Prayers

This New Year and Every Day I Ask God To…

By Ronnie W. Rogers / January 1, 2024 / Comments Off on This New Year and Every Day I Ask God To…

Grant that I would confess unguardedly to You since You know my sin more fully than it shall ever be known by me (1 John 1:9). Grant that I shall confess unhesitatingly and not suffer the loss of one moment of fellowship with You (1 Cor 1:9).

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Let Not Your Prayers Be Hindered by Poor Relationships

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 16, 2023 / Comments Off on Let Not Your Prayers Be Hindered by Poor Relationships

Prayer is fellow shipping with God and a means by which God changes us. It also is a means by which God has chosen to work in changing things when we ask (Jas 1:5-6; 4:2). We can miss God’s best through not praying, praying with wrong motives, or ignoring the vital part relationships play in…

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If Only You Would Ask: Praying God’s Conditional Promises

By Ronnie W. Rogers / May 16, 2022 / Comments Off on If Only You Would Ask: Praying God’s Conditional Promises

Although prayer is central to the Christian life, and God promises that some things will turn out differently if we pray than if we do not, prayer does contain some confusing elements. I seek to help us overcome some of the more confusing elements that discourage us from praying as we should. The confusion arises…

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Let Not Your Prayers Go Unanswered!

By Ronnie W. Rogers / September 4, 2018 / Comments Off on Let Not Your Prayers Go Unanswered!

As our Father, God has delighted himself in granting us some things without our asking him in prayer. He does this out of love. He also withholds some things until he is asked, and this is also done out of love. This latter aspect of prayer relates to things God has made conditional; that is…

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A Prayer for Facing and Not Fearing the Future

By Ronnie W. Rogers / July 9, 2018 / Comments Off on A Prayer for Facing and Not Fearing the Future

“Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He will do it” (Psalm 37:5). At times Lord, it seems I am overly concerned about the future. You have more than provided for us. Still, I feel that I have failed to plan for the future. But Lord, You know in my deepest…

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Praying for a Heart of Thankfulness

By Ronnie W. Rogers / May 7, 2018 / Comments Off on Praying for a Heart of Thankfulness

May my day, my thoughts, my words, my plans, and my deepest emotions be enraptured by gratefulness, be enveloped in thankfulness, and may my thankfulness not be in stale sayings as I speak all the while sauntering the walkways of complaining and self-pity. Oh my Lord Jesus please once again forgive me. May my thankfulness…

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A Pastor’s Prayer for Strength and Faithfulness

By Ronnie W. Rogers / March 26, 2018 / Comments Off on A Pastor’s Prayer for Strength and Faithfulness

My Lord Jesus, I pray You will keep me strong to continue my calling to “equip the saints” and to “preach the whole counsel of God” (Eph 4: 11-12; Acts 20:27). It seems I am surrounded by people, movements, and pressures to let other things push this to the side. To let such things as…

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Keys to Experiencing God!

By Ronnie W. Rogers / March 19, 2018 / Comments Off on Keys to Experiencing God!

People often tell me God feels distant. They do not sense his presence as they once did. This is not because God has left us, but it is often because we are seeking him in ways he is not to be found. We cannot find God in our own way, or based upon our personal…

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A Prayer of Praise to Start the Day

By Ronnie W. Rogers / March 5, 2018 / Comments Off on A Prayer of Praise to Start the Day

May I praise You God with every breath and for every breath, the grand, minor, and even the humbling for even they remind me of Your greatness and grace. “Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised, and His…

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A Leader’s Prayer

By Ronnie W. Rogers / January 22, 2018 / Comments Off on A Leader’s Prayer

May I lead only out of what You teach me as I follow You. May I be strong in leading others to follow You while always being gentle in demeanor, patient in temperament, and forgiving in failure. May I lead through the prism of my weaknesses so that I may more clearly see the strengths…

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