Joshua

Our Father in heaven, as we have just sung, so we wait on Thee, the sweet hour or moment as the case may be of prayer.  So we ask now that You would give us ears to hear, You might anoint the preaching of Your Word by Your Holy Spirit to sound forth with great…

Father in heaven, we pray for open eyes that we may see, open ears that we may hear, open hearts that we may believe, and as I venture to open my mouth, would You speak through it, not the mere words of a man but the Holy Spirit speaking through the Scriptures that we might…

O God, we pray with the psalmists, especially in coming to this text, that You would search us, that You would know our hearts, You would try us and You would know our thoughts, and You would see if there is any grievous way in me, in any of us, and then lead us in…

Let’s ask for the Lord’s help. Father, come now.  Be our anchor, our hope.  Give us just the word we need to hear, be it rebuke or encouragement, that we might have faith to trust and obey.  Remind us of things we have forgotten.  Teach us things we did not know.  We pray that You…

Thank you for your prayers this past week as I made a quick trip to Northern Ireland and did a blitz of speaking things and then came back.  One of the really encouraging things I heard, I was talking to a young couple at this church and they said, “Oh, we listen to all your…

Our Scripture text this morning comes from Joshua chapter 4, and as you make your way to the fourth chapter of Joshua, let’s ask for the Lord’s help. Father in heaven, we come once again, not merely because we think this is how sermons start but because we would be remiss if we did not…

Father in heaven, we pause for just another moment, not merely out of routine because we think this is what we do before sermons, but that we might acknowledging openly our need for You.  I need You if I am to preach Your Word humbly, boldly, faithfully, and we need You if we are to…

Father, my prayer is as John the Baptist said that I might decrease and Christ would increase.  So may it be true in each of our hearts.  Speak to us, give us the miracle of faith that we might be saved.  In Jesus’ name.  Amen.    We began last week a series in the book…

Gracious Father, we have just sung tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His Word, just to rest upon His promise, just to know thus sayeth the Lord.  So as we have sung may it be in our hearts as we come now to the reading and the preaching of…