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The purpose of this website is encouraging Christians to go deeper in prayer individually and in their prayers together with the people of God. The focus is the work of God in Cornwall, but the hope is that these articles will encourage and challenge all Christians to grow in what is the most fundamental aspect of our life with God. The most recent articles are displayed below.

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Suffering is normal

Dealing with false expectations                 I love to read about revivals and about God working mighty things in people's lives. These things lift my spirit and encourage my faith. But ...
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Always be prepared

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. 1 Peter 3v15 Introduction Be prepared! "Be prepared" ...
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“O ye of Little Faith!” Learning from the Disciples’ Failure to Focus.

"O ye of little faith!" Jesus was often frustrated by the disciples lack of faith. What about us? Is Jesus frustrated with us too? Can we develop greater faith? Let’s ...
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Five tips on prayer from the prayers of Paul

Imagine that a young person in your church has just been interviewed about their upcoming gap-year or short-term mission project serving the Lord in Africa. You have followed their journey ...
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Praying for Other Believers

Why we should pray, what we should pray and how we should pray for other believers Praying for other believers is a powerful tool that God has made available to ...
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Praying for Joy

Praying for joy: A call to put rejoicing at the heart of Christian life We have so much to rejoice about in Christ! Christians should be known for their joy ...
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George Müller and Answered Prayer

Don't we all want to have more answered prayer? The life of George Müller((The featured image is taken from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/George_Muller.jpg; See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.))1805-1898, is ...
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Prayer and Waiting

10 minute read Waiting is counter-intuitive in our culture of instant everything. We are impatient if an Internet page takes more than a few seconds to load! It is not ...
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Preaching and Prayer

The focus of this website is prayer, but prayer is never isolated from the rest of life. True prayer is, I believe, to be closely intertwined with everything that we ...
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Vision-fuelled Prayer

Oh, may God open our eyes to see and feel the needs around us and the great potential of prayer!John Piper We referred recently to an article by David Wells ...

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