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June 25 • United in Prayer: The Strength of Praying Together
A prayer of agreement, or corporate prayer is simply when we pray with others. Matthew 18:20 says, “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” (Matthew 18:20 ESV) Corporate prayer is really special because there is power in unity. We can experience that unity when we come together…
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June 24 • The Power of Confessional Prayer
A prayer of repentance, also known as a prayer of confession, involves asking God to forgive you for your sins. It includes confessing our sin to God, committing to turn from our sin, asking for forgiveness, and requesting God’s strength and power to keep us in His will so we don’t turn back. A prayer…
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June 23 • The Impact of Worshipful Prayer
A prayer of thanksgiving focuses on God for what He has done, but the next type is known as a prayer of praise or worship and honors God for simply who He is. This type of prayer helps us to keep our focus on God. When we’re reminded of how big our God is with…
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June 22 • Standing in the Gap
Intercessory prayer is where we pray on behalf of someone else. The Bible calls us to pray for all of God’s people (Ephesians 6:18), to pray for each other to be healed (James 5:16), and to even pray for our enemies (Matthew 5:44). Romans 8:34 says, “Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one…
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June 21 • The Power of Supplication
Supplication is a powerful way to pray. This is what many would consider the easiest type of prayer because it is the one we’re most familiar with and what we often think of when we think of prayer. A prayer of supplication is simply asking God for what we want. It’s us presenting our requests…
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June 20 • When God Repeats Himself
One powerful way God gets our attention is through confirmation. This is when God gives you a message, and then you hear it from someone else, confirming what God has already said to you. When this happens, God is trying to get your attention so that you really take what He’s communicating seriously, so you…
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June 19 • Finding Faith When God Is Silent
Once you realize that a silent season is just that—a season that will pass—you may wonder, what do I do while I wait this season out? The writer of Psalm 42 reminds us that when we feel like God is silent, we should worship while we wait. In verse 5, he writes: “Why are you…
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June 18 • Hearing God When Seasons Change
Oftentimes, we can get so caught up in the current moment that we feel like our present reality is what it’s always been and what it always will be, but that’s just not true. Our life consists of moments. We live from one moment to the next, and this moment that we’re in now does…
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June 17 • Trusting God in Silent Seasons
Each year, seasons bring on changes. A tree will turn from green and plush with leaves to colorful foliage that falls to the ground, to bare branches covered in snow. No matter the change it experiences, it is still a tree nonetheless. In the same way, as we experience different seasons in our relationship with…
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June 16 • Finding God When He Feels Far
Have you ever been on a call that lost signal? This can happen quite a bit to me while I’m in the carpool line because we have terrible reception in that area. But when this happens, I just call the person right back and continue the conversation where we left off. I don’t assume they…