Prayer

A Prayer for Your Pastor

Your pastor needs your prayers. I’ve taken a prayer from The Valley of Vision and edited it so that it is not a prayer for a pastor to pray for himself, but rather for church members to pray for their pastor. I pray that this prayer is beneficial for you and I know that it …

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The Power of Positive Thanking

I’m not convinced of the power of positive thinking, but I am confident in the power of positive thanking. Paul had a great way of expressing his gratitude to others: he not only thanked them, he thanked God for them…and then he told them what he had done. Consider these few examples: I thank my …

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Pray Boldly

We need to pray bold prayers. God hears bold prayers. God answers bold prayers. Maybe you remember some stories from the scriptures about boldness in prayer: A group of friends who dug through a roof to get their crippled friend to Jesus. A widow who went to a judge day after day and demanded justice …

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When We Are Thankful for God’s Control

I’m preaching through Romans on Sunday mornings in our worship services. In fact, I’ve been preaching through Romans for what some feel to be forever (actually only since January). Nevertheless, our time in Romans has yielded great fruit as we have wrestled together with many of the great truths expounded by Paul in his systmatic …

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The Preacher and Prayer

Sometime back a member of our church passed along a worn copy of E.M. Bounds’ book, Preacher and Prayer. Bounds is known for his emphases on prayer and his With Christ in the School of Prayer was one of the first books on prayer I ever read. As for the current book, it laid in my stack of …

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Don’t Pray About That

Yesterday I wrote about how prayer is sometimes not enough.  If you thought I was a heretic then, you will certainly be disappointed to hear a pastor say that some things in this world should not be prayed about.  By saying that, I’m not suggesting as some have done that some things are too small …

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