Jay McCarl
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You’ve read it before, time to pray it—and rest… Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I
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When you pray, listen—you may hear music. Let’s pray… Give me the spirit of the boy Samuel when he said to Thee, ‘Speak, for thy servant heareth.’ Let me hear Thee speaking in my heart. Let me get used to the sound of Thy Voice, that its tones may be familiar when the sounds of
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The arrogant and wicked can prosper while the pure and innocent get punished—a truth you may know all too well. God, however, offers us a different, comforting perspective. Let’s pray… Psalm 73:18-28 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
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Maybe you’re not a “prayin’ person” or just don’t know how. This can be your first prayer. He’s listening—so take a deep breath and go for it… I’ve been waiting for a long, long time Hoping you’re a friend of mine If there’s one thing that I need to do Well, that’s to find out
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Prayer of the Day: Strange times we live in—but God is doing something in His church that needs to be done. Meanwhile, here’s a prayer to pray for your church today. They need this… “I pray that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so
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This poem is a poetic dialogue with Jesus, and among the great poignant and pretense-breaking prayers ever. Let’s pray… When I became a Christian I said, Lord, now fill me in, Tell me what I’ll suffer in this world of shame and sin. He said, your body may be killed and left to rot and
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Afraid? Terrified? You’re in good company. Let’s pray… Psalm 10:12-18 Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless. Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”? But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to
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“What is God DOING?” “What was He THINKING?” Let’s pray… Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” “Who has ever given to God, that God
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Once, when King David had a down day, his prayer became a prophecy. Today is the perfect day to pray it, too. Let’s pray… Psalm 16:7-11 I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right
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I can just hear Linus Van Pelt proclaiming these words to Charlie Brown under a bright spotlight at a Good Friday service… “…Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
Jay McCarl 