The Sovereignty of God and Prayer …
If God ordains all things and his knowledge of all things is infallible, then what is the point of praying that anything happen?
What Does It Mean to Bless God? …
Blessing God is an "exclamation of gratitude and admiration."
How to Argue with God …
Summer Psalms
Sunday Evening Message
Don't let your sinfulness hinder your prayers. Run into the arms of God and fill his ear with arguments that aim for His honor.
The Line of Prayer …
Beware of a church that runs on the momentum of tradition rather than the power of prayer.
What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On?, Part 1 …
Obedience
If we are unloving and unrepentant then we should not think that God is likely to answer our prayers.
Pray for Kings and All in High Positions …
Let your prayers embrace all kinds of people: high and low, white and black, democrats and republicans, Soviet premiers and Iranian Ayatollahs. Enlarge your heart until it embraces the world.
What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On?, Part 2 …
God's Will
Our prayers should always aim not merely at our own satisfaction, but also at the benefit of others.
Our Incense Before the Lamb …
Have you ever thought of your prayers as the aroma of heaven?
"We Have Not Because We Ask Not" …
When God aims to do a great work, he starts by planting a spark of desire in a few hearts. Then he fans it into flame through prayer.
Prayer at Harvest Time: Now! …
Before God enables his people to bring in a harvest, he pours out a Spirit of prayer upon them. The surest sign that God is about to send power upon us is a great movement of prayer in our midst.
How To Pray For Half-an-Hour …
Three suggestions for how to persevere and profit in prayer.
Persevere in Prayer! …
It is God who works in us to will our prayers, but we always experience it as our own resolve and decision.
I Plant, You Water …
No church can remain fruitless if it soaks the seed of the Word in fervent, hungry prayer week after week.
Does Prayer Spoil the Party? …
Consistent Christians never want to exclude Jesus from anything they do.
Always Pray and Do Not Lose Heart …
Jesus makes it clear that eternal life hangs on whether we are ready when he comes.
The "All or Nothing" Impediment to Prayer …
Pray for total healing and total salvation. But also pray for smaller steps to be made on the way.
Wanted: Worm Work …
Praying is worm-work. You can’t see worms doing their work. But without them you couldn’t plow the field.
Meal Time Prayers …
If meal time prayers are almost always the same, why not craft some which really say something significant?
A Letter Found to the West of the Sanctuary on the Stairs Leading up to the Senior High Room …
Screwtape scolds Wormword for not doing more to undermine prayer at Bethlehem.
A Week of Prayer …
Going Hard after the Holy God
The measure of our present experience with Christ is the intensity of our longing for its increase.
Tips for Praying the Word …
Observations and advice to help you pray biblical prayers.
Signs of the Coming Revival …
The inspiration, preservation and preparation of people for missionary service requires a great movement of prayer.
Praying till Pentecost Comes …
The rising tide of prayer precedes the flood of God’s Spirit.
The Hour That Changes The World …
Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of Omnipotence.
My Prayer to God Is That They Might Be Saved …
Paul does not pray for ineffectual influences, but for effectual influences. And that is how we should pray too.
Backfire Casualties …
The danger of prayer is that you may become the answer to your own request.
Sweet "Our" of Prayer …
The Lord's Prayer is an invitation not only to pray but to pray together with other believers.
The Pleasure of God in the Prayers of the Upright …
Prayer is that wonderful transaction where the wealth of God's glory is magnified and the wants of our soul are satisfied.
Practical Help for Praying for Help …
Prayer is not a mere devotional interlude in the real business of living; it is the pathway of faith and obedience. There is no other.
Why a Conference Commission on Prayer? …
Answer: War!
Action Is Not the Essence …
Action is crucial, but it must come from faith, ride on faith, and aim at faith.
No Prayer, No Power …
Our defense and our offense as a church is an active, persistent, believing prayer force.
When Does God Answer Prayer? …
Prayer is not designed to compound hoarded pleasures. If we do not aim to love, we pray in vain.
How You Can Change a City and a World …
Nine reasons from the Bible for believing that God wills to do great things with the gospel through prayer.
All the Promises of God Are Yes in Christ …
Prayer Week 1990
Don’t let turning points pass with no special devotion to the Lord. Set apart some time for special fasting and prayer.
Corporate Prayer in the Life of the Church and in Worship …
Bethel Seminary Workshop
Winning Battles Through Prayer …
Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment (ACMC)
Wheaton, IL
Answers to Prayer in the Midst of Non-Answers …
Why doesn't God, instead of saving us out of trouble, just keep it away entirely?
If You’re Hungry, Here’s a Next Step …
How can you experience more of the fullness of God? Consider taking a personal prayer retreat.
How Do You Stay Inspired to Pray? …
Where people do not pray, churches either die or become human management “successes”. Three suggestions for staying inspired.
Prevailing Prayer for the Spirit's Power …
May the Lord forbid that we would lose heart and fail in the very thing needful: mighty prevailing prayer.
A Prayer That Brought the Holy Spirit Down …
For people who desire the salvation of sinners, the magnifying of God's glory, and the vindication of Jesus' name, this is the way to pray.
