Proper Teaching from the Old Testament

"Be like Abraham, not like Lot" — This teaching from a beloved teacher created conflict for me. This kind of teaching makes me look at myself, instead of looking at Jesus, who is my way, truth, and life. "Be brave like David" — telling...

What to Pray For: First Thessalonians

"Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. "And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: "To the end he may stablish your hearts...

What to Pray For: The Colossians

"For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; "That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being...

What to Pray For: The Philippians

To the Philippians, Paul wrote: "Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, "For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will...

What to Pray For. . .

People pray for this, that, and the other. But life is much more than things: "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and...