Earlier this week I said, our lives are the byproduct of our lifestyles.  I find it amazing that Jesus starts His ministry in prayer, He spends the last night of His life on earth in the Garden prayin...  Read More

In 1946 Flannery O’Connor began keeping a prayer journal. One day she poured out her heart and wrote these words,“Dear God, I cannot love Thee the way I want to.  You are the slim crescent of a moon t...  Read More

In his book, Prayer, Tim Keller said “There are three basic kinds of prayer to God.  There is ‘upward’ prayer—praise and thanksgiving that focuses on God himself.  We could call this the ‘prayer of aw...  Read More

One of the best resources for prayer is the book of Psalms.  They are not only the Word of God, but the Psalms give us words to God.  I hope you make the Psalms a part of your daily life, but don’t ju...  Read More

Paul tells us to pray without ceasing.  I've spent a lot of time over the years feeling inadequate and even guilty over that command, but if we think about the times Jesus went away to pray, if we con...  Read More

Yesterday, I showed you how I would pray through Ephesians.  Chapter 6 is one of those passages that I find to be an incredible source of prayer as I seek to pray through the Spiritual Armor.  Open yo...  Read More

Let me start with a confession about prayer…I tend to enjoy reading about prayer more than I actually find myself praying.  Over the years I make commitments to pray more, I get up earlier, I get read...  Read More

Years ago, in another church, we had some huge decisions before us.  As the pastor, I wrestled with God’s direction and led the church to 40 days of prayer and fasting.  I simply asked them to set asi...  Read More

Blaise Pascal, in the 1600s said, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”  I wonder what he would think today!  One of the most remarkable things about J...  Read More

From time to time the Spirit leads me to pull out my copy of the book, Praying Hyde.  It’s the story of John Hyde, a missionary to India, who was called The Apostle of Prayer by those who knew him.  H...  Read More

We’ve looked at the first three rungs in Paul’s ladder of prayer coming out of Eph 3:14-19.  The first is the rung of power in verse 16, the second is the rung of residence in verse 17a, the third is ...  Read More

As we consider Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3, I’m borrowing John Stott’s idea of this being like a staircase, but I’m using the image of a ladder instead.  The first rung was power in verse 16, the sec...  Read More