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 …
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). …
I often get requests to pray for others. I am sure many of you do as well. Those requests come through a number of sources—phone calls, social media, church, work, etc. But how would we grade ourselves in the area of praying for those who request …
One of the most profound things Jesus said about prayer is found in Matthew 21:22. He said, “All things whatsoever you ask in prayer, believing you shall receive. Note the words “all things” and the word “whatsoever.” When we plug that verse into our life, however, …
“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou are mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?” Psalm 8:3-4, KJV Think about some of the most …