Prayer

How Should I Pray for My Family?

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Oftentimes, we pray that all the family is safe, that God bless all the missionaries, and that there be peace on earth.  Those are wonderful prayers, but we need to get more specific. Regardless of your current family situation, each of us have people we consider family.  It is easy to resort to worrying for our family or attempting to …

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Faithless Requests

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One reason God does not answer our prayers is because we offer faithless requests.  Sure we might pray to him but our faith in his ability to answer those prayers is tragically minimal.

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If Jesus Thought It Was Important to Pray This Much…

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I prayed that God would grow me in my prayer life this year.  I had no clue how he was going to answer it, but I have sat in amazement at what he has done.  Through emphases at the church, the opportunity to help develop a Bible study curriculum on prayer, and my time in Scripture, Jesus has been teaching me

The Battle Plan for Prayer

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Yesterday, I was able to submit a 124-page document to LifeWay for the upcoming curriculum entitled, “The Battle Plan for Prayer.”  Working alongside the Kendrick Brothers, we have developed a Bible study on prayer that has changed my life for the better!  If it impacts people a fraction of how the Word has impacted me during this process, lives will

Why Your Prayers Hit the Ceiling

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We can study the pages of Scripture and believe that prayer works.  Many of us can look back over our lives and testify to the power of prayer.  But have you ever wondered what causes prayer not to work?  What is so powerful to render our prayers ineffective? Our prayers cannot be thwarted due to the degree of difficulty concerning

Heavenly Daddy

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Out of all the things the disciples saw Jesus do, they asked him to instruct them concerning how to do one thing: “Lord, teach us to pray…” (Luke 11:1). The next words he spoke were recorded and are often recited as the Lord’s Prayer (Matt. 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4).  Out of all the language Jesus could have used and all the

The Greatest Prayer Partner You Could Ever Have

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I am excited to report that I have already made some great progress in the writing of the prayer Bible study curriculum with the Kendrick Brothers.  After a few weeks of study, writing, and working with some test groups, I have been amazed at what God is already doing through his Word to increase people’s prayer lives. I spent Monday and Tuesday in Albany working

Touch the World Through Prayer

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I first read Touch the World Through Prayer the summer I served with Kingdom Building Ministries in Colorado.  I pulled it out last week to be reminded of this jewel on prayer written by a missionary to India. The author opened my eyes up to the power of prayer at first read and reinvigorated it again.  He allowed me to

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