We do not have a spirit of fear and timidity; we have a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind. When we walk by the Spirit, we are not conformed to a world of worry and anxiety. Bad habits must cease. Negativity, confusion, and worry are banished. The enemy has no playground. Sound impossible? With God, nothing is impossible. Author and speaker Kelly Balari… Read more…
At times, our chaotic world reveals hints of the utter brokenness in which we live, like a peek behind the veneer. Neighbors taking advantage of others, unjust verdicts, and unfair beginnings. As people of faith in a powerful God, we want to lift our faces to heaven to cry out or bury our face in our hands to whisper prayers. Either way we utter things like … Read more…
Cuando escuchamos que un amigo está luchando, puede ser fácil decir: « Estoy orando por ti », pero más difícil es saber por qué orar realmente. A través de cuarenta pasajes de las Escrituras cuidadosamente escogidos, Nancy Guthrie abre la riqueza de las Escrituras para enseñarnos cómo orar por aquellos q… Read more…
Charles Haddon Spurgeon used to address his church at midweek meetings as well as the powerful sermons on Sundays. These addresses were generally more informal in tone and were designed to supply motivation for the church to pray. They are classic Spurgeon in a shorter format.
Only a Prayer Meeting, a collection of forty shorter Spurgeon a… Read more…
Andrew Murray's classic writings have profited Christians for over a century. Known for his concern for consecration and the development of a deeper walk with Jesus, he spoke often of prayer and petition. Teach Me to Pray gathers some of the best extracts and gleanings from Andrew Murray's writings on prayer into 366 daily readings, each wi… Read more…
Believers in general will be enriched by this volume because the public prayers of Charles Spurgeon were full of doctrine and encouragement from Scripture. But this book should especially appeal to the pastor whose pulpit prayers might become stale, repetitious, or run-of-the-mill. Reading the prayers of great giants of the faith like Spurgeon aid in sharpen… Read more…
Charles Finney has been called the greatest revivalist in America. He had the power of the Holy Spirit, and his convicting message turned many sinners to Jesus. Power, Passion and Prayer includes 11 of Finney's most famous sermons on prayer and revival. Finney's words hold just the same power today as 150 years ago:
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The Lord's Prayer ebook explores and explains the way that Jesus taught his followers to pray. Each phrase of Jesus' prayer model is examined, using both NIV and KJV Scriptures. Each phrase reflects a different attribute of God; the ebook explores the meaning of each attribute and the petition the prayer reveals. The ebook also offers additional Scri… Read more…
In the spirit of the Book of Common Prayer, Art Nelson provides a new collection of public and private prayers to help us meet the uncertainties of life with the dignity of prayer.
Often when situations of very specific pain or joy arise (pregnancy at risk, marriage crisis, addiction, psychosis, incarceration, rape, celebrating wedding or anniversary, vi… Read more…
In this book of pastoral reflections N.T. Wright explores how the Lord's Prayer sums up what Jesus was all about in his first-century setting. Wright locates the Lord's Prayer, clause by clause, within the historical life and work of Jesus and allows the prayer's devotional application to grow out of its historical context. The result is a fresh … Read more…
Here’s a practical guide of short prayer starters that will help readers pray confidently during difficult times. From illness and death to divorce and job loss, dozens of topics are covered. Each section opens with a short devotional thought and applicable scripture. Great as a ministry resource or for a personal library, Prayers for Difficu… Read more…
Why is prayer so hard?
Many of us have asked that question. We want to pray. We intend to pray. But, as spiritual director and professor MaryKate Morse notes, " we don't pray as consistently or as meaningfully as we might like."
And yet prayer offers us such spiritual riches. Prayer
draws us to experience love and to be love&… Read more…