“The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.” S.D. Gordon Do you agree? (You may be at the ‘curious’ stage – “That’s an interesting statement. I wonder if it’s really…
“I strongly suspect that if we saw all the difference even the tiniest of our prayers make, and all the people those little prayers were destined to affect, and all the consequences of those prayers down through the centuries, we would be so paralyzed with awe at the power of prayer that we would be…
Life gets so complicated. How do you know the right thing to do? How do you know what to pray? It’s always appropriate and good to ask for wisdom. James 1:5-8 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be…
Not long ago I had to begin my prayer time with “Father, I’m anxious and worried about several/many things. HELP. Help me to see You and know that You are with me and You care about these things too.” Then I just happened to be at Luke 8 in my Bible reading plan…. Did you…
Think about the works of Jesus while He walked this earth. Do you think you could do the same things? Are you? Then what does He mean when He says, John 14:12-14 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works…
It is a BIG mistake to think God is not listening or doesn’t care when we pray and don’t ‘see’ results. And yet isn’t that what I’m doing when I get discouraged with the lack of results and lose motivation to pray? I was talking (complaining?) to God about that and then opened up the…
John 1:12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, According to this verse, a child of God is someone who has received Jesus Christ and believes in His name. What does it mean to ‘receive Him’ and to ‘believe in His…
When the going is difficult with no end in sight and we feel all alone, it’s easy to think God either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care. Nothing could be further from the TRUTH. The children of Israel certainly felt this way. Listen to what God said to them. Isaiah 40:27-31 Why do you say, O…