Be Devoted to Prayer | Desiring God
网页2002年12月29日 · Preach to yourself. Don’t let your sins and weaknesses and worldly inclinations rule you. God says, “Be devoted to prayer.”. Fight for this. 2. The needs in life, family, churches, world missions, and culture are huge and desperate. In many cases heaven and hell hang in the balance, faith or unbelief, life and death.
15 Prayers for God’s Power - Desiring God
网页2014年3月11日 · 15 Prayers for God’s Power. I love strength. I love the word “mighty,” as in “mighty woman of God” and “mighty man of God.”. I love to hear that Moses “was mighty in his words and deeds” (Acts 7:22), and that Apollos was “mighty in the Scriptures” (Acts 18:24 NASB). I love it when Paul says, “Act like men, be strong ...
The Main Ingredient in Effective Prayer | Desiring God
网页2013年7月18日 · Because prayer is effective, which means, God hears his people and acts on their behalf. Then, in the beginning of verse 16, because prayer is effective (James 5:13–15), he says, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed” (James 5:16). To make it even clearer, he follows this with ...
Prayer - Desiring God
网页2015年1月1日 · Study the Lord’s Prayer. In five short verses, Jesus himself taught us how to pray. Transforming glories can be seen in these most familiar words of “The Lord’s Prayer” if we will slow down enough to see them. In this series of three labs, John Piper puts the text on the screen and helps you mine more for your prayers. Look at the Book.
Dare to Hope in God: How to Lament Well - Desiring God
网页2019年4月6日 · Lament prayers take faith. Talking to God instead of getting sinfully angry or embittered requires biblical conviction. Laying out the messy struggles of your soul and then asking — again and again — for God to help you requires a solid theological mooring. Laments turn toward God when sorrow tempts you to run from him.
That Your Prayers May Not Be Hindered - Desiring God
网页1994年1月2日 · Opening the way of prayer to God involves a conscious endeavor. In each of these texts Peter is telling us to resolve to do something so that our prayers will not be hindered. “A free, open, real, satisfying life of prayer is not automatic.”. In other words, a free, open, real, satisfying life of prayer is not automatic.
Corporate Prayer in the Life of the Church and in Worship
网页1990年4月18日 · Preaching prayers get nowhere. You have to really be calling upon the Lord. You have to really want God to do what you’re asking him to do, not just use prayer as a cloak to get somebody’s goat. 7. Passion for Corporate Prayer Is Contagious. Passion is contagious and our people must have passion in their praying.
A Guide to Christian Fasting | Desiring God
网页2015年8月26日 · Without a purpose and plan, it’s not Christian fasting; it’s just going hungry. 3. Consider how it will affect others. Fasting is no license to be unloving. It would be sad to lack concern and care for others around us because of this expression of heightened focus on God. Love for God and for neighbor go together.
We Should Pray for Healing - Desiring God
网页2015年10月9日 · It’s the prayer of faith that heals the sick (James 5:15). One of the clearest biblical instructions is to have elders pray for the sick (James 5:14). Praying for healing is not the sole province of elders (1 Corinthians 12:8–9), but if you’re an elder, praying for healing is definitely part of your ministry calling.
Six Prayers God Always Answers
网页2017年11月26日 · God will always say Yes when we ask him to do his work through his word. I have found at least six basic prayers God will always answer. 1. Glorify yourself through me. The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14). 2.