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Private Prayer Is Your Soul Alone with God
by John ortberg Prayer

Private Prayer Is Your Soul Alone with God

Jesus prayed. We are told that when He was baptized,as He was praying, the heavens openedand the Spirit came upon Him. The flow of the Spirit is closely connected to ...
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Joyful Confidence in God: The Dark Night of the Soul
by John ortberg Prayer

Joyful Confidence in God: The Dark Night of the Soul

When God Seems SilentBecause the soul is the deepest expression of the person, the soul is the place of greatest pain. We do not speak of the dark night of ...
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Prayer, Not Despair
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Prayer, Not Despair

Editor’s note: It feels like our world needs prayer now more than ever – we’re constantly hearing of natural disasters, social unrest, and political division. Even when we pray, anxiety ...
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The Power of Desperate Prayer
by Jim cymbala Prayer

The Power of Desperate Prayer

After the dark period described in the Old Testament book of Judges, Israel’s desperate situation began to turn around with the prayer of a woman named Hannah. She had had ...
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If He Didn’t Forget, How Could We Pray?
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If He Didn’t Forget, How Could We Pray?

If He Didn’t Forget, How Could We Pray?He ForgotI was thanking the Father today for His mercy. I began listing the sins He’d forgiven. One by one I thanked God ...
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Jesus, I Need You... When I Feel Disappointment
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Jesus, I Need You... When I Feel Disappointment

This Mixed-up World Dear Jesus, I’m frustrated with this mixed-up world. Everything seems turned upside down. What You’ve declared to be evil and wrong is often considered to be right ...
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Boundaries: Pray for Wisdom
by Dr henry cloud Prayer

Boundaries: Pray for Wisdom

The Serenity PrayerGod grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.As the ...
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Pray for Joy
by Judah smith Prayer

Pray for Joy

The Bible says in Nehemiah 8:10,Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the Lord is your strength!It doesn’t say exercise is your strength, or hard work is your ...
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Hedge of Protection... Prayer Can Be a Funny Thing
by Tim hawkins Prayer

Hedge of Protection... Prayer Can Be a Funny Thing

As a man of faith who spends most of his time traveling to churches, I have become more and more attuned to the irreplaceable value of prayer in one’s life. ...
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The Prayer of Release Brings Freedom from Blaming God
by Stormie omartian Prayer

The Prayer of Release Brings Freedom from Blaming God

My husband and I have a friend who is gifted in many ways, but he has shut