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Five Ways to Grow in Prayer

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  • Nicholas Davis

Do you pray faithfully? Many Christians struggle to maintain a consistent prayer life. The article discusses five things that can help you grow and be more effective in prayer.

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Should We Worship and Pray to the Holy Spirit?

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  • Andrew Menkis

Is it proper to worship and pray to the Holy Spirit? The article provides a biblical answer to the question.

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How to Pray for Your Unborn Child

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  • Gloria Furman

How do parents pray for their unborn child? This article provides five things to incorporate into prayer for an unborn child that displays our dependence on the Spirit who gives life. 

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How to Pray When You Don't Feel Like It

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  • Silverio Gonzalez

How do you pray when you do not feel like praying? This article raises four things to embrace from Psalm 103 that help you pray when you are not in the mood to pray.

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Why We Don't Pray

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  • Neil Edlin

This article considers why we do not pray, explaining that it is not a matter of time but priorities. It ends with a call to reprioritize prayer time.

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Forgive Us Our Sins Guilt is a real symptom. Thank God, there is a cure

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  • Peter Hastie

This article explains the need to pray for the forgiveness of sins especially in a culture where sin is being denied even in the church. Confessing our sins is a way provided by God to deal with our guilt.

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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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A Room for Prayer

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  • John Holwerda, Allen Likkel

This article considers how a room for prayer can be used to encourage a congregation to pray before and after worship services.

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The Prayer-Life of Jesus Christ

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  • James Clark

Looking at the prayer life of Jesus, this article shows how in his practice of prayer he was moved by God’s will and glory and thus serves as a model for learning to pray.

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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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Why Do We Pray?

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  • Stanley D. Gale

What is prayer and why do we have to pray? Prayer is the divinely appointed means through which we commune with the living God and advance his kingdom. This article explains this definition in order to clarify the necessity for prayer and the reason for prayer.

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Nine Reasons to Pray

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  • Jason Helopoulos

Why should you pray if God already knows your heart? This article offers nine reasons, going beyond the simple truth that the Bible commands prayer.

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Seven Principles of Prayer

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  • D. Broughton Knox

This article considers how we ought to pray. It outlines seven principles that essentially span the whole of a prayer: relationship, recognition, request, repetition, resignation, rejoicing, and realization.

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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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How to Pray All Day

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  • Tim Challies

How can you pray without ceasing? Begin, spend, and close every day with God. This is the key to a life of prayer.

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Three Reasons We Need to Pray

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  • Tim Challies

Why do we pray before church meetings? This article give three reason why such prayers are needed.

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A Powerful Practice for Prayer

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  • Tim Challies

Is prayer a struggle for you? There is a cure to this struggle: never resist the least urge to pray. The article explains how this can cure the struggle to pray.

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Teaching Our Children to Pray

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  • Tim Challies

Should parent be teaching children to pray when the children haven't professed their faith? This article looks at the biblical guidance on how and when to teach our children to pray.

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The Things You Think You Can Handle on Your Own

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  • Tim Challies

The things you pray about are the things you trust God to handle. The things you neglect to pray about are the things you trust you can handle on your own. Are there things in your life you do not pray about? This article explores the matter further.

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Eighteen Ways to Pray for the Unbelievers

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  • Tim Challies

How can you pray for unbelievers? This article explains eighteen ways of praying for unbelievers.

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Why Is Prayer So Difficult?

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  • Geoff Thomas

Christians know that they ought to pray, but prayer is not always easy. This article shows that prayer is difficult due to the obstacles facing Christians, but it also shows how to conquer these obstacles and be in prayer.

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Praying in the Name of Christ

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  • Thomas Boston

To pray in the name of Christ is to come to God according to the command of Christ and in dependence on Christ for the acceptance of the prayer. Let this article explain how.

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One Half-Hour Silence in Heaven

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  • Cornelis Pronk

Have you had times when it seemed as though your prayer was just bouncing off the ceiling? This article will encourage you to pray again. Learn how the Mediator does his work as you pray to the Father. This article focuses on Revelation 8:1-6.

