It’s one of the most famous openings to a novel in all of literature, “Happy families are all alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” That is the first sentence to Leo Tolstoy’s 1878 novel Anna Karenina. It’s lots of hundreds of pages, and I’m a pretender in giving this opening illustration….
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense. Lord, we pray according to Your Word that You would give us righteous words from Your lips. We know that we can count on only righteous words from You, and so ask that we would not be fools who die for…
O Lord, we pray that You would deal bountifully with us, Your servants, that we may live and keep Your Word. Open our eyes that we may behold wonderful things out of Your law. Your testimonies are our delight. They are our counselors. Speak to us, God, for we are listening. In Jesus we pray….
Oh Lord God Almighty, if we are among those who have come to the feast, it is only because of your grace, your creating grace, electing grace, redeeming grace; and so we ask that you would give to us more grace to hear from you, to feast upon you and Y3our Word that we are…
Father in Heaven, we need your help so that these next moments are not wasted time with distracted thoughts and wandering hearts. I pray that you would give me grace to speak your word clearly, helpfully, truthfully, and you would give to your people ears to hear and to apply. May we not listen for…
Father in heaven, this is our prayer, as we have just sung. That You would send Your Holy Spirit, Your living breath, to breathe new life into us, to bring to us the presence of the risen Lord, to renew our hearts, to make us whole. That Your Word, which is living and active, would…
O Lord, we ask because we are needy, that You might bless us as we read Your Word. Help us to pay attention. Our minds wander, our stomachs growl, we get restless in our pew. Give us grace. Give us eyes to see, ears to hear. May Jesus reign during this sermon and during the…
Oh, Father, we come in prayer because we need You, I need You. You have told us that all Scripture is breathed out by You, is profitable, is inspired, even the chapters that may not on first blush seem so inspiring. So help us now as we come to Your Word, help us to listen…
Please turn in your Bibles to Genesis chapter 19. One of the great advantages of preaching through books of the Bible, which is what we normally do, is that you have to go to next verse and to the next chapter and no one can accuse you of just riding hobby horses, cherry picking what…
Father, we come to You because we need Your help, not merely because this is what we normally do before the Word is preached. I need your help that I would speak clearly and humbly and boldly from Your Word in a way that people can understand and we all need your help that we…
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