Why It Makes Sense to Persevere in Prayer
You should not give up praying, and so this article gives seven reasons for persevering in prayer.
You should not give up praying, and so this article gives seven reasons for persevering in prayer.
Weeping and praying do well together; tears put life into prayers...and prayers help to wipe away tears.
This article underlines the importance of pastors praying for their congregation. It looks at various Scripture passage in its consideration of how pastors should pray.
This article provides a simple strategy for praying the Bible. It discusses three Rs: rejoice, repent, request.
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.
This is the third article in a seven part series on the Lord's Prayer. By praying, "Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven" (the third petition), Christians express their desire to see God in His sovereignty conforming events on this earth to His revealed will. It is also an expression of delighting in God's will.
This is the fifth article in a seven part series on the Lord's Prayer. Praying for forgiveness (the fifth petition) is necessary because sin is directed against God. The author discusses the relationship between confession of sins and repentance, and points to God as the model for forgiveness.
The minister and his ministry depend on the work of the Holy Spirit for its success. By looking at the person of the Holy Spirit and His power, the author of this article shows that the minister can experience the work of the Holy Spirit by praying for the Holy Spirit.
This article on Ephesians 3:14-16 is about praying for the strength of the Spirit.
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.
If we believe that God works all things according to His will (Ephesians 1:11), and if we believe that His knowledge of all things is perfect, then what is the point of prayer? Or: If God has determined some to be His sons and has chosen them before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4,5), is there then any point in praying for anyone's conversion?