Prayer – the most fundamental Christian activity.
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 us. This article looks at why we should pray for other Christians, and gives some ideas about what we should pray and how we should […]
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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. This article examines some of the reasons why Christians should be joyful people and why that is often not the case. It argues for making
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 surely one of the most powerful testimonies of the power of believing prayer that there has ever been.((The content of this article is based on
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Without waiting our lives will be shallow. We shall be full of activity but weak on identity; we may know much about God but we will know little of him; we may learn much of the experiences of others, but we will have little to tell of our own heart experience of God.
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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 do. Prayer leads to reaching out to others in love and good deeds; it leads to acting on behalf of the lonely, the poor, the
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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 about prayer as rebellion against the status quo.((David Wells, “Prayer: Rebelling against the status quo“.)) Wells argued that it is resignation that destroys petitionary
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There are some wonderful resources to help us pray on the Internet, but there is so much out there that it can be hard to know what is worth our attention. Here are some great articles that are helpful, relevant and challenging. The titles are the links. Enjoy! No prayer, no point? 5 minute read
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Here is some practical 19th century advice on how to pray. There is plenty of modern advice on how to pray,((Pete Greig’s How to Pray is excellent.)) but writers from a different century can give a different perspective and may show us things that we might otherwise miss. J C Ryle reminds us how essential
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Our world is in desperate need of Christ: God works in answer to prayer, especially sustained and united prayer; so we need to join together to pray like never before for God to pour out his Holy Spirit. Many of us in the churches believe this, but we rarely seem to get round to doing
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For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Eph 6:12 Introduction: Why godly works may fail Sometimes our work for Christ sails ahead as easily as a boat floating
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