Each year, I prepare a prayer for all of our RTS graduating students. I try to base the prayer primarily on a passage of Scripture. I want our graduates to know for certain that the things that I am praying for them are things that God wants for them, and says so in his word. Last year, for instance, I prayed from one of my favorite prayers of the Bible, Ephesians 3:14-19. This year, I settled on John 17:14-26, often known as Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer. It is one of the profoundest prayers in all of Scripture. As I was preparing to pray and…The RTS 2020 Graduation Prayer
Each year, I prepare a prayer for all of our RTS graduating students. I try to base the prayer primarily on a passage of Scripture. I want our graduates to know for certain that the things that I am praying for them are things that God wants for them, and says so in his word. Last year, for instance, I prayed from one of my favorite prayers of the Bible, Ephesians 3:14-19. This year, I settled on John 17:14-26, often known as Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer. It is one of the profoundest prayers in all of Scripture. As I was preparing to pray and…
Last year (2019), I went through David B. Calhoun’s edition of “Prayers on the Psalms” (@BannerofTruth) about 2 1/2 times, with daily prayer postings on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram). This year (2020) I am going to work through O. Palmer Robertson’s edition of Matthew Henry’s “A Way to Pray” (@BannerofTruth). Dr. Robertson suggests that the best way to read/use “A Way to Pray” is to “read it on your knees,” that is, pray it as you read. Personalize it. Persist until your thoughts & words in prayer…