Prayers for Ordinary People

I have a friend who needs to change. She grew up without the proper kind of love and care. All she really knows is the street. Most think of her as hopeless. It is hard to believe that she could ever change. She is a self centered person who uses other's kindness and is completely dishonest even to... Sign in to see full entry.

There are very few things more difficult for Christians to deal theologically with than suffering. One aspect of suffering is illness. Some Christians think that all people are supposed to be healed. If you have enough faith and a positive attitude you will be healed. So those who aren't healed are... Sign in to see full entry.

The LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him. At first glance, the verse from Proverbs just seems to label people whom God loves and whom he hates. After thinking about it, I realize that God doesn't like to listen to someone who doesn't practice what they... Sign in to see full entry.

In Psalm 137, there is a very troubling very verse, "O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us- he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. " Although this psalm is read in the liturgy the last verse is left off.... Sign in to see full entry.

Right now I'm going through a hard time. Two people whom I love very much are destroying themselves. I want them to get well, but they just want to continue using drugs. So I'm afraid I'm going to have to kick them out. I wanted them to get into treatment, but they are threatening not to go. I want... Sign in to see full entry.

The Psalms have a lot of prayers for justice. Poor and oppressed people rarely get justice. God is on the side of the poor and the oppressed. It may not seem like it, but that is because we don't understand the relationship between human freedom, suffering, and God's control. Human freedom is real.... Sign in to see full entry.

A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. Psalm 90:1-2 What better place to live than in God. He has always been here.... Sign in to see full entry.

Hear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Psalm 86:1 David prays a righteous plea, now another psalmist comes to God in humility. There are wrong attitudes for prayer, but there isn't one right attitude. Humility is the most appropriate one, since we are asking for the Creator of the... Sign in to see full entry.

"Hear my prayer, O LORD, listen to my cry for help; be not deaf to my weeping. For I dwell with you as an alien, a stranger, as all my fathers were. Psalm 39:12 No matter how long we have prayed to God and heard his answers, we can still feel like aliens to God. There are times when we feel the... Sign in to see full entry.

Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him. Psalm 32:6 There are many of us who learn to pray when things get rough. Is it possible to wait until it gets to late, to pray? According to the psalms it is. If we... Sign in to see full entry.