Jesus said to them, “If two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them” (Matthew 18:19-20). All prayers are good prayers. Some prayers will be answered, and some will not, but an artist […]
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7, ESV). What is the one thing that we can do to increase the effectiveness of our prayers? Ask specifically! There is a difference between general prayers and specific prayers. It’s easy to know a specific
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I
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If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, “Move from here to there,” and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you (Matthew 17:20, ESV). Why do we pray? If we answer this question correctly, we can develop our prayers in both experiencing God and the effectiveness
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To this end, also we pray for you always that our God will count you worthy of your calling and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power (2 Thessalonians 1:11, NASB1995). I recently read a statistic indicating that 95 percent of believers use some type of calendar (paper or electronic) to keep their schedule, while
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Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart (Colossians 4:2, NLT). Confession: After 52 years of praying on a regular basis, sometimes I feel that God isn’t listening, and I have difficulty finding His presence. When I get frustrated with my prayers, I can blame God and develop a lethargy in
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If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?” (Luke 11:13, NASB1995) In Luke 11:1, the disciples ask Jesus, “Lord, teach us to pray.” Jesus then instructs them in prayer. Jesus first gives a shortened version
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Did you note that this Interruption is Part 4? Part 4 of what? Of learning to have this phrase describe your praying… Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us (Ephesians 3:20, NASB1995). I need this power in prayer
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Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us (Ephesians 3:20, NASB1995). I’ve heard many congregational meetings conclude when someone said, “Let’s say the Lord’s Prayer.” In 2000, a little book entitled The Prayer of Jabez, based upon a prayer
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Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us (Ephesians 3:20, NASB1995). The Apostle’s Prayer in Ephesians chapter 3 is The Prayer Warrior’s Prayer. I once heard my Bible college professor say, “Charles Spurgeon is the preacher’s preacher.” He was
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