Amen: how it is used in Scripture By David Bailey. Supporting article for the book Talking with God. Following is a list of where Amen occurs in both the Old and New Testaments. I have categorised them into how Amen is used. Amen in the OT Amen occurs in the Old Testament 30 times. We […]
Category Archives: Prayer
Prayer in principle, practice, and example
The unbaptised and prayer By David Bailey. Supporting article for the book Talking with God. We know from first principles that salvation is predicated upon baptism into Christ (Mark 16:16), which brings us into covenant relationship with God and with very special privileges (Eph. 2:11–12). We belong to the Father and become His special care […]
Worship of and prayers to Christ By David Bailey. Supporting article for the book Talking with God. I provide the following to support Chapter 16, Prayers to Christ in the book Talking with God. To get a better understanding of the subject, it would be helpful to read this section in connection with Appendix 7. […]
Words for prayer in the Bible By David Bailey. Supporting article for the book Talking with God. Following is a list of all the Hebrew and Greek words I have found that are used for prayer. Old Testament Pray Asking, entreaty tephillah — prayer, entreaty, asking palal — to ask, intreat, pray paga` — meet, […]
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Synopsis: The answer is always God, but will God hear me? How many times have we felt like imposters? From the outside, everyone else seems to have “it” together. We show up with shame and guilt in our hearts and we just don’t know how to articulate our emotions. We’ve recently considered that God is […]
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Turning pain into praise Feelings of heartbreaking sorrow once ruled my heart. More than anything I wanted to feel hope and joy again. Shockingly, I sincerely believed that I never would. God has shown me otherwise. Joy and praise now have a big space in my heart and God is enthroned once again. How was […]
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Synopsis: The answer is always God, and because it is life eternal to know him, it is essential that we know Him, and trust Him for who He really is. The context: Out of the depths… When my wife and I began to study emotions in Scripture, it was due to an extremely hard question […]