Category: prayer
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Waiting for the LORD – 2027.01.30
Psa 130:5-6 (KJV)5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. Let us be encouraged today to keep waiting on the LORD. Prayer…
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Cry for help in persecution – 2026.01.09
Psalms 119:86 (KJV) All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. Let us be encouraged today and know that all that the LORD asks us to do according to His word is for our benefit and will pay off in eternity. “Romans 8:28-30 (KJV) And we know that all things work…
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Do not loose heart in prayer – 2026.01.07
Luke 18:1-8 (KJV)1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of…
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Meditating on and delighting in the Word of God – 2025.12.30
Psalms 119:15-16 (KJV)15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. Let us be encouraged and decide today to daily read, study, think about, remember and meditate on the Word of God – the bible. Doing this will…
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Calling on the name of Jesus – 2025.12.16
Psalms 105:1-5 (KJV) 1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 4 Seek…
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Give thanks – 2025.12.12
Psalms 105:1-5 (KJV) 1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 4 Seek…
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Prayer when there is opposition – 2025.11.21
Psalms 86:14-17 (KJV)14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.16 O turn unto me, and have mercy…
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Prayer and faith – 2025.10.21
Psalms 55:16 (KJV) As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. Let us be encouraged today to decide and keep on deciding to call on the LORD GOD Almighty. Jesus Christ taught us to pray to GOD the Father in His name, the name of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ…
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Speaking to our soul – 2025.10.09
Psalms 42:11 (KJV) Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. This verse is a repetition of “Psalms 42:5 (KJV) Why art thou cast down, O my soul?…
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GOD’s thoughts – 2025.10.08
Psalms 40:5 (KJV) Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.Wow, GOD is so good. His works are so…
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Waiting patiently – 2025.10.07
Psalms 40:1-2 (KJV)1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. Let us be…
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Psalm 25 – lifting up our soul – 2025.09.23
Psalms 25:1-22 (KJV) 1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without…
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Hidden in Jesus Christ – 2025.03.06
Psalms 32:7 (KJV) Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. When we trust in Jesus Christ (see https://missioncommunities.network/2025/03/05/lead-protect-and-deliver-me-2025-03-05/) we can be sure that we are hidden in Him. He is the one who will preserve us from and in trouble. He…
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Persevering, persistent prayer – 2025.02.25
Nehemiah 1:6 (KJV) Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I…
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How long till you answer my prayer – 2025.02.15
Psalms 13:1-6 (ASV)1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over…
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Trouble after repentance – 2025.02.09
2 Chronicles 32:1 (KJV) After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. Have a read of 2 Chronicles 32:1-23.After Hezekiah turned Juda back to the LORD as summarised in “2 Chronicles 31:20-21 (KJV) And…
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How long will my suffering continue? – 2025.02.08
Psalms 6:1-10 (KJV)1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.3 My soul is also sore vexed:…
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In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth (3) – 2025.01.29
John 14:12-14 (KJV)12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified…
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Bear each others burdens – 2025.01.24
Galatians 6:1-5 (KJV)1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he…
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Our prayer is like incense – 2024.12.24
Psalms 141:1-4 (KJV)1 A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth;…
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State of the world – 2024.11.30
Psalms 119:126 (KJV) It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.We are now living in a word where the ways, laws, and principles of GOD are made void.“Isaiah 5:20 (KJV) Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for…
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The Holy Spirit and intercession – 2024.11.18
Romans 8:26-28 (KJV)26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for…
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Ask for a word of the LORD – 2024.11.15
1 Kings 22:5 (KJV) And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. Jehoshaphat was wise to inquire of the LORD. He also was wise to double check the supposed answer “1 Kings 22:7 (KJV) And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet…
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Prayer in despair answered – 2024.11.12
1 Kings 19:2-6 (KJV)2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came…
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Testing of the Word of God – 2024.10.10
Psalms 105:17-19 (KJV)17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.The LORD GOD almighty uses His word to test His people. He gives us…
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Take heed – 2024.11.07
Mark 13:5-6 (KJV)5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.Continuing on from yesterdays devotion “Do not believe every spirit – 2024.11.06 https://missioncommunities.network/2024/11/06/do-not-believe-every-spirit-2024-11-06/”. There is so much in the New Testament about being careful…
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Have faith in GOD – 2024.11.05
Mark 11:20-26 (KJV)20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.23 For verily I say unto…
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Prayer and fasting – 2024.11.04
Mark 9:17-29 (KJV)17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out;…
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Wavering faith – 2024.11.03
Mark 9:17-29 (KJV)17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out;…
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Do not give up – 2024.11.02
Mark 8:22-26 (KJV)22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him…
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Anointing with oil – 2024.11.01
Mark 6:12-13 (KJV)12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.Jesus Christ sent our His disciples to train them in preaching of repentance and to walk by faith (not bringing provisions for themself). GOD confirmed the…
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The antidote to unbelief – 2024.10.31
Mark 6:4-6 (KJV)4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.6 And he marvelled because…
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Who touched My clothes? – 2024.10.30
Mark 5:25-34 (KJV)25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.28 For she…
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Where do we dwell? – 2024.10.27
Psalms 91:9 (KJV) Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;Here habitation also means dwelling place and refuge. The place we dwell in is our place of habitation. The place we go for safety is our refuge. The questions we need to ask ourself: Where do we…
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Position yourself to hear – 2024.10.23
2 Samuel 23:2 (KJV) The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.GOD still speaks to us by the Holy Spirit. How does He do this? There are quiet a few ways He speaks. One and the most common way GOD speaks to us is through His word, the…
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The LORD GOD can restore – 2024.10.16
Psalms 80:3 (KJV) Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.Psalms 80:7 (KJV) Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.Psalms 80:19 (KJV) Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and…
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When GOD is silent – 2024.08.24
Psalms 28:1-2 (KJV)1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands…
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Waiting for GOD to answer – 2024.08.09
Psalms 13:1-6 (KJV)1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?3 Consider…
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Prayer for healing – 2024.08.02
Psalms 6:1-4 (KJV)1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.3 My soul is also sore vexed:…
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There is help in GOD – 2024.07.30
Psalms 3:1-8 (KJV)1 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for…
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Keep on praying – 2024.07.29
Luke 18:1-8 (KJV) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge…
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Persistence in prayer – 2024.07.15
Luke 11:8-9 (KJV)8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and…
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Prayer of agreement in adverse circumstances – 2024.07.11
Daniel 2:17-19 (KJV)17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.19 Then was the secret…
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We all need prayer – 2024.07.06
Ephesians 6:18 (KJV) Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;We are in a battle, each one of us, as we can see from the verses that preceded this (10-17) encouragement to watch and pray for the family of GOD.We are to…
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