prayer Encouragement in Prayer January 08, 2025 A new year is upon us already, and already many have made and broken plenty of resolutions to lose weight, exercise more, be more patient or kind, etc. etc.. Many believers have likely
prayer Thanksgiving when thanks is hard November 27, 2024 How to rejoice, pray, and give thanks in every circumstance. Find hope, strength, and peace by embracing God’s will, even in life’s toughest challenges.
prayer The Lord's Prayer (Westminster Expanded Version) August 20, 2024 My friend Daniel Sturgeon, pastor of Stranraer Baptist Church, recently turned the Heidelberg Catechism's exposition of the Lord's Prayer into a prayer itself. As he explained: "The question/
Homosexual From Pride to Prayer: A Call for Humility June 12, 2024 Turn Pride Month into a time of preaching and prayer, embracing humility and sharing God's justice and mercy with the LGBTQ+ community.
prayer Because He Has Heard November 28, 2023 Within seconds I knew this was a serious phone call: "It's my son. I think he drowned. He was unresponsive when they pulled him from the water, but the ambulance got him breathing again. We need prayer."
humility Seeing Jesus in an Unexpected Place May 10, 2023 You cannot pronounce her name. Our friends and family simply call her “Ba” which means “Ma’am.” No one knows her birthday; her mother died before she was two years old. She has
prayer Stick To It November 08, 2022 Some Christians ask the same question when returning to regular devotional time: Why did I stop consistently reading and praying daily? It is essential to ask this question: what makes us quit doing something we know we need and that we see has significant benefits in our lives?
prayer Book Recommendations September 14, 2022 Prayer and grief are two things that every Christian will encounter in their lives, many on a daily basis. I typically read at least one book a week throughout the year, and wanted
prayer An Ordination Prayer April 16, 2022 Almighty God, creator of Heaven and Earth You who spoke this universe into being by your powerful word, You who have given us a message of life for this broken world a world
fasting Fasting With Jesus February 16, 2022 How do we emphasize that something is important? When writing a sentence, we may add an exclamation point. In speech, we tend to elevate our voice. In prayer…we…don’t eat food?!
prayer 5 Reasons We Don't Pray October 20, 2021 As Christians, we often find ourselves wrestling with not praying or not wanting to pray. If you ask most believers, they’ll tell you they could always use improvement in their prayer lives. Let us therefore consider these 5 common reasons why we struggle to pray.
Christian Missions Lessons from Kabul October 06, 2021 In August 2021, the western world watched in horror at the scenes of chaos unfolding at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. After twenty years, the U.S. military had begun their withdrawal, hoping
prayer Christ Is Our Help! June 08, 2021 Only with God do we find shoulders that are wide enough for the issues and problems of our day.
prayer Hello? Is Anybody Listening? March 04, 2021 When was the last time you had a really in-depth conversation with someone? There are all kinds of false starts when it comes to talking with people. There is the very common question,
leadership Ironmen October 14, 2020 The following is a guest post by Russell Pulliam, an Indianapolis Star columnist who directs the Pulliam Fellowship summer intern program for the Indianapolis Star and the Arizona Republic. Why does God make
ARP Synod Pray for the 2020 ARP Synod Meeting July 14, 2020 The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARPC) Synod is scheduled to meet on August 18-20 at Bonclarken. The ARPC is dealing with a difficult situation with both our voluntary Denomination Ministry Fund (DMF) and,
The Church in Revelation The Prayers of the Saints June 25, 2020 Our prayers on earth come up before God in heaven and result in dynamic manifestations of God’s power on the earth.
prayer Great Power in its Effects May 26, 2020 “I’ll pray for you”. Do those words feel like throw-away offerings of help when you don’t know what to say? Or do you ever feel bashful as you offer those words of promise? What then is the value of prayer...
3GT 3GT Episode 179: Public Prayer May 09, 2020 With the 3GTers in exile from the house of God, they are grateful they can at least worship by participating in online services. Hearing pastoral prayers puts longing in their hearts for corporate
prayer The Wind Telephone April 27, 2020 Recently my wife told me of a story she had listened to on "This American Life" called Really Long Distance [https://www.thisamericanlife.org/597/one-last-thing-before-i-go/act-one-0] (transcript here [https://www.
prayer Teaching Men to Pray April 26, 2020 The following article is a guest post by Pastor Ken Smith, retired minister in the RPCNA. This article appeared in a monthly email column Ken has called "Man-to-Man." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > It happened
prayer Where Two or Three… March 05, 2020 Are you able to complete this verse from Matthew 18:20? “Where two or three…are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” Most of us likely think about this verse
Work Just Showing Up May 30, 2019 The principles of presence and prayer can, in Christ’s kingly hands, turn our common labor into something distinctively Christian and uncommonly good.
prayer A Call To Arms - Weapon Up! May 11, 2019 Just a few brief thoughts on prayer came to mind recently about the importance of prayer as I was meditating on Ephesians 6.18: Prayer an Offensive Weapon The aim is to fight
Psalm 6 The Long Night of Sorrow - Psalm 6 February 23, 2019 In this first 'Penitential' psalm, through David's cry, we hear Christ's Spirit sigh. We could aptly name his lament: 'The Long Night of Sorrow'. Is