American culture is probably the hardest place in the world to learn to pray! Paul Miller in A Praying Life I agree and I disagree with Paul Miller. And before I get too critical with Miller, of all the books that I have read on prayer, his book, A Praying Life, is one of my […]
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I pray that you will continually experience the immeasurable greatness of God’s power made available to you through faith. Then your lives will be an advertisement of this immense power as it works through you! Ephesians 1:19 TPT I’m not promoting pride. I am encouraging bold prayer. Nowhere in the Bible do Jesus, Paul, any
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One Sunday in 2020, in the sanctuary before the worship service, while the worship leader and the worship team practiced, while the pastor sat in a pew reviewing his sermon… …the entire stage went dark. The worship leader, the pastor, all the worship team, and the angels in heaven looked at the resident tech genius.
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I want to challenge you to develop a personal prayer team. I want you to get a team of three to six people who will pray with you. I confess that I have been lax in this area recently. For years I had a list of about 20 people to which I would send regular
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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing your faith you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 ESV In years past, I asked God to give me a desire to pray. I also asked Him
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I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. 3 John 4 I want to discuss why we pray. Not how to pray, but why. Understanding why we pray can help our praying be more effective. My examples for great praying are the “G-Bops.” Gwyn and Gabby are my twin granddaughters.
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I am praying like Elijah for you! A sister told me this once when I asked for prayer. I knew exactly what she meant. The effective prayer of a righteous person will accomplish much. For Elijah was a man with a nature just like you and me and he prayed earnestly that it would not
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Jesus taught: Watch at all times, praying that you will have strength to escape all these things that will take place. Luke 21:36 There is a watchman that sits alongside a small lake that I pass frequently. Riding along the bike trail, I have seen him for years sitting with binoculars watching the lake. On
But stay alert at all times, praying that you will have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man. Luke 21:36 Intercession… needed today more than ever. Needed tomorrow too, and the next day even more. What will your life be like in 2021? What
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Jesus at the age of 12: Why is it that you are looking for me? Did you not know that I had to be in my Father’s house? Luke 2:49 Jesus toward the end of His life: He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’, but you
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