Not Just a Successful Church …
An Invitation to More
Why pray? Because God aims to make us co-victors with him.
Remarkable Answers to Prayer …
Getting Ready for Prayer Week
Prayer is like marriage. It should be a mix of both discipline and spontaneity.
Daniel's Defiance of Darius in Prayer …
Daniel was immersed in secular life but he still lived by prayer—daring, defiant, disciplined prayer.
How to Pray for a Desolate Church …
God will accomplish his purpose for the church, even if he choses to use a remnant to do it.
Angels and Prayer …
Daniel's Experience and Ours
Take the supernatural seriously and realize that we are in warfare.
A Prayer Jesus Would Not Answer …
If the answer to our prayer doesn't come as we want, let us not assume that the Lord has no affection for us nor any tugs to do what we want.
"If Anyone Hears My Voice and Opens the Door I Will Come in to Him and Eat with Him" …
Prayer Week ‘93
5 ways for focus on God during prayer week.
If My Words Abide In You . . . …
The great need of the hour is to know God more deeply and personally and more biblically.
Ask Whatever You Wish …
God designed prayer to give his disciples the joy of bearing fruit while God himself gets the glory.
"Praying the Vision" …
Two Summer Dreams Take Shape, Part 1
What might God do when the whole congregation says, “Seeking the Lord in prayer is so important that we will give it prime time on Sunday morning, and not just a little sandwich slot on Wednesday evening”?
Praying for What Cannot Fail …
We pray, not because the outcome is uncertain, but because it is certain.
Let's Find "Grace for a Well-Timed Help" Together …
Hebrews 4:6 reminds us to seek God not only for the kind of grace we need but also for the timing of it.
How I Was Moved to Tears …
What prayer commitments might God be nudging you to make?
That Your Prayers May Not Be Hindered …
There are ways live that hinder prayers and there is a way to live that helps prayer.
The Prayers of the Saints and the End of the World …
No believing prayer is in vain. Ever.
Incentives to Strive in Prayer …
God calls us from time to time, and some of us as a kind of vocation, to strive—to struggle, and wrestle, and persist, and prevail in prayer.
Prayer Changes People's Wills …
Don't neglect the amazing influence you have in the world through prayer.
Prayer and Predestination …
A Conversation Between Prayerful and Prayerless
A conversation between "Prayerful" and "Prayerless" on why we ask God to do what he already intends to do.
The Providence of God (Part 10) …
Bethlehem Baptist Church
When God Says, "Not Now" …
What are God's purposes when he says "No" to his praying people?
The Supremacy of God in Prayer …
Christian & Missionary Alliance General Council
Milwaukee, WI
Desire Starters and the Night of Prayer …
If your desires are weak, here are thirty four desire starters.
How to Pray for the Soul—Yours or Another's …
How you pray is based on what you believe God can do.
Here are 7 things to ask God to do for your soul and others'.
Brothers, Pray for Us …
For 700 Pastors
Big, Sweeping–But Not Insipid–Prayers …
How to pray huge, general prayers without them sounding vague or stale.
Foundations for Prayer Toward the Global Purpose of God …
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Carver-Barnes Lecture
Wake Forest, NC
A Biblical Alternative to Serving God: Living by Prayer …
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Carver-Barnes Lecture
Wake Forest, NC
Prayer: Pursuing Peoples When Life Is War and God Is Sovereign …
First Presbyterian Church Missions Conference
Augusta, GA
How to Pray If You Are Dead to the Law and Love to Bear Fruit …
What would a Pharisee pray at his conversion?
A Summary Theology of Prayer …
Knowing God's purpose for prayer deepens our commitment to pray and helps us glorify God for why he does what he does.
What to Pray For …
Paying attention to what the early church prayed for can help keep your prayer life from falling in a rut.
Ask Your Father in Heaven …
God's lavish invitations to ask him for good things, with the promise that he will give them, is unimaginably wonderful.
Should I Use the Bible When I Pray? …
John Piper talks about how helpful Scripture can be when we wish to communicate with God.
Pray Like This: Hallowed Be Your Name …
The most significant reason to pray is to ask God to glorify himself.
Should I Pray In Jesus' Name When Asked to Pray In Public? …
John Piper gives two reasons why he always prays in Jesus' name.
What's the Difference Between Christian Prayer and Mantra? …
John Piper says that Christian prayer is different because of its view of God.
What Can I Do to Regain Confidence In Prayer? …
John Piper says that confidence in prayer doesn't come from seeing it answered.
Put in the Fire for the Sake of Prayer …
God can put his people through the fires of suffering to awaken their appetite for prayer.
Does It Matter Which Person of the Trinity We Pray to? …
John Piper says that we should follow the New Testament's pattern for prayer.
What Are Some Practical Helps to Deepen a Desire and Love for Prayer? …
John Piper offers a few ideas on how to mature and endure in prayer.
What's the Difference Between Praying to Jesus and Praying to the Father In the Name of Jesus? …
John Piper thinks that it is both right and inevitable to pray to all members of the Trinity.
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