Aim: To pray with confidence—since churchmen possess Christ (by faith).
Doctrine: Effective prayer includes ''reminding'' God of His covenant with His church. This puts the ''onus'' of success on the Lord, even as it rightly humbles us, the supplicants.
Exegesis: What to keep in mind when offering prayers for the church: the stipulations (vv. 8-9), the subjects (vv. 10-11b), and the sovereign design (v. 11c) of the covenant.
Further application: How God bridges the church from real trouble to lively hope: by inspiring us to appeal to His gracious nature in Christ, we find deliverance from everything that binds us.
Key phrase: v. 8a ''Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses...''
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Rev. Mark Henninger is a retired, ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa (B.A.) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div). He is married to his wife, Lesley, and together they have one daughter and...
