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This devotional on prayer accompanies Eastbrook Church’s 30 Days of Prayer in June 2018.
Following the last two days of reflection on prayer and God's sovereignty, today's post is taken from a letter I wrote in response to someone asking me questions about why we pray if God is sovereign. I've found this to be one of the most regular questions people ask me about prayer and I hope …
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“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” (Luke 11:9-10) If the first part of …
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The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." (Romans 8:15) One pervasive problem of prayer is how our prayers relate to the sovereignty of God. If God is all-knowing and rules over …
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“He will call on me, and I will answer him.” (Psalm 91:15) When we pray, it sometimes feels like we are talking to ourselves or to the wind currents in the air. We may wonder: does God really hear us, and if so, does He respond? Where Psalm 80 reaches out to God with an …
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Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. (Psalm 80:1) There are times when reading the psalms becomes an experience of call and response in prayer. Occasionally, one psalm raises a question or concern that another psalm seems to answer. This reminds us that the psalms become an even more powerful …
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Matthew Erickson 