May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 15:5–6 ESV) Have you ever been asked to a prayer meeting and wondered how to …
The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.(James 5.16 NAS95) For some time I wondered why I should pray at all. If God already knows everything and/or has already predestined everything in life, what’s the point of prayer? Does it actually do anything? The answer is “yes.” I am not going to get …
Pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17) In recent months I have slowly made my way through a book by Charles Spurgeon on pray. The book is a collection of sermons Spurgeon gave on the subject. In all honesty, the book is dense and heady. It is difficult to read because every page has a lot …
I really enjoy writing about subjects that I am working through or topics that I am currently dealing with. Prayer is absolutely one of those things that I keep coming back to and continue to wrestle with. I know it is something I will never perfect but I also know that I need to keep …
I’ve heard terms like “Prayer Warrior” applied to people in my life, and it is an incredible merit that I can only hope to be known for. It sounds so glorious: the thought of someone who prays so abundantly that they are renowned to all around them for their relentless devotion to prayer. I can …
I’ll be honest, two years ago my prayer life consisted of prayer over food and a nightly “thank you for my day” prayer that lasted all of five minutes. I would thank God and pray short little prayers throughout the day, but I didn’t have a dedicated time of prayer. My prayer life has certainly changed. …
I walked past the chapel along the path into the wooded area. The sun broke through the trees as the brick buildings rose to meet me. The University of Puget Sound is absolutely beautiful and since school was out for the summer the campus was quiet and felt empty. I had just given an excuse …
Have you ever wondered, “is God listening?” In my last post, I talked about glorifying God. But how do we do this? One of the ways is by coming into the presence of the Lord on a daily basis in prayer. Prayer is one of the spiritual disciplines we so often neglect. In our modern …
