This is a continuation in an occasional series seeking to learn from the prayers of others. Prayer is work. God wants to be bothered by our asking!
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Prayer: Be Real to Me
This is a continuation in an occasional series seeking to learn from the prayers of others. Hudson Taylor was a British missionary to China. When he died in 1905, his Bible was found with a slip of paper as a bookmark. On that paper was written a prayer that Hudson prayed every day. It read: …
Prayer: For your soul
This is the second in an occasional series seeking to learn from the prayers of others. From John Piper Do you have a main prayer for yourself that you come back to again and again? Mine changes only slightly from year to year. Different words come to mind with different meditations on the central truth …
Prayer: Keep me
This is the first in an occasional series seeking to learn from the prayers of others. I hope to include prayers from church fathers, puritans, reformers, contemporary theologians and pastors. I will also periodically include key prayers from Scripture. This first prayer is one I have prayed for many years. I don’t remember where I …
Praying for our church
The prayer of John Piper, as he takes a leave of absence from his church for a time of refocus and refreshment. Great list to pray–perhaps you might want to print it out and add it to your prayer list. hundreds of people coming to Christ, old animosities being removed, marriages being reconciled and renewed, wayward …
According to your willing, I’m praying
Just hear this song for the first time today in the car. Â I was struck with its simplicity and clear message. Â So I looked the lyrics up online (see below). Even though the title is “Song of Jabez” it should not be equated with the popular book by a similar title. By the way, John …
The blessing of intercessory prayer
I’ve been thinking this week about how wonderful it is to be supported in prayer and to support others in prayer. Intercessory prayer is one of the privileges of being part of the body of Christ. It is so easy to want to or feel that we have to “go it on our own” when …