Archive for the tag 'Prayer'

Dale Evans’ Prayer

David PotterJune 2nd, 2008  Email Email  Print Print  138 views

As I grow older and watch as my children grow to adulthood, I have a great appreciation for those that know how to handle themselves in these situations.  Here is a prayer by Dale Evans, the wife of Roy Rogers, a woman who loved Jesus with all her heart, that expresses what I pray I [...]

How to pray when you’re worried

David PotterOctober 17th, 2007  Email Email  Print Print  104 views

Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT) Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything…then his peace will guard your hearts and minds. Scripture has a lot to say about how to handle worry and today’s reading identifies some of that in the form of a prayer. Isaiah 41:10-11 (NIV):  So do not fear, for [...]

Understanding the Lord’s prayer

David PotterOctober 16th, 2007  Email Email  Print Print  109 views

Matthew 6:9 (NIV) This…is how you should pray. Today’s reading does a good job of explaining the Lord’s prayer in everyday language.  One of the things that I’m finding exciting about reading in the Scriptures lately is how much God is about relationship rather than simply a code of ethics, and [...]