The Bible does not require a specific posture or place for prayer. Jonah, for example, prayed in the belly of a great fish. Jesus prayed face down in an olive garden. According to the superscription of Psalm 142, David prayed in a cave. …
When His disciples asked Him, “Lord, teach us to pray” in Luke 11, Jesus’ instructions addressed two essential areas—the verbal component (vv. 2-4) and the spiritual component (vv. 5-13) of prayer. To engage in genuine prayer, both components are essential. Send article…
In heaven there are no refrigerators with magnets. There are no filing cabinets with files in them. There are no “Post-It” notes. So, how can you illustrate the lingering, long-term effect on God that the prayer of a righteous man has? Send…
In worldly terms, those who serve the god of this world have every conceivable advantage over those seeking to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age. Like Goliath, the forces of evil have an imposing, intimidating presence. The godly’s defeat looks to…
The skeptic scoffs at prayer as nothing more than autosuggestion. Those promoting a health, wealth, and prosperity gospel abuse prayer with their presumptuous “name it and claim it” doctrine. The double-minded find prayer futile because they feed their doubts to the point that…
As taught in the New Testament, Christianity is a “one another” religion. Christians are to prefer, love, receive, admonish, wait for, care for, greet, serve, forbear, be kind to, forgive, consider, comfort, and exhort one another. They are also to “pray for one…
“Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1) was one of the wisest requests ever made by a disciple of Jesus. Learning from the examples of the fervent prayers recorded in Scripture is an excellent way for a Christian to use the Old Testament…
Confident trust in God is essential to effective prayer (James 1:6). Because Jehovah’s hand is not shortened and His ear is not heavy so that He cannot hear (Isaiah 59:1), David was confident that when he called upon Jehovah, He would incline His…
There are some prayers that God does not attend to, because “the Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous” (Proverbs 15:29). There are some prayers that Jehovah attends to with great care and interest, because “the prayer of the upright…
Through His Word, God declares that “the effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” (James 5:16). Psalm 132 illustrates this truth quite clearly. Send article as PDF
