The Prayer of Time

We do not know when Moses wrote Psalm 90, or at what age he was.  What we do know is that he had thought the matter through concerning time (his time) and the eternity of God.  The conclusion he put into prayer…and this prayer he ordered, and used, as he sought from God the answers.…

Praying Through [Pt. 2 of 2]

Dear Ones: The time just before the birth of Samuel was a dark period in the history of Israel.  In a few short years the Philistines conquered the nation and captured the Ark of the Covenant, the most prized symbol of God’s covenant with Israel.  It was at such a time that the prayer of…

Praying Through [Pt. 1 of 2]

Dear Ones: It is one thing to begin a race…quite another to finish it.  It is one thing to begin to pray about a matter…it is quite another to pray until the matter is resolved. When Elijah was on the summit of Mt. Carmel, on his knees, though he was a prophet of God, he…

Prove Me

In Malachi 3:10, the Lord confronts us with a challenge. He puts it like this:  “…Prove me now…”  When we get to the New Testament, we might wonder if the idea of a challenge from God is still valid.  And then, we read passages like John 14:13, where He says, “And whatsoever ye shall ask…