What happens when my prayer goes unanswered? Why? I prayed that God would heal my friend, find me a job, help me with my finances, bless my marriage, and none of it happens. Why? I thought God hears our prayers and answers them. Down through the years, well-meaning and misguided answers have been given to [...]
If prayer is communication with God, talking must be involved. I don’t know about your prayers, but when I pray, I talk a lot. I have lots to talk about. Please heal so and so. Please guide LCR. Please help me with this problem. As much as I try and make prayer more than a [...]
“Now I lay me down to sleep…” “God is great, God is good…” “Our father, who art in Heaven…” Prayer. What is it? Why is it so important? Huckleberry Finn once said, “Prayer, there ain’t nothing in it.” Is he right? The Bible says no. The Bible says that there aren’t many things MORE important [...]
There are so many parts of this chapter that I resonated with. It seems as though payer should be one of those things that comes naturally to us, but I so often find myself saying the same thing as that staff member at the beginning of the chapter – “I don’t know how to pray.” [...]
Did you miss worship this past Sunday? We used the picture below to help us focus on prayer, spending two minutes of silence to just listen for God. We invite you to take time to reflect on your own – what does this picture convey to you about prayer?
