Prayer - Desiring God
2015年1月1日 · Everything that distinguishes Christians from the world in a Christ-exalting way is a work of God’s supernatural grace. And God has ordained that this grace flows to us through prayer. That’s why prayer must be central, not peripheral, in our lives and families and ministries.
A Summary Theology of Prayer - Desiring God
2002年6月26日 · Below are five statements from John Piper as a summary theology of prayer. An assumption behind these statements is that to know more of God's purpose will deepen our commitment to pray and help us glorify God for why he does what he does. 1. God created the universe and all that is in it to display the riches of the glory of his grace.
Prayer: The Work of Missions - Desiring God
And what you have left is a kind of lifeless vestige that most people think of as "the prayer meeting" - weak, uninspired, small-minded. A heart of prayer and a movement of prayer for missions is sustained by focusing on something else first that life is war and that God is sovereign. 3. The Awesome Place of Prayer in the Purposes of God for ...
The Secret Benefit of Fasting - Desiring God
2018年5月3日 · The key difference is Christian purpose. We could say Spiritual purpose — with a capital S for the Holy Spirit. Not just spiritual as opposed to material, but Spiritual as opposed to natural. For Christians, an essential, irreducible aspect of Christian fasting is a Christian purpose. Whether it’s strengthening earnest prayer (Ezra 8:23 ...
What Is the Purpose of Fasting? - Desiring God
2013年4月18日 · Pastor John, what is the purpose behind fasting? Richard Foster wrote a book on the spiritual discipline, and in it he argues that the most important text in all the Bible for establishing the importance of Christian fasting is Matthew 9:14–15. Let me read just a couple of verses of that and show you the sentence I think he is right about.
The Main Ingredient in Effective Prayer | Desiring God
2013年7月18日 · In each case, James encourages his readers to pray. Why? Because prayer is effective, which means, God hears his people and acts on their behalf. Then, in the beginning of verse 16, because prayer is effective (James 5:13–15), he says, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed” (James 5:16).
Foundations for Prayer Toward the Global Purpose of God
2000年9月26日 · If these are the two things, life is war and God is sovereign, that have to be put underneath a movement of prayer, a heart of prayer, a church of prayer for global evangelization, how does prayer fit in there? Now the purpose is plain in Revelation 5:9–10: And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll
Bend the Ear of God: Three Wonders of Christian Prayer
2024年11月20日 · Ephesians 6:17–18 says to “take . . . the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.” And Jude 20–21 says, “You, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit , keep yourselves in the love of God.”
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Does My Sex Life Affect My Prayer Life? - Desiring God
2017年7月17日 · A listener named Matt writes us, “Pastor John, 1 Corinthians 7:5 says that a husband and wife should ‘not deprive one another [of sexual relations], except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer.’ My question is, how do our sex lives interfere with our prayer lives?