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He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.—John Bunyan Early African converts to Christianity were earnest and regular in private devotions. Each one reportedly had a separate spot in the thicket where he would pour out his heart to God. Over time the paths to these…

Prayer Illistrations A young school boy rather idly inclined, noticed that a fellow student always recited her lessons well, so he said to hear, "How is it that you always say your lessons so perfectly?" She replied, "I always pray that I may say my lessons well." Amazed the boy said, "Well, then, I…

Dan Rather, CBS anchor, once asked Mother Teresa what she said during her prayers. She answered, "I listen." So Rather turned the question and asked, "Well then, what does God say?" To that Mother Teresa smiled with confidence and answered, "He listens." Source: Sermon Central Newsletter \ Source: Just…

Dan Rather, CBS anchor, once asked Mother Teresa what she said during her prayers. She answered, "I listen." So Rather turned the question and asked, "Well then, what does God say?" To that Mother Teresa smiled with confidence and answered, "He listens." Source: Sermon Central Newsletter, Source: Just…

As the French novelist Victor Hugo wrote, “There are moments when, whatever the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.” David Jeremiah, Signs of Life, p. 120

John MacVane was a reporter for the National Broadcasting Company during World War II, and his broadcasts from the battle-front kept Americans riveted to their radios. One day in November 1942, while he was in North Africa, he was told to prepare the Army Hour broadcast from Algiers for the following…

I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone? What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets? What if we flipped through it several time a day? What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it? What if we used it to receive messages from the text? What if…

What, then, did Jesus mean when He said we could ask “anything in [His] name and He will do it” (John 14:14)? It means the same for us as it did for Him. In His own prayers Jesus always asked for God’s will to be done, even in the most trying circumstances of His life: “Father, if it is Your will, take…

Nightmares happen. But we shouldn’t be surprised. The bible warns us that when we actively pursue Christ’s mission, we’ll face obstacles. So our best response is to be forewarned—and not to panic when it happens. Actually, we’ve found that nightmares give your prayer life a real boost—and teach you a…

Being in the dark at night, you open the drawer and pull out your little two-cell flashlight. Besides the click of the switch interrupting the midnight silence, nothing changes. Being astute, you quickly discern that the batteries are dead. Being prepared and having fresh batteries, you screw off the…

The Perfect Prayer The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect of prayers... In it we ask, not only for all the things we can rightly desire, but also in the sequence that they should be desired. This prayer not only teaches us to ask for things, but also in what order we should desire them. St. Thomas Aquinas,…

Prayer breaks down walls WW2; Hitler; Berlin Wall; Division; Protection; Prayer; Pray; Revival; Peace; Hate; Freedom; Free; After World War II, Berlin—the capital of Germany and headquarters of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich—was overseen by the four Allied nations that had united to defeat Hitler: America,…

God Changes Us A mother sent her fifth grade boy up to bed. In a few minutes she went to make sure that he was getting in bed. When she stuck her head into his room, she saw that he was kneeling beside his bed in prayer. Pausing to listen to his prayers, she heard her son praying over and over again.…