Jesus taught a parable to the intent that we should always pray and never lose heart (Luke 18:1). Should we take those words literally? If we do, how can we pray always? On the other end of the spectrum, I have read articles promoting the idea …
You and I are co-laborers with God (1 Cor. 3:9). Among other things, that means when someone prays that God may use us as the means of answering prayer. But we are not robots. We are not programmed to perfectly obey God. We don’t have to …
You don’t always know the will of God when you pray. That is true no matter how long you have been a Christian. Perhaps that’s an unsettling statement to some of you. But I’ll say it again. You don’t always know the will of God. According …
Some time ago, my wife called me to tell me she had a flat tire. I drove to meet her where she had pulled over on the side of the highway. After removing the bad tire, I pulled my spare tire. To my surprise the spare …
In every local church I have been associated with over the past 40 years, corporate prayer tends to be poorly attended. That’s unfortunate because nothing is more powerful than the people of God coming together to pray. To grasp the importance of prayer in the life …
If you pray to God regularly, I am sure you pray about spiritual things and significant issues pertaining to your physical or temporal needs. But are there some things that concern you that you tend to not “bother God” with? Some years ago, I was praying, …
Prayer requires patience. Oftentimes, a duration of time exists between when we pray to God, and when we receive from Him. So is it, as some believers argue, a lack of faith to pray to God about the same thing more than once? Jesus spoke a …
Perhaps the first reaction some of you had to the title of this post is; “I disagree with that. I always know the will of God.” But I have the Bible on my side when I say we don’t always know God’s will when we pray. …
Prayer is something we all can do. It costs no money. No special gift is required. Yes, it does costs time. But it’s something all of us can do. More importantly, prayer is not an option. As Christians, we have been called to pray. Jesus said, …
“Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops” (James 5:17-18, NIV). …
