Resolve to Pray

Day 1: Rewards & Resistance

     In the Old Testament, when you think of a Biblical portrait of someone resolved to prayer,
no more vivid picture can come to mind than that of Daniel. In prayer we will have a reward,
but there will be some resistance.

Day 2: Rejoicing

     Daniel 6 will teach us that there is no substitute for prayer, and also there is a need for prayer. But it is no dutiful drudgery...there also is a joy in prayer.

Day 3: Rejection & Reception

     Prayer has gotten a bad rap lately, as "thoughts and prayers are not working",
some may say. Today we will see even Daniel felt some rejection from people,
but more importantly, he knew there was a reception from God.
Rejection should not dissuade us from prayer.

Day 4: Response

    Today's devotional is about finding someone who will respond in your time of need with a resolution to pray for you. When all else fails, you are not powerless. Your resolve will result in God's response.

Day 5: Righteousness

    Resolving to pray does not guarantee a righteous lifestyle, but helps. The same God who is loving is also equitable and just, and He does send a righteous retribution to those who oppose Him. Prayer helps us leave retribution in His hands.

Day 6: Reflected in Christ's Wilderness

     Over the past five days, we saw ten lessons in Resolve to Pray. But do we see this in Christ? Indeed we do, in this portrait of Christ in His 40-day prayer in the wilderness reveals.