Introduction to the Praying Through the Scriptures Series

I hope to begin and continue a series of posts titled "Praying Through the Scriptures". One of the greatest thrills that I have known through my studying and preaching the Word of God is the challenge to change my prayers from a trite, unthoughtful, and worldly manner towards the biblical model.

My purpose is to encourage you to model your prayers after the Scriptures. Not in a word-for-word manner, but in a manner that models prayers after the focus of the teachings in the Scriptures. These posts will focus on prayers that I have written that I believe reflect sound exegesis of the Scriptures. However, I will include some study notes upon the texts and also quotations of great works that I believe will stimulate you towards worship and godly meditation upon the Word of God.

I have penned these words to demonstrate how exciting our prayers should be, with the sad realization that my prayers are often dull and monotonous. So, to a great degree, I do this for myself.

May the Scriptures ignite our souls with the fire of divine fellowship with our Lord.