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Devotionals about Faith

Faith

Praying for the Advance of the Gospel

Read: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 Brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly. (v. 1 NIV) When I was a young pastor, I occasionally

Faith

Praying for Abounding Love

Read: Philippians 1:3-11 It is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment. (v. 9) Back in 1965, pop singer Jackie DeShannon sang

Faith

Praying the Lord’s Prayer

Read: Matthew 6:9-15 This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father in heaven . . .” (v. 9 NIV) One of the best-known prayers in all the world is

Faith

Seeing through the Eyes of Prayer

Read: 2 Kings 6:8-17 Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” (v. 17) One of the things I have learned about prayer

Discipleship

Praying for Wisdom

Read: 1 Kings 3:4-15; James 1:5 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. (1 Kings 3:9 NIV) The story

Faith

Praying for Forgiveness

Read: Psalm 51 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. (v. 1) I was watching a crime

Faith

Praying for the Defeat of the Wicked

Read: Psalm 37:1-11 Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they

Faith

Praying for God’s Guidance

Read: Psalm 25:1-7 Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior. (vv. 4-5 NIV) In

Faith

God’s Mouthpiece

Read: James 3:3-12; Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. (Psalm