2 Kings 19
Today's Passage: 2 Kings 19
As we are still early-ish in the new year, one of the greatest prayers we can pray is this: “Lord, teach [me] to pray.” (Luke 11:1) If you want to grow in prayer, pray Luke 11:1. If you don’t know what to say or where to start, start with Luke 11:1.
All throughout Scripture, we see Biblical examples that can shape our prayers. We see one in 2 Kings 19:15-18 today:
What can we glean from this example of prayer?
1. Acknowledge God.
Hezekiah prayed to the true God. Not a false god. Not his own version of God. But the true person of God.
2. Request of God.
Hezekiah prayed with intention and focus. He prayed with the end of God’s glory being known and the knowledge of him being seen throughout all the earth. These are biblical prayers that honor God.
How would you rate the health of your own prayer life? Is it consistent or sporadic? Do you demand from God or request of God?
What can you glean from the prayerful example of Hezekiah and other prayers you see in the Bible?
Written By: Graham WIthers
As we are still early-ish in the new year, one of the greatest prayers we can pray is this: “Lord, teach [me] to pray.” (Luke 11:1) If you want to grow in prayer, pray Luke 11:1. If you don’t know what to say or where to start, start with Luke 11:1.
All throughout Scripture, we see Biblical examples that can shape our prayers. We see one in 2 Kings 19:15-18 today:
15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said: “O LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. 16 Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. 17 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands 18 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. 19 So now, O LORD our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O LORD, are God alone.”
1. Acknowledge God.
Hezekiah prayed to the true God. Not a false god. Not his own version of God. But the true person of God.
2. Request of God.
Hezekiah prayed with intention and focus. He prayed with the end of God’s glory being known and the knowledge of him being seen throughout all the earth. These are biblical prayers that honor God.
How would you rate the health of your own prayer life? Is it consistent or sporadic? Do you demand from God or request of God?
What can you glean from the prayerful example of Hezekiah and other prayers you see in the Bible?
Written By: Graham WIthers
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