| Theme: A Prayer when Friends Become Enemies |
| Focus on: David and Ahithophel |
| Reading Portion(s): 2 Samuel 15:1–12, 30–37; 16:15–17:23 |
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| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| There are times in life when the one you loved as a friend turned your enemy for no |
| Theme: The Prayer for Replenishment |
| Focus on: Samson |
| Reading Portion(s): Judges 14 & 15 |
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| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Great victories are won by God’s servants when they are filled with the power of the Spirit of the Lord. During such moments |
| Theme: The Prayer of Discouragement |
| Focus on: Elijah |
| Reading Portion(s): 1 Kings 19 |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Discouragement is deadly. It usually follows some great work done for God. From mountaintops of victory and elation and excitement can come valley-experiences of |
| Theme: Persistence in Prayer |
| Focus on: Elisha and the Shunammite Woman |
| Reading Portion(s): 2 Kings 4:8 to 37 |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Some prayers fail for lack of persistence. Persistence in prayer is that quality which does not stop praying until |
| Theme: Faith Operating in Prayer |
| Focus on: Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath |
| Reading Portion(s): 1 Kings 17 |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Faith has to go to school. Sounds surprising? Yes, it is true. Great faith is taught in step by |
| Theme: Action and Prayer go Hand in Hand |
| Focus on: Nehemiah |
| Reading Portion(s): Nehemiah 2, 4, 6:1 to 16. |
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| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| There is a balance in the Christian life. Many learn it very late in life. This is so |
| Theme: A Prayer to Uphold God’s Honor |
| Focus on: Ezra |
| Reading Portion(s): Ezra 7 & 8. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| This kind of prayer can occur in the lives of those believers who constantly interact with unbelievers. In the course of |
| Theme: A Prayer to Uphold Right Motives |
| Focus on: Hezekiah |
| Reading Portion(s): 2 Chronicles 29 to 31:1, Numbers 9:1 to 12. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| There are times when we may not have done everything right in our pursuit of seeking |
| Theme: Setting Things Right for Prayer to be Answered |
| Focus on: David and the Gibeonites |
| Reading Portion(s): 2 Samuel 21:1 to 14, Joshua 9. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Delayed blessings trouble our minds. Then we seek God in prayer. The answer |
| Theme: Acting Deceitfully to Seek Relief through Prayer |
| Focus on: Pharaoh and Moses |
| Reading Portion(s): Exodus 7 to 10, Jeremiah 17:9. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Our prayers are not always pure. They contain wrong motives. Many times we try to deceive |
| Theme: A Prayer for God’s Blessing |
| Focus on: Jabez |
| Reading Portion(s): 1 Chronicles 4:9,10. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Many people remain victims of their circumstances. Though it is true that we have no control over the circumstances of our birth and |
| Theme: Praise and Thanksgiving in Prayer |
| Focus on: David |
| Reading Portion(s): 1 Chronicles 28 & 29. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Have you reached the end of your journey on earth? Is there something left to do? There might be many things. But none |
| Theme: Learning to Pray |
| Focus on: Rachel and Leah |
| Reading Portion(s): Genesis 29 to 30:24; 35:16 to 20. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Learning to pray is like any other learning. It takes time. There is a process involved. Also we move |
| Theme: A Prayer for Fruitfulness |
| Focus on: Isaac and Rebekah |
| Reading Portion(s): Genesis 24:67; 25:19 to 28. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Barrenness is difficult to accept. We know it from the agony of barren women. The Bible speaks of many such. |
| Theme: Claiming God’s Promise Specifically in Prayer |
| Focus on: Nehemiah |
| Reading Portion(s): Nehemiah 1, Deuteronomy 30:1 to 10. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| General praying is no praying! We need to pray specifically. This is very important when we claim God’s promises |
| Theme: Mourning in Prayer |
| Focus on: Ezra |
| Reading Portion(s): Ezra 9 to 10:17; Ezra 7 & 8:15 to 36, Deuteronomy 7:1 to 6, [Nehemiah 13:26,27]. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| One of the forms of prayer that is much missed today is |
| Theme: A Prayer of Repentance |
| Focus on: Manasseh |
| Reading Portion(s): 2 Chronicles 33:1 to 18, 2 Kings 21:1 to 18; 23:26,27; 24:3,4 & Jeremiah 15:4. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Sin destroys good things. Then it rebuilds wrong things. It defiles what |
| Theme: A Rejected Prayer |
| Focus on: Moses |
| Reading Portion(s): Deuteronomy 3:21 to 29, Numbers 20:1 to 13, Deuteronomy 32:48 to 52; 34:1 to 8, Numbers 27:12 to 14, Exodus 17:1 to 7, Psalm 106:32,33. |
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| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Paul prayed thrice |
| Theme: Immediate Answer to Prayer |
| Focus on: Daniel |
| Reading Portion(s): Daniel 9, Jeremiah 25:11,12; 29:10 & 2 Chronicles 36:21. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| There is a promise in the Bible which says: “Before they call I will answer; while they are |
| Theme: Confidence in God in Prayer |
| Focus on: Hezekiah |
| Reading Portion(s): Isaiah 36,37; 2 Kings 18,19 & 2 Chronicles 32:1 to 22. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Insults will come to the Christian who places his confidence in God. These insults come |
| Theme: Averting God’s Judgment through Prayer |
| Focus on: Amos |
| Reading Portion(s): Amos 7:1 to 9, 14, 15 & 3:7. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| God is holy and He brings judgment on sin and disobedience. But He often makes His judgments known |
| Theme: There is a Time to Stop Praying |
| Focus on: David |
| Reading Portion(s): 2 Samuel 11 to 12 & Psalm 51. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Conflicts do occur in prayer. This happens when we know what God’s will is and at |
| Theme: Pride following Miraculous Answer to Prayer |
| Focus on: Hezekiah |
| Reading Portion(s): Isaiah 38, 39; 2 Kings 20; 2 Chronicles 32:24 to 33. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| God sends miraculous answers to prayer. This mostly happens when the prayer is made |
| Theme: Disobedience to God’s Will Revealed through Prayer |
| Focus on: Johanan, army officers and the people |
| Reading Portion(s): Jeremiah 40 to 44. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Prayer is serious business. You cannot play games with God. But there are many who |
| Theme: Focus on God in Prayer |
| Focus on: Jehoshaphat |
| Reading Portion(s): 2 Chronicles 20:1 to 30 & 17:12 to 19. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| We often focus on our needs in prayer. At other times we focus on other’s needs. But |
| Theme: Resistance to Prayer |
| Focus on: Daniel |
| Reading Portion(s): Daniel 10 |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| The first truth we are taught about prayer is that it is talking to God. Some years later we start using the term communion with God. |
| Theme: A Prayer of Disbelief |
| Focus on: Jeremiah |
| Reading Portion(s): Jeremiah 32 |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| Obedience to God is never easy. One of the difficulties is that we may not understand “why” God is asking us to do certain things. |
| Theme: A Prayer for Confirmation |
| Focus on: Gideon |
| Reading Portion(s): Judges 6 |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| We all have fears. Sometimes these fears affect the way we act. It affects us so much that we fear to act even when God |
| Theme: Conditional Answer to Prayer |
| Focus on: Solomon |
| Reading Portion(s): 1 Kings 8 to 9:9 & 2 Chronicles 5 to 7. |
| – Important Background Information | |
| – Helps you find strength in God |
| What this article teaches you |
| God accepts our prayers. He also answers them. He blesses our work and our effort as |
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