Prayer - Desiring God Prayer is an expression of faith in God’s power, fueled by a desire for more of him Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing Every dollar helps 7 people hear gospel truth
Prayer for Beginners - Desiring God Prayer is objectively real — a real God, real communication, real work, real answers But it also comes in a million shapes and forms Prayer happens in seconds — short moments in the cracks of our day — and it can happen for hours at a time, even throughout a whole night
Seven Simple Daily Prayers - Desiring God God has given us all kinds of routes out of daily ruts in prayer Take Psalm 86, for example Here are seven simple daily prayers drawn from David’s prayer 1 Listen to my prayer Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace (Psalm 86:6)
Seven Steps to Strengthen Prayer - Desiring God While it won’t be the same for everyone, seven specific actions have really helped me in my battle against a weak prayer life Preparing to Pray 1 Set prayer apart The more we pray, the more we want to pray To do this, you need to build it into the rhythm of your day any way you can: set alarms, leave notes, put it in your day planner
Articles on Prayer - Desiring God Prayer is an expression of faith in God’s power, fueled by a desire for more of him Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing Spread gospel truth to millions
A Simple Way to Pray Every Day - Desiring God And this is where the Lord’s Prayer is most helpful How to Pray as Jesus Taught Us First, Luther recommends simply to pray through the prayer once, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 6:9–13) He then says to go back through the prayer and pray each petition individually: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name
How to Pray in the Holy Spirit - Desiring God Praying in the Spirit means that the Spirit empowers the prayer and carries it to the Father in the name of Jesus The prayer has a living quality characterized by warmth and freedom and a sense of exchange We realize that we are in God’s presence speaking to God
Be Devoted to Prayer - Desiring God If you are “devoted to prayer” you will pursue freedom and form in your prayer life A — Alone and Assembled Being devoted to prayer will mean that you will regularly pray alone and regularly pray in the assembly of other Christians Oh how crucial it is that we meet God alone through Jesus Christ
The Main Ingredient in Effective Prayer | Desiring God 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)
Astonished by Prayer: Poetry to Combat Prayerlessness Prayer is redolent of the high country where God walks with man in the cool of the day It recalls God near man once — the greatest pleasure of the garden — by relishing God in man now and anticipating God with man forever (Revelation 21:3)