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...
Thy kingdom come. Matthew 6:10 The kingdom of God is referenced seventy times in the New Testament. It is a dominant theme of Scripture. Praying for God’s kingdom to come, as Jesus instructed in the model prayer (see Matt. 6:10), recognizes a past kingdom and anticipates a future kingdom—and it accentuates a present kingdom. In the...
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...
Everyone with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. — Nehemiah 4:17 The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds. — 2 Corinthians 10:4 As a mother of eleven, I’ll admit that motherhood can sometimes...
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...