By Ernest M. Wadsworth “And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness…and with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon...
“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!” ~Romans 11:33 For man to fully understand God and all His dealings with us is an utter impossibility. While this is the case, we do not need to create difficulties where...
By Armin Gesswein (1907 – 2001) Prayer is the highest and holiest work, and yet it is the most neglected ministry on earth. For want of intercession, we are low on the mighty works of God. Our generation has yet to see prayer as a ministry, and to take God at His Word on this...
Thy will be done. Matthew 6:10 One of the basics of God-focused praying is found once again in the model prayer: surrendering our personal desires and agendas to the Lord in exchange for our Father’s plan and purpose (see Matt. 6:10). Jesus teaches us to pray that the Father’s will would be executed on Earth as...
The Son of God, the Spirit of God, and the Father are all vitally connected in prayer. Brief glimpses into this heavenly mystery are revealed in scripture. And as we peel back the veil, we learn something of Jesus and the Holy Spirit praying to the Father. The prayerful correspondence within the God-head powerfully affects...
We have lost the eternal youthfulness of Christianity and have aged into calculating manhood. We seldom pray in earnest for the extraordinary, the limitless, and the glorious. We seldom pray with any confidence, for any good to the realization of which we cannot imagine away. And yet, we suppose ourselves to believe in an Infinite...