I wonder where this prayer came from. Can you help me? — J., via godsquadquestion@aol.com A: Like the parable of the long spoons, which I discussed recently, this is also a famous spiritual gem whose ...
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WASHINGTON (RNS) In his last National Prayer Breakfast speech while in office, President Obama gave an introspective talk about how his faith overcomes his fears. “For me, and I know for so many of ...
Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. Prayer is an expression of faith in God’s power, fueled by a desire for more of him.
If you want your prayer life to be rich and deep, satisfying and strong, try praying the way Jesus himself would pray to God.
I pray outward in circles, beginning with my own soul, then for my wife, then for our families, then for our small group and our church, then for our nation, and lastly for the nations, especially the unreached in the world.
Before we try to learn how to pray about our trouble, we need to ask about the actual trouble here in Psalm 86. Why is David crying out to God like this? We don’t know a lot, and it takes a while before we really learn any details about his situation, but we do find out what’s going on near the end of the psalm. Look at verse 14: O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ...