Power of Prayer | Pray the Lord’s Prayer
“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is […]
Power of Prayer | A Story of Answered Prayer
Daniel King (00:24): I want to tell you a wonderful story about how God will answer your prayers. Couple of years ago, my wife Jessica, and I went to the nation of Pakistan to conduct a great gospel festival. And so the week before we went, there was a pastor in Texas and she had […]
Power of Prayer | Pray the Word
“For the word of God is living and active” (Hebrews 4:12). “One Word from God will change your life forever.” Kenneth Copeland The only weapon God has to work with is His words. God is Spirit, He does not physically move on the earth, instead He uses His words. God’s Word created the world. God’s Word […]
Power of Prayer | Pray without Limiting God
“Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you” (Jeremiah 32:17). “O believing brethren! what an instrument is this which God hath put into your hands! Prayer moves Him that moves the universe.” – Robert Murray McCheyne Scientists continue to marvel […]
Power of Prayer | Pray for Souls to Be Saved
“…We will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.” (2 Chronicles 20:9 – NKJV) “O God, give me souls or I die.” – John Hyde John Hyde was an American missionary who ministered […]
Power of Prayer | Pray for a Harvest of Souls
“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers into his harvest field”(Matthew 9:37). “Prayer is the only adequate way to multiply our efforts fast enough to reap the harvest God desires.” – Wesley L. Duewel When I was growing up, my family lived on […]
Power of Prayer | Pray Desiring God’s Presence
“Come near to God and he will come near to you…” (James 4:8). “…the purpose of prayer is to reveal the Presence of God, equally present at all times and in every condition.” – Oswald Chambers God is more than a religious belief, or an icon on the wall, or a deity to mumble prayers […]
Power of Prayer | Pray Expecting God to be Faithful
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:23). “We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.” – Oswald Chambers Prayers are answered, not because we are faithful, but because God is faithful. As human beings no matter how hard we try we will […]
Power of Prayer | Pray with Specific Requests
“What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord, I want to see,” he replied” (Luke 18:41). “He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.” – John Bunyan Johnny climbed up into Santa’s lap. “What do you want for Christmas?” Santa asked. In response, Johnny dug deep […]
Power of Prayer | Pray for Others
“Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren” (Genesis 25:21). “To stand before men on behalf of God is one thing. To stand before God on behalf of men is something entirely different.” – Leonard Ravenhill “Daniel, will you pray for me?” I am frequently asked. My typical response is […]
Power of Prayer | Pray for the Impossible
“Is anything too hard for the LORD?…” (Genesis 18:14). “Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.” – Corrie ten Boom What is impossible in your life? Do you face an impossible situation? Have you been diagnosed with a disease impossible to cure? Are you facing an impossible economic problem? Do you feel it is […]
Power of Prayer | Pray Like Jesus Prayed
And when He had sent them away, He departed to the mountain to pray. ~Mark 6:46 (NKJV) “If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith.” – Martin Luther Jesus made it His habit to pray. Every day, He would steal away to spend […]
Power of Prayer | Pray to Light Your Life on Fire
“…Fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands” (2 Timothy 1:6). “It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man gets access to the ear of God.” – E. M. […]
Power of Prayer | Pray Expecting God to Answer
“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3). “O believing brethren! what an instrument is this which God hath put into your hands! Prayer moves Him that moves the universe.” – Robert Murray McCheyne Prayer is not a one-way flow. It is not […]
Power of Prayer | Pray Without Ceasing
“Pray continually” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). “All that a Christian does, even in eating and sleeping, is prayer…” – John Wesley How much time should we spend in prayer? Sometimes, people strive to be spiritual and pray a lot, but they disappoint themselves when they are unable to fulfill their prayer goals. They tell themselves, “I am […]
Power of Prayer | Pray with Understanding
“… I will also pray with the understanding…” (1 Corinthians 14:15- NKJ). “The greatest answer to prayer is that I am brought into a perfect understanding with God, and that alters my view of actual things.” – Oswald Chambers Paul said to pray in tongues and to pray with understanding. Praying with understanding means that you […]
Power of Prayer | Pray to Stand in the Gap
“I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none” (Ezekiel 22:30). “When we pray for others the Spirit of God works in the unconscious domain of their being […]
Power of Prayer | Pray with Groans of Intercession
“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express” (Romans 8:26). May God open our eyes to see what the holy ministry of intercession is, to which, as His royal priesthood, […]
Power of Prayer | Pray as a Watchman
“I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night…” (Isaiah 62:6). God’s greatest agency; man’s greatest agency, for defeating the enemy and winning men back is intercession. -S. D. Gordon The enemy planned a nighttime assault on the city. They carefully wrapped their weapons in rags so they would […]
Power of Prayer | Pray in the Holy Spirit
“…pray in the Holy Spirit” (Jude 1:20). “The true spirit of prayer is no other than God’s own Spirit dwelling in the hearts of the saints. And as this spirit comes from God, so doth it naturally tend to God in holy breathings and pantings. It naturally leads to God, to converse with him by prayer.” […]
Power of Prayer | Pray Like a Child
“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread will give him a stone…If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11:11-13). “The story of every great Christian achievement […]
Power of Prayer | Pray in the Name of Jesus
“…I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it” (John 14:13-14). Avail yourself of the greatest privilege this side of heaven. Jesus Christ died to make this communion and communication with the […]
Power of Prayer | Pray in Secret
“…when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you” (Matthew 6:6). “The secret of praying is praying in secret.” – Leonard Ravenhill “Public prayers are of little worth unless they are founded on or […]
Power of Prayer | Pray with Humbleness
“Yes, Lord,” she said, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” Then Jesus answered, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted” (Matthew 15:27-28). “Be humble or you’ll stumble.” – D. L. Moody Prayer is the ultimate humbling experience because you are forced to acknowledge your dependence of a […]
Power of Prayer | Pray with Devotion
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful” (Colossians 4:2). “I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.” – Martin Luther The word “devotion” means “love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, or cause.” It also means “religious worship or observance.” It is from the Latin word […]
Power of Prayer | Pray Believing You Receive
“…whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours” (Mark 11:24). “Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian.” – Andrew Murray What are you believing God for? Mark 11:24 is one of the most powerful verses in the Bible. It puts no limits on God. […]
Power of Prayer | Pray without Doubt
“I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him” (Mark 11:23). “Satan laughs at our toiling, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.” – The […]
Power of Prayer | Pray with Faith
“There are no bonds faith cannot break, no fetters it cannot sever, no dungeon it cannot open, no disease it cannot heal, no victory it cannot win.” – Oral Roberts What is faith? * Faith is the currency of the kingdom of heaven. * Faith is trusting God when there is no one else to […]
Power of Prayer | Pray with Thankfulness
“…let us be thankful…” (Hebrews 12:28). “Unless the heart is right the prayer must be wrong.” – The Kneeling Christian An attitude of gratitude is the foundation to a fulfilling prayer life. What are you thankful for today? God created food for you to eat. Did you take a moment before eating to say “thank-you?” You […]