Praying in Hard Times Like Paul and Silas at Midnight
Paul and Silas prayed while the stocks were still on, before they had any reason to expect rescue.
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Prayers for when your own words run out, and honest help with learning to pray. Written to be prayed slowly, alone or with someone you love.
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Devote Yourselves to Prayer
You do not need instructions to persist when prayer is going well.
Great and Unsearchable Things
Most of what we call prayer is handing God a shortlist and asking Him to pick.
Loving Devotion in the Morning
He asks to hear from God before the day tells him what it thinks of him.
Search Me and Know My Heart
The rarest prayer is the one that invites inspection rather than defending the ground.
Why Is God Silent When You Need Him Most?
The silence came during the worst thing that ever happened to you. Psalm 22, the cross and the four hundred years before…
Does God Care About My Finances? He Knows the Number
You have carried the number alone, sure it was too small to bring to God. Scripture says nothing in your life is…
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Bible Verses
- “Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.”James 1:5
- “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”Hebrews 4:16
- “The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.”Psalm 145:18
- “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.”James 5:16
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