Journey into Meditative PrayerRichard Foster Richard Foster has foraged the path into the spiritual disciplines. Each book he has produced has widened our knowledge and experience of “ancient paths of spirituality.” Here he delivers a smaller book on one type of prayer, meditative prayer. This has as its goal a…
A Call to Spiritual ReformationD. A. Carson D. A. Carson needs no introduction in the Christian scholarly world. He has made some of the most infamous and Scholastic books you can read. I was pleasantly surprised to see he turned himself to the topic of prayer. I believe he has…
You can know all about healing in the Bible and not know how to seek God for your healing. Maybe you don’t believe that God can, or wants to heal you. The Bible gives us tangible ways to seek God for our healing. In my last post, I went over…
Day 10: Prayer Focus: Sins of America (Abortion, Corruption, Pride, Greed) | 2 Chronicles 7:14 “if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin…
Reginald Cherry Cherry writes his book talking about the power of prayer in the healing process. As a medical doctor, he provides the clinical understanding of how prayer is involved in the healing process. He gives scientific evidence that prayer is effective in helping people physically heal. The author gives…
Summary: We have already looked at Jesus’s open invitation to increase our faith and pray for anything. But in this second part of Jesus’s teaching, we learn that there are criterion for how to pray for any request and see God answer that prayer. Introduction In my last post, I…
Summary: Jesus’s teaching on asking, seeking, and knocking for our prayer requests challenges our faith, and gives us an open door to ask for more than we can imagine. Introduction In my last post, I talked about what Jesus really means when he says we shouldn’t judge others. In this…
Summary: Jesus taught us how to pray through the Lord’s prayer, a template for how to address Him and bring our needs before Him. He also taught us how to fast and spend special time with God. Introduction In my last post, I taught part 1 on prayer and fasting…
Summary: Jesus taught us how to pray and how to fast. But how does what He taught resonate with you? Jesus described praying in secret and not using wordy prayers to get God’s attention. Introduction In my last post, I addressed how to give to the needy according to Jesus’s…
Image by truthseeker08 from Pixabay Summary: Many prayers can make us wonder why prayer seems so weird. Sometimes prayer doesn’t make any sense. But our weird prayers help us to know God more and go deeper in our relationship with Him. Introduction In my last post, I taught about how…
