Prayer
From arguing in a field to a room with the door shut.
Prayer in the Bible is far stranger and far more honest than most of us were taught. People argue, complain, negotiate, go silent, and wrestle — and God keeps showing up for it.
The thread
Genesis 18 · ~2000 BC
Abraham bargains for a city
Exodus 33 · ~1445 BC
Moses speaks as to a friend
1 Samuel 1 · ~1100 BC
Hannah prays without a voice
Psalm 13 · ~1000 BC
How long, O LORD?
Matthew 6 · AD 30
When you pray, go into your room
Romans 8 · ~AD 57
The Spirit prays what we can't say
Lessons