When We Grow Passionate in Prayer - Desiring God
Jan 1, 2015 · Which means, when we pray for perseverance we are not flipping a coin or thinking that it’s all up to us. Prayer does not mean we wring our hands in worry, or that we’ve come to a last resort. That is restless anxiety, not passion. Instead, foundational to …
That Your Prayers May Not Be Hindered | Desiring God
Your prayer life in 1994 depends in part — under God and his enabling grace (1 Corinthians 15:10) — on how you choose to live at home and at work and in your private life of solitude. So another way to state the doctrine we’ve seen in these verses would be: do whatever you must do so that your prayers are not hindered.
Prevailing Prayer for the Spirit's Power - Desiring God
Dec 30, 1990 · The point is to show us that prevailing prayer—persisting, persevering prayer—is utterly important for us. And he stamps this truth on our memories with a shocking image of a friend who won't help without being bothered into helping. But then Jesus qualifies his point in verses 11–13 by saying that God is NOT like that friend.
Be Devoted to Prayer - Desiring God
Dec 29, 2002 · Memorize it and pray it often. Pray the Lord’s Prayer and as you pray it put each phrase in your own words and apply it to the people you are burdened about. Pray the commands of the Bible: “Help me — help my wife, my children, the elders, our missionaries — to love you, God, with all my heart and all my soul and all my strength.”
Grab Hold of God: The Importance of Wrestling in Prayer
May 5, 2019 · Throughout the Bible, we see people wrestling with God. Moses wrestled with God, interceding on behalf of the people to change God’s mind. He pleaded with God. He gave God reasons to answer his prayer. He reminded God of his promises. And as a result, God often relented of his judgment (Deuteronomy 9:18–19).
Prayer - Desiring God
Jan 1, 2015 · Study the Lord’s Prayer. In five short verses, Jesus himself taught us how to pray. Transforming glories can be seen in these most familiar words of “The Lord’s Prayer” if we will slow down enough to see them. In this series of three labs, John Piper puts the text on the screen and helps you mine more for your prayers.
Winning Battles Through Prayer - Desiring God
Jul 19, 1990 · The Bible Portrays God as Ruler. I say this from what I see in biblical prayers. I say it from what I see in the prayer awakenings around the world. And I say it from my own personal experience. Let me mention the text that has been most empowering in my own life of prayer in recent months, and give a closing admonition. The text is Psalm 22:27-28:
What Should We Pray For? | Desiring God
Nov 10, 2006 · Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. (Romans 10:1) Pray that God would direct the use of the sword. Take . . . the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. (Ephesians 6:17–18) Pray for boldness in proclamation.
Four Prayers for Bible Reading - Desiring God
Sep 21, 2015 · Bible reading is a daily prompt to own our failures, newly repent, and freshly cast ourselves on his grace all over again. Prayer is the path to staying fascinated with his grace and cultivating a spirit of true humility. 3. James 1:22: Make Me a Doer of Your Word
15 Prayers for God’s Power - Desiring God
Mar 11, 2014 · Lord, make me so mighty in resisting the bait of frenzied productivity that I never cease to enjoy the still waters of prayer and your sweet presence (Psalm 23:2; Isaiah 46:10; Luke 10:42). Lord, make me so mighty against the deadly undertow of self-reliance that I am never ashamed to trust your arm, like a child with his father, in every ...