We are continuing our focus on what it means to purge ourselves of anything that blocks our relationship with God. We ask the question, “Where does Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit live within us?” Reminding you of what I said yesterday before we can advance our thought, Crabb says, “In the […]
Last week, I introduced you to Larry Crabb’s teaching on “The PAPA PRAYER” as a model for how we should approach God in prayer in order to develop a relationship. The four elements are: P: Present yourself to God without pretense. A: Attend to how you’re thinking of God. P: Purge yourself of anything […]
Psalm 37:4 (ESV) Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. We have been looking at two basic paradigms for prayer as identified by Larry Crabb in his book, “The Papa Prayer.” The paradigm that is far more commonly accepted among Christians today is what he calls […]
Psalm 37:4 (ESV) Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Larry Crabb in his book, “The Papa Prayer,” identifies two basic paradigms for prayer. The paradigm that is far more commonly accepted among Christians today is what he calls the “Get Things from God” paradigm. The […]
Larry Crabb in his book, The Papa Prayer, identifies two basic paradigms for prayer. The paradigm that is far more commonly accepted among Christians today is what he calls the “Get Things from God” paradigm. The second paradigm for prayer, he calls, “Get to Know God Better.” Yesterday, we look at the first four […]
This week, we are asking the question: As you pray, what do you want from God? The way you pray will tell you what you think about God. The way you pray will tell you want you expect from God. Larry Crabb in his book, The Papa Prayer, identifies two basic paradigms for prayer. […]
This week, we are asking the question: As you pray, what do you want from God? The way you pray will tell you what you think about God. The way you pray will tell you want you expect from God. Larry Crabb, in his book The Papa Prayer, identifies two basic paradigms for prayer. […]
We are continuing from yesterday our look at the real Jesus to whom we should pray, as described in.. Revelation 1:9–20 (ESV) 9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of […]
Hebrews 1:3 (NIV84) says, 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, … So, if we want to know who the Father is, what He’s like, we can look at Jesus. We’re supposed to. The visible Son is a mirror image of the invisible Father. […]
We are continuing today with the question. When we pray to God, “Who is this God we pray to?” What image of God do you have in mind when you pray? How do you picture God when you pray? In his book, “THE PAPA PRAYER,” Larry Crabb identifies ten common images of God that […]