Prayer - Desiring God
WEBJan 1, 2015 · God has established prayer as the means by which we receive his supernatural help. And without supernatural help, we cannot live a life worthy of the gospel. Everything that distinguishes Christians from the world in a Christ-exalting way is a work of God’s supernatural grace. And God has ordained that this grace flows to us through prayer.
Prayer for Beginners - Desiring God
WEBApr 27, 2016 · Don’t be afraid to pray big prayers, and small ones. 7. Be willing to ask one more time. Jesus knew we would lose heart in prayer, specifically that we would pray for things for long enough that we would start to question if God was listening or might ever answer. But he didn’t want us to lose heart or give up.
How to Keep Praying: Four Lessons from the Master
WEBNov 25, 2022 · Of the many reminders we could mention, consider four representative lessons. 1. We come to a Father. Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven . . .”. (Matthew 6:9) Michael Reeves notes how prone we can be to treat prayer “as an abstract activity, a ‘thing to do,’” rather than remembering “the one to whom [we’re] praying ...
How to Pray Like Jabez | Desiring God
WEBMar 30, 2022 · Consider, then, what lessons we might take from Jabez, alongside the full testimony of Scripture, for our own prayer lives. 1. God Rescues from Pain (in His Timing) His mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”. We are not told what the particular pain was. There’s beauty in that. Such unspecified pain invites us ...
The Main Ingredient in Effective Prayer | Desiring God
WEBJul 18, 2013 · Because prayer is effective, which means, God hears his people and acts on their behalf. Then, in the beginning of verse 16, because prayer is effective (James 5:13–15), he says, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed” (James 5:16). To make it even clearer, he follows this with ...
Mercy at the Bottom: How Jonah Leads Us to Our Knees
WEBMar 16, 2022 · Jonah is a fascinating case study in the mercy of God. He is a no-good, rotten man who resents God for his mercy. Jonah would rather see his enemies destroyed and annihilated than forgiven. Nestled within the story of this rotten man, though, is his prayer in the second chapter. The prayer gives insight into Jonah’s inner struggle and plays ...
Ask God for More of God: Lessons for a Better Prayer Life
WEBJan 19, 2024 · God delights to give himself in his gifts. Keller concludes: Prayer is how God gives us so many of the unimaginable things he has for us. Indeed, prayer makes it safe for God to give us many of the things we most desire. It is the way we know God, the way we finally treat God as God.
Articles on Prayer - Desiring God
WEBJul 8, 2024 · Prayer is an expression of faith in God’s power, fueled by a desire for more of him. ... Lessons for a ...
Be Devoted to Prayer | Desiring God
WEBDec 29, 2002 · Preach to yourself. Don’t let your sins and weaknesses and worldly inclinations rule you. God says, “Be devoted to prayer.”. Fight for this. 2. The needs in life, family, churches, world missions, and culture are huge and desperate. In many cases heaven and hell hang in the balance, faith or unbelief, life and death.
Corporate Prayer in the Life of the Church and in Worship
WEBApr 18, 1990 · Preaching prayers get nowhere. You have to really be calling upon the Lord. You have to really want God to do what you’re asking him to do, not just use prayer as a cloak to get somebody’s goat. 7. Passion for Corporate Prayer Is Contagious. Passion is contagious and our people must have passion in their praying.
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