• May 11th 2012

Prayer Week: HOW?

It’s PRAYER WEEK here on GUWG. So far, we’ve looked at the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN and WHY of prayer. Today, we’ll look at the HOW.

So, how should we pray? First, let’s start with how NOT to pray:

  • Don’t do it for show. Jesus said: “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men.” (Matthew 6:5)
  • Don’t babble. Jesus also said: “And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like the pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.” (Matthew 6:7)

So how SHOULD we pray?

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  • May 10th 2012

Prayer Week: WHERE? WHEN?

I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it. (John Wesley)

It’s PRAYER WEEK here on GUWG. Monday, we started with the WHY of prayer. Tuesday, we focused on the WHO. Yesterday, we covered the WHAT. Today, we’ll discuss WHERE and WHEN to pray.

So, WHERE should we pray?

That answer’s simple: everywhere.

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  • May 9th 2012

Prayer Week: WHAT?

It’s PRAYER WEEK here on GUWG. Monday, we started with the WHY of prayer. Yesterday, we focused on the WHO. Today, we’ll discuss WHAT to pray.

So, what should we pray? Here are some suggestions straight outta the Bible.

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  • May 8th 2012

Prayer Week: WHO?

The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray. (Samuel Chadwick)

It’s PRAYER WEEK here on GUWG. Yesterday, we focused on the WHY of prayer. Today, we’ll focus on the WHO.

So, who prays? According to the a study by the Barna Group, in the average week:

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  • May 7th 2012

Question of the Week: PRAYER

Got a brain-cramping Bible question you’d like answered? Send it in to getupwithgod@gmail.com and I’ll do my very best to answer it.

Here’s this week’s question …

I’ve been a Christian for a long time, but I still find myself struggling with the whole concept of prayer. My questions are: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?

More specifically:

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  • May 6th 2012

Take Care of His Sheep

We conclude SHEEPISHNESS WEEK here on GUWG with a look at some of Jesus’ final instructions before he left Earth.

In their last conversation together, Jesus asked Peter three times if he loved him. Each time Peter answered “yes” and then Jesus gave him a command. Here they are:

Feed my lambs.

Take care of my sheep.

Feed my sheep.

Get the point? If you love Jesus, you’ll care for his flock.

But how on earth are we supposed to do that? We’re sheep ourselves.

We can’t on our own. God himself will equip us:

May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Hebrews 13:20-21)

So, what did we learn this week? It’s pretty simple, really …

Be a sheep. Follow Jesus our Great Shepherd. And then ask him to help us shepherd others.

 

  • May 5th 2012

Which Way?

It’s SHEEPISHNESS WEEK here on GUWG, where all week long we’ve been studying sheep-ish verses from the Bible.

Today, we’ll focus exclusively on the words of Jesus.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus issued this warning to his sheep:

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