aren't enough, but time with Jesus is. |
165 |
Ex 4:17 | 08.29.11 | 3690. There are some things we don't need to ask. |
166 |
Ex 5:3 | 10.10.11 | 3732. Truth or Consequences is not a game as some would have us think. |
167 |
Mt 26:10 | 10.11.11 | 3733. If God is everywhere, why don't we see and acknowledge Him? |
168 |
Mt 26:26 | 11.29.11 | 3782. Prayer is the result of a growing relationship. |
169 |
Ex 6:2-3 | 12.05.11 | 3788. A sharp mind is one honed through prayer. |
170 |
Pr 9:2 | 12.10.11 | 3793. Preparation is vital to proper presentation. |
170 |
Mt 26:30 | 12.13.11 | 3796. One song remembered is worth one-hundred sermons forgotten. |
171 |
Ecc 11:4 | 12.25.11 | 3808. Blessing usually awaits my doing something first. |
172 |
Ex 6:9 | 12.26.11 | 3809. My job is to testify, God's to get an audience. |
173 |
Mt 26:36 | 01.03.12 | 3817. Fellowship is never being alone when you are alone. |
174 |
Mt 26:37 | 01.05.12 | 3819. Where we go is not nearly as important as Who goes with us. |
175 |
Ps 18:30 | 01.06.12 | 3820. We need fewer thrill-seekers and more Jesus-seekers. |
176 |
Mt 26:38 | 01.10.12 | 3824. How can you expect to see what God is showing you if your eyes are closed? |
177 |
Ps 18:31 | 01.13.12 | 3827. How can life be a game if my soul is in the balance? |
178 |
Ex 7:1 | 01.16.12 | 3830. Life is what you make it. 3830 |
179 |
Mt 26:40 | 01.17.12 | 3831. Prayer is easier than we make it and harder when we fake it. |
180 |
Ex 7:2 | 01.18.12 | 3832. No one gains desire to be with God when they're on the way to see Him. |
181 |
Mt 26:41 | 01.19.12 | 3833. Weakness finds strength in disbelief. |
182 |
Ecc 11:8 | 01.22.12 | 3836. You're a pray-er when you don't need motivation to do it. |
183 |
Mt 26:42 | 01.24.12 | 3838. You never learn anything without spaced repetition. |
184 |
Ecc 11:7 | 01.29.12 | 3843. Experiencing God requires walking with Him. |
185 |
Mt 26:44 | 01.31.12 | 3845. Confession is the first step in loosening the grip sin has on our lives. |
186 |
Mt 26:45 | 02.02.12 | 3847. Prayer is like a fruit with an expiration date. |
187 |
Mt 26:46 | 02.07.12 | 3852. Curious how both sleeping and praying involve closing your eyes. |
188 |
Mt 26:48 | 02.14.12 | 3859. Everything should be a prayer prompter. |
189 |
Ecc 12:2 | 02.19.12 | 3864. Prayer is an answered RSVP. |
190 |
Mt 26:51 | 02.23.12 | 3868. Knowing the right answer doesn't justify a wrong decision. |
191 |
Ex 7:20 | 03.19.12 | 3893. Change is good or bad based on the reason. |
192 |
Ps 18:41 | 03.23.12 | 3897. Only an ingrate won't pray. |
193 |
Mt 26:61 | 03.29.12 | 3903. The best sermon is one word, "Repent." |
194 |
Pr 10:5 | 04.21.12 | 3926. One moment used properly is more valuable than a lifetime of neglect. |
195 |
Mt 26:68 | 04.24.12 | 3929. Don't expect to learn anything new until you show you've learned what you've been shown. |
196 |
Mt 26:69 | 04.26.12 | 3931. A prayer life begins when you begin listening. |
197 |
Ps 18:46 | 04.27.12 | 3932. If you don't pray in private, don't waste your time doing it in public. |
198 |
Ex 8:9 | 04.30.12 | 3935. Prayer: the answer for most every question. |
199 |
Mt 26:71 | 05.03.12 | 3938. You claim to be a friend of God, but your prayer life reveals the truth. |
200 |
Pr 10:7 | 05.05.12 | 3940. God remembers our forgetfulness, but forgets it when we remember to ask Him. |
201 |
Ecc 12:13 | 05.06.12 | 3941. God's grace covers goof-ups and their mistakes |
202 |
Mt 26:73 | 05.10.12 | 3945. Who asks for what they already have unless they're praying? |
203 |
Ps 18:48 | 05.11.12 | 3946. Facebook; the great gallery of friends who aren't. |
204 |
Ex 8:15 | 05.14.12 | 3949. Silence speaks volumes. |
205 |
Ps 18:49 | 05.18.12 | 3953. Apostasy is needing a reason to pray. |