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...
A prayer burden is a spiritual concern on the heart of God that is imparted by the Holy Spirit to someone whose intercession the Holy Spirit desires to use. Jesus has been interceding for this need, and now the Spirit needs you to join with the intercession of Jesus. It is a specially sacred level...
Wesley Duewel spoke about Levels of Prayer at a Men’s Prayer Advance in the early nineties. The levels he spoke of referred to deepening stages of intensity and desperation in prayer. His message was based on Matthew 7:7-8: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be...
Of course, this is the opposite of how Samuel prayed, “Speak Lord, for your servant is listening.” Many of us grew up with a man-centered view of prayer. That’s why scores of believers cannot relate to God on any basis other than “asking.” It is true that asking is a vital part of prayer, yet...
One important purpose of prayer is to usher the future into the present. God intends that our praying accomplish God’s purposes on earth as in Heaven. Prayer is more than religious duty. It’s more than a psychologically beneficial exercise. Prayer is the means to implement God’s will in the here-and-now. HEAVEN-ARRESTING prayer is EARTH-ALTERING in...