Prayer is often hard, and suffering only makes it harder. Some suffering comes as we survey wicked people enjoying success. If you’re like me, it drives you crazy when you observe people advancing their careers through deceit, politicians acting corruptly, and swindlers using the COVID-19 crisis as a pretense to exploit others. Isn’t God going to […]
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The Costly Results of an Impaired Prayer Life
Every Christian is called to pray. Every minister is called to pray. And yet many of us struggle to pray consistent and heartfelt prayers to the Lord. Norwegian preacher Ole Hallesby wrote in 1931 about the costly results of an impaired prayer life, and the wise will take his words to heart and ask for […]
5 Things Every Christian Leader Should Pray for Themselves Everyday
Christian leaders need to be people of prayer. Perhaps no verse more powerfully communicates this to me than John 15:5: I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. (emphasis added) This verse […]
How to Meditate on Scripture: Learning from Luther’s Example
The first Psalm describes the man who meditates on Scripture as blessed, nourished, fruitful, prosperous, and enduring. Everyone wants those results. Truly attaining them is another thing. We must be people who meditate deeply on Scripture, drinking in deeply of its glorious truths and connecting them to our hearts so that our lives reflect the impact […]
You Don’t Have Unanswered Prayer
In a resource called “When Paul Prayed,” Bible Teacher J. Vernon McGee shared the following helpful words on why none of us should complain that we have unanswered prayer: I believe one of the worst misnomers Christians use today is “I have unanswered prayer.” Have you ever stopped to think what an insult that is […]
