Prayer

Try Praying Like This…

Do you ever feel like your prayer life gets monotonous and THAT is one of the excuses you give to not pray as you should? You’re certainly not alone. I’ve heard it said that the worst thing you can do for your life of prayer is pray the same exact way today that you prayed yesterday. So how do we make our time of prayer with the Lord more meaningful, more vibrant, more lively, more exciting? There’s nothing wrong with having a little creativity to mix it up and chase away rigidity! Let me show you what I mean. How …

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Morning Meetings

“We ought to see the face of God every morning before we see the face of man.”                        -D.L. Moody What do you think about the moment you open your eyes in the morning? Does your head pop off the pillow, excited for the day’s events? Maybe you’re not a morning person and one eyelid manages to creep open, hoping…pleading…for another five minutes of silence. But wait, what are your first initial thoughts? Are you consumed by all of the hundreds of things that you have to do today that are rushing into your mind, making you completely exhausted even …

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Prayer Blast – Learn by Experience

“No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. God sometimes delays, but He always comes.” -Martin Luther   Do we truly believe that God hears our prayers? What’s more, do we believe in the power of prayer and bringing our requests before the Lord? How we pray and how often we pray say a lot about how we view God. I can attest to the fact that my faith is …

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Prayer Blast – Can You Do More?

“You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.”     – S.D. Gordon We all know we need to pray. No one has to tell us to do so. In fact, it seems to be almost hardwired into us. And when we don’t (specifically as Christians) we feel a sort of deficit within us. Knowing this, why is it that we still don’t pray? It’s estimated that the average Christian prays a measly 3 ½ minutes per day…3 ½ minutes!!!   When we pray, we are approaching the …

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Prayer Blast – Atmosphere?

“The Spirit makes an atmosphere around every living prayer, and within that circle prayer lives and prevails; outside of it prayer is a dead formality. As to ourselves, then, in our study, in prayer, in thought, in word, and in deed, we must depend upon the Holy Spirit.”                                        -C.H. Spurgeon What on earth is this guy talking about??? It sounds like he’s saying the Holy Spirit actively puts some kind of “dome” around every living prayer! So maybe Charles Spurgeon is …

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