Posts with the tag “why-pray”

I read someone not long ago referring to the Artic Tern…it’s a bird famous for its migration…flying some 12,000 miles from its Artic breeding grounds to the Antarctic and back again each year.  By the...  Read More

I’ve had more spiritual conversations with believers than I can count, but one thing seems to be a common denominator in all of our lives…I just haven’t met anyone who says, “I’m really happy with my ...  Read More

Years ago, I led a mission trip to Africa with some friends.  It was large group, and we had three things going every single day: Medical Clinics, time in the villages teaching children, and open crus...  Read More

I want to come back to prayer and sovereignty, make sure you read yesterday’s blog, but this time let’s go back to 1 Kings 18.  James points out Elijah’s example in terms of prayer, but this passage f...  Read More

From time to time I hear people say, “If God is Sovereign, why pray?”  I usually answer, “It is because God is Sovereign that I pray.”  I think the question comes more from a misunderstanding of God’s...  Read More

Have you ever reached the point that you are so hungry or thirsty that you feel you are going to pass out…you get to the true point of being famished.  When you come to that point the answer is obviou...  Read More

“Devoting themselves to prayer.” ...  Read More

“The positive way forward in situations demanding endurance is the way of prayer.”...  Read More

What if you are on the wrong way? ...  Read More

“Only one life, ‘twill soon be past, only what is done for Christ will last.”...  Read More

I worry as I bury prayer warrior after prayer warrior…who will take their place?...  Read More

Years ago, I read about a man who ran out of gas.  He was pacing back and forth in front of his car and a couple pulled over and asked what was wrong.  He said, “I left home in such a hurry to get to ...  Read More

"..prayer is one of the most Christlike activities you can engage in..."...  Read More

It is atheism to pray and not to wait in hope. ...  Read More

Sometimes I’ve been asked, and if I’m honest I’ve asked myself, why pray?Jesus said, “And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Fo...  Read More

Our difficulty in prayer demonstrates our mixed views of God.  (JI Packer) The way we pray shows us what we really believe—do we believe He exists, do we believe He is personal, do we believe He is in...  Read More

Adam and Eve blew their chance for pure fellowship because they believed the lie that they could become more like God through disobedience—they refused to trust God and chose to believe the enemy.  Wh...  Read More

I’ve been writing about 1 Peter 4 and today we come to the reason I’ve included this passage in the blog that is trying to encourage us and teach us to pray.Peter tells us to arm ourselves, to be read...  Read More