How to Offer Petitionary Prayers (2 Sam 2.1)
Join Dr. Mark McDowell as he explores this petitionary prayer by David of Israel from Second Samuel 2.1. What exactly are petitionary prayers, and how can we use them as our own prayers?
Join Dr. Mark McDowell as he explores this petitionary prayer by David of Israel from Second Samuel 2.1. What exactly are petitionary prayers, and how can we use them as our own prayers?
Join Dr. Mark McDowell as he presents an overview of the prayers in second Samuel, before diving into the text and looking at each prayer.
How do we seek God’s will through prayer? How do we keep our own biases and desires out of the way? Join Dr. Mark McDowell as he explores this prayer from First Samuel.
A Celtic prayer for the Christmas season. From Celtic daily prayer, by the Northumbria community.
Join Dr. Mark McDowell as he examines this prayer in first Samuel, a prayer which can help us examine our own attitudes in prayer. Do we only pray because we can get things, as if God is a spiritual Santa Claus? What attitude should we have as we pray?
We often think of blessings for meals, weddings, or births. But their use in the Bible is far richer and diverse than that. Even in bad times, there is a place for blessing prayers. Join Dr. Mark McDowell as he explores these prayers in Ruth.
At the climax of the book of Ruth, we find the sixth blessing in a row! This one is for a marriage. What can we learn about blessings and marriage in this prayer study that we can apply to our own prayers?
In this scene from the book of Ruth, Ruth acts in an extremely bold way to obtain a husband and safety. Shocking in someways, but he responds with a blessing on her. What does this mean, how can we understand prayer? What can we learn they can in our prayers? Join Dr. Mark McDowell as he studies this prayer from Ruth 3.
There are many ways to add richness to our prayers. One is to introduce structure and themes. Dr. Mark McDowell explorers this idea by examining these blessing prayers in the book of Ruth.
Join Dr. Mark McDowell as he explores how someone’s prayer can reveal something about their character. And how we can use prayer to grow our character. From the book of Ruth.