Prayer —
Pete Greig, “founder” of the 24-7 prayer movement, has a new book called God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer in which he deals with the issue of unanswered prayer. Here are the reasons he lists on why some prayers are not answered:
Common sense: Am I asking God to do something stupid, meaningless, [...]
I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. -Isaiah 62:6-7
Introduction
Eve of Revolution
Listen, my children, [...]
For a while now, I have been teaching the youth group certain prayer principles. These principles are easy to remember, yet open up the world of prayer if embraced. They are taken from Brennan Manning’s book The Signature of Jesus. Here they are:
You learn to pray by praying.
Pray as you can, not [...]
This past Saturday at Faith in Prayer (biweekly prayer meeting) we prayed for our Sr. Pastor and his wife who had been at the BGC conference the past week. Some of the prayers were for the Conference–the speakers, attendees, and decisions. However, the whole thing had already finished and Pastor K. had already returned home.
This [...]
“The One whom I bow to only knows to whom I bow
When I attempt the ineffable Name, murmuring Thou
And dream of Phaedian fancies and embrace in heart
Symbols (I know) which cannot be the thing Thou art.
Thus always, taken at their word, all prayers blaspheme
Worshipping with frail images of folklore dream,
And all in their praying, self-deceived, [...]