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Bible Verse Prayers for Success

By Karen Barber | June 29, 2011

When offering prayers for success, here are Bible verse prayers that will give you confidence in knowing how to pray and confidence in answered prayer. Psalm 115: 14,15 May the Lord make you increase, both you and your children.  May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.   Psalm 118:25 …

Praying for Direction “Lord Show Me Your Good Way.”

By Karen Barber | June 29, 2011

Whenever I need direction from God, I have a short “Lord, show me your good way” prayer I use that’s based on Scripture. How to do this prayer practice: 1.  Decide if you truly want God’s direction. This might sound like a strange place to start, but often we already know what we should do,…

Praying to the Chiming of a Clock

By Karen Barber | June 29, 2011

If you have a clock in your town or home that chimes the quarter hour, you can easily say a prayer on the hour that can be sung to the chimes.  Here are two different prayers you can use. From Mary Lou Carney, Senior Editor, Guideposts Mary Lou had a clock in her hallway that…

Prayers for Hospital Administrators

By Karen Barber | June 29, 2011

A friend of mine who is a hospital administrator asked me to pray for her work.  Here’s a short prayer I composed that you might be able to use as a beginning point of a prayer for hospital administrators in your area.   Prayer for Hospital Administrators May their experience and love guide their work. …

Prayer Bowls in Heaven

By Karen Barber | June 29, 2011

Have you ever wondered where our prayers go?  Here are two scriptures that give us a glimpse into heaven where prayers are visible. Rev. 5:8  And when He (the Lamb) had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb.  Each one had a harp and they were holding…

My Prayer Bloopers

By Karen Barber | June 28, 2011

  The Bible says that God loves a cheerful giver and I believe He also loves a cheerful pray-er, someone who can smile and even laugh when they get tongue tied and say funny things during prayer.  I believe that even this is from the Holy Spirit, especially when we do a blooper in a…