Ever feel presumptuous when asking God for things? I find this prayer both helpful and appropriate: “Heavenly Father, you have promised to hear what we ask in the Name of your Son. Accept and fulfill my petitions, I pray, not as I ask in my ignorance, nor as I deserve in my sinfulness, but as […]
John Piper writes up 6 responses to the recent cyclone in Myanmar and the devastation in its wake. As usual, Piper is particularly sharp when encouraging Biblical prayer. Some excerpts:
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2. Pray for the followers of Christ in Myanmar:
That they would be still and know that God is God (Psalm 46:10; 100:3).
That they would be awakened […]
Justin Childers suggests how to pray for preachers:
During the week, pray for God to reveal the burden of the text to him.
During the week, pray that God would grip the preacher’s heart with His glory revealed in the text.
On Sunday morning, pray that God would free him from distractions.
On Sunday morning, pray that he would proclaim the […]
David Powlison writes about verbal prayer asking: Should we really call it a “quiet” time?
So the standard practice for both public and private prayer is to speak so as to be heard by the Person with whom you are talking. Prayer is verbal because it is relational.
…I’ve known many people whose relationship with God was […]
Have you ever been in a spiritual revival? The word “revival” comes burdened with great expectations and unclear notions of what it actually is. J.I. Packer writes:
“I have witnessed remarkable evangelical advances, not only academic but also pastoral, with churches growing spectacularly through the gospel on both sides of the Atlantic and believers maturing in […]