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Teach Little Ones to Pray Leading Our Children to Their Heavenly Father

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  • D. VanDyken

This article shows how parents can teach their children to pray by being role models.

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Should We Really Call It a "Quiet" Time?

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  • David Powlison

How do you pray when you are alone? Silently, or audibly? The author considers the designation "quiet time" in light of his study of the Psalms, and regards silent prayers as the exception in Scripture. He advocates instead for "noisy time."

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Harvesters Needed

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  • Murray Capill

The church is always in need of gospel workers/missionaries. This article shows that the church must understand that compassion is at the heart of mission work—mission work and pastoral care go together. The church must also pray for gospel workers. This is the call of the Lord Jesus in Matthew 9:37.

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Lord, Teach Us to Say: The Importance of Correct Language

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  • John Rogers

This article looks at the correct way to pray in public. The focus is on how we use language in public prayer.

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Leading in Prayer

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  • Andre Holtslag

Have you ever been asked to publicly lead in prayer? How can we prepare for praying publicly? This article discusses some common faults made in public prayer, and highlights some positive characteristics of public prayer.

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A Vital, Simple, and Practical Look at Private Prayer

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  • Daniel Wilson

A personal relationship with God is vital to developing a life of prayer. Like any other relationship, the closer you are, the more you talk. In prayer we come to God the Father through the power of the Holy Spirit and by faith in Christ. Knowing this helps us to practically develop a prayerful life.

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How Do We Pray?

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  • John Goris

How can we learn to pray? This article looks at prayers in the Bible as examples for our prayer.

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The Lord's Prayer (Part 2): Your Kingdom Come

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  • John W. Keddie

This is the second article in a seven part series on the Lord's Prayer. When we pray for God's kingdom to come (the second petition), we are expressing the desire to see God ruling the lives of men. We are also praying for the fullness of the kingdom that will come with Christ's return.

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The Lord's Prayer (Part 4): Our Daily Bread

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  • John W. Keddie

This is the fourth article in a seven part series on the Lord's Prayer. When we pray the fourth petition, "Give us our daily bread", we affirm our dependence on God and acknowledge that we deserve nothing. At the same time we express our longing for the Bread of Life - Christ Himself.

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The Lord's Prayer (Part 6): Temptation

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  • John W. Keddie

This is the sixth article in a seven part series on the Lord's Prayer. This article focuses on Matthew 6:13, explaining what it means when we pray the sixth petition, "Lead us not into temptation". Christians face the devil as their enemy, but also sin. Victory over sin and the devil lies in Christ our Saviour.

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The Possibility of Prayer

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  • Clarence Bouwman

How is it possible to pray to God? Through Jesus Christ we have received the opportunity for prayer. God wants us to pray to Him, and teaches us what we should pray for.

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Praying Thankfully: A Thanksgiving Meditation

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  • Derek W. H. Thomas

Looking at the Lord's Prayer, this article shows how it can used to pray in thankfulness to God. Focus is given to thanking God for who He is in your prayer.

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The Role of Women in the Church: Women and the Prayer Meeting

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

Does 1 Corinthians 11:5 teach that women can lead prayer in church? In this article on the role of women in the church, the author shows that when the church comes together to worship, women should not lead in prayer.

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Should We Pray for the Indwelling of the Spirit?

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  • Willem den Hollander

This article answers the question of whether or not we should pray for the Holy Spirit to dwell in us.

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The Courage to Pray

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  • Wybren H. Oord

This article is on the topic of prayer. The author looks how great God is, and how we as little sinful people pray to Him in the Name of Jesus Christ. This article also looks at Hebrews 4:16 and the work of Christ, who intercedes for us as our Mediator. 

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Praise the Spirit?

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  • Wes L. Bredenhof

This article is about our duty to worship and praise the Holy Spirit in exactly the same way that we sing and pray to the Father and the Son.

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Persevere in Prayer!

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  • John Piper

This article on Colossians 4:2-4 is an encouragement to pray and persevere in prayer.

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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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What to Pray For

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  • John Piper

From time to time your prayer life falls into a rut. We use the same phrases over and over in mindless repetition. Here the author highlights some things that the early church prayed for. You may want to print this out and use it to guide you in your prayers.

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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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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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