Insights from the Word of God

Category: Bible Study Notes

Notes from personal Bible study; articles covering specific themes and topics of the Christian life.

  • Prayer Essentials 2

    Back in The Essentials of Effective Prayer workbook, the next section includes Jesus’ “model prayer” or what has been called “The Lord’s Prayer” in Matthew 6:9-13. The insights mentioned are similar to what I’ve heard before; that is, that the prayer includes the elements of 1)worship, reverence, adoration, 2)declaring allegiance, 3)petition, 4) confession, 5) deliverance…

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  • Praying the Bible

    Taking a detour from writing from The Essentials of Effective Prayer, today I wanted to share a talk from Don Whitney about praying directly from the Bible. In my struggle to develop a more robust prayer life, I’ve read several books on prayer, read many articles, and heard many sermons about it. All of it…

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  • Prayer Essentials 1

    Verses 1 King 8:27-30, 38-39 The instructions in The Essentials of Effective Prayer workbook for the next section were to read the 1 King verses, marking out references to Solomon, including the phrase “your servant”, as well as marking reference to “prayer”, including synonyms like “cry” or “spreading his hands”. Some insights from this passage…

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