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Three Implications for Our Prayers if God Already Knows What We Need

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  • Michael Kelley

God already knows what we need before we ask. What does this imply for your prayers? It means our prayers should be honest, simple and immediate.

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On liturgical cliches, congregational participation, and collects

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  • John D. Witvliet

This article addresses a number of matters related to public worship, including the use of liturgical cliches by ministers in prayers, and collects.

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Ten Apostolic Prayers for the People of God

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  • Andrew Hess

This article considers ten things that the apostle Paul prayed for the church. These are then worth reflecting on by today's pastors, as possible ways to shape their prayers for believers?

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Name(s) above All Names: Enriching Our Ways of Addressing God

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  • Richard Vander Vaart

How can our prayers reflect the awe, wonder, privilege, honour, and delight we have in meeting our Lord in prayer? This article provides a number of the different names of God found in Scripture, with a view to us enriching our ways of addressing God in prayer.

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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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Why Would God Ever Answer Me?

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  • Paul David Tripp

Does God answer prayer? There are five reasons explaining why God would respond to your prayers.

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Prayers and a Banner for Pentecost

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  • Anonymous

This article offers examples of prayers and banners that can be used with fruit during the time of Pentecost.

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Prayers and Litanies – Good Friday Resources

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  • Anonymous

This article offers a number of resources in the form of prayers and litanies for Good Friday.

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Rediscovering Prayer: Six Prayers God Will Always Answer

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  • Gary J. Millar

There are six prayers that the New Testament courages us to believe that God will always answer. This article explains what those prayers are.

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Three Forms of Prayer That End Up Forming Us

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  • Gordon T. Smith

Instead of offering up prayers whose content is determined by what is happening in our lives, this article suggests that what should be happening instead is that our prayers inform our lives and alter our living. It suggests that there be three movements in our prayers: give things, make confession, and practice discernment.

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Praying Together – A Note on Philemon 22

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  • Michael A. G. Haykin

To whom is Paul referring when he mentions "your prayers" in Philemon 22? The article argues that it is a reference to the prayer of the whole congregation.

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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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Let's Pray

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  • James Banks

Struggling to pray? This article looks at biblical prayers and shows how you can use them to shape your own prayers for thanking and honoring God, confession of sin, petitions, and thanksgiving.

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Prayer Is a Great Place to Begin Biblical Counselling

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  • David Powlison

What do your prayer requests look like? How do they match up with the focus of Scripture's prayers? This article explains how right praying and prayer requests are good avenues to pursue in order to care well for one another.

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1 Kings 18:42-44 – An Answer with the Seventh Prayer

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  • John Blankespoor

This article on 1 Kings 18:42-44 discusses answered prayers. The author also looks at James 5:17.

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Imprecations: Holy Fire

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  • John M. Frame

Can we love an enemy and still call for God's wrath against him? This article shows that imprecatory prayers, when motivated by the desire for God's justice and glory, may be prayed. However, the answer to those prayers rests with God.

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Once Again: How to Sing Psalms

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  • P. Janson

This article is about worship singing, specifically the singing of the Psalms. This article also looks at Psalm singing and the Word of God, and Psalm singing and prayers.

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