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Seven Things to Pray for Missionaries

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  • Evan Burns

This article raises seven simple ways that churches can pray for missionaries.

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Supplication

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  • Al Baker

How do you gain a burden to pray with passion, zeal, and persistence to the King of glory? Get a fresh glimpse of Christ’s power and authority.

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Colossians 1:9-12 – Praying for Our Fellow Believers

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  • David Marshall

This article considers how we may pray for each other, through a study of the prayer of Colossians 1:9-12.

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Matthew Henry on a Practical Method of Daily Life

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  • Joel R. Beeke

Giving a short biography on the life of Matthew Henry, this article shows what he taught about daily prayer. Showing that daily prayer is a result of your understanding of your relationship with God in Christ, the article urges starting, spending, and closing the day with God, and praying the Scriptures in your daily prayer.

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Intercession

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  • Nicolaas H. Gootjes

This article is about intercession and intercessory prayers.

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Someone is Praying for Us

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  • A. N. Hendriks

This article is about Jesus Christ as priest and his work of intercession. The author looks at atonement and intercession, having access to the Father in our prayers, the perseverance of the believers, and praying in the Name of Jesus. The author also discusses John 16:26.

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Brothers, Pray for Us

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  • John Piper

Prayer for those in the Christian ministry is indispensable. (1 Thessalonians 5:25)

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Five Ways to Pray for Your Pastor before Worship This Weekend

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  • Chuck Lawless

How will you pray for your pastor this coming Sunday? This article lists five things to consider when praying for a pastor.

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Nine Ways to Pray for Church Leaders

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  • Chuck Lawless

Church leaders need your prayers. How do you go about praying for church leaders? Here are nine ways.

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Four Keys to Actually Start Praying for Persecuted Christians

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  • Anthony Steele

This article offers some suggestions as to how Christians should pray for their persecuted brethren. It first calls for understanding the nature of persecution and its reality in today's world, and then details what our prayers for the church should look like.

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Connecting Prayer to Mission

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  • Aaron Morrow

For mission work to go well it must be linked to prayer, because in the Bible mission and prayer are related. This article looks at Ephesians 6:19-20 and Colossians 4:2-4 to show this relationship.

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Beating the Prayer Bluff

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  • Zach Barnhart

When you tell someone that you will pray for him, do you really do it? How can you start praying for those you tell you will pray for them? This article discusses three shifts we can make in order to be constant in prayer for those around us.

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Pray for Your Pastor

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  • Conrad Mbewe

The congregation has the responsibility to pray for it pastor. What should you pray for when praying for a pastor? This article share eleven things.

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Listening and Prayer

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  • John van Eyk

This article shows that prayer is essential for those who listen to preaching. It discusses four things that must shape such a prayer.

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Take Everything to God in Prayer

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  • J. C. Ryle

This article, showing that Jesus stands as our Lord but also as a Friend, encourages Christians to take everything to him in prayer.

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How to Pray for the Soul

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  • John Piper

This article discusses how we can pray for the soul - our own and others'.

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The "All or Nothing" Impediment to Prayer

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  • John Piper

An “all or nothing” mentality is one of the chief reasons our prayers stagnate, and why we stop expecting God to answer our prayers. We quickly become despondent and give up on prayer if we don't immediately see a full answer to our prayer. This author teaches us one way to pray with hope.

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Contemporary Worship Ten ways to pray in times like these

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  • Ron Hutchcraft

How should the church pray in uncertain times? This article surveys the Bible and shows how other Christians prayed and how the church can follow in their footsteps.

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Special Days of Prayer

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  • Daniel Kleyn

In times of affliction and distress the churches may deem it important to call for special days of prayer. This article explains the nature of prayer for those days.

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You May Become the Answer to Your Own Prayer (Backfire Casualties)

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  • John Piper

Jesus instructed His disciples to pray for workers in His kingdom. That instruction is then immediately followed up Him sending out the very ones who were praying (Matthew 9:38). This article discusses the task of praying for missionaries.

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New Life amid the Alien Corn: The Book of Ruth

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  • Michael E. W. Thompson

What is the role of prayer in the narrative of Ruth? The article gives particular attention to the providence of God, which is effected by the actions of God and the prayers of intercession and thanksgiving by Ruth and Boaz.

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Abraham's Prayer for Sodom

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  • Henry vanderKam

This is a Bible study on intercession and Abraham's prayer for Sodom (Genesis 18:16-33). 

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