Posts Tagged ‘prayer’

I’ve been searching the internet to buy a present for Christian friends who have two small children.  I was looking for a book they could use to introduce their children to the Bible: a “children’s Bible”, or at least a book of Bible stories. 

We set aside last Saturday as a fast day: a day of special prayer for the church.  I listed out twelve things that I believe the Bible encourages us to hope for, and to pray for…

I returned recently from a 3 week family holiday. One of the great benefits of being away from home is the opportunity to meet with other churches. It’s good to hear other men preach, to share in the life of another congregation, to pray with another church. You can learn a lot by attending the prayer-meeting in another church.

2005 is at an end. For all of us this is a time for looking back. What have we learned over the past year? What work have we done for Christ? What mistakes have we made? What sins have shadowed our walk with God? What blessings am I most grateful for?

As part of my review of the year, I try to list out things I’ve prayed for over the past twelve months. In many cases I find I can say happily, ‘Yes, that prayer’s been answered. I was given what I …

Many of us find that the best time to pray is first thing in the morning. Speaking personally, if I don’t get up early to pray, I find it almost impossible to set my heart to pray later in the day.  We know that the Lord Jesus “rose in the morning, a great while before day, and went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed” (Mark 2:35).  He couldn’t face the day without spending time alone with his …