Audio: How to use a chain prayer – Finding a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24)
Listen to this podcast by Mark McDowell, chain prayers: different categories of prayers relating to the same story or chain of events.
Studies of the prayers found in the book of Genesis
Listen to this podcast by Mark McDowell, chain prayers: different categories of prayers relating to the same story or chain of events.
The Israelites offer a prayer of praise to God for their deliverance. What is the difference between a prayer of praise and a prayer of thanksgiving? Join Mark Mcdowell as he explores this prayer.
Read this summary of the 17 payers in Genesis. For more, become a patron of the Praying Through the Bible project.
This is a brief but potent prayer, one which we can incorporate into our own prayer practice.
This is a prayer of blessing, a common one in the ancestral world from a grandfather to his progeny. How can we use this in our own prayers?
Mark McDowell explores Jacob/ISrael’s prayer for his son’s success, and how we can incorporate this kind of prayer into our own.
Follow along as Mark McDowell examines this first structured prayer in the Bible. What is a petition, it has much to teach us about how to pray.
The phrase “wait on the Lord” appears often throughout the Bible. This story and prayer of Leah is an excellent example of how we can enrich our prayers with this concept.
Prayer-vows are not common today, but found throughout the Bible. How can we use them in our prayer practice?
Is there any reason to bless people who do not deserve it? Does God do so? These prayers from Genesis give us some insights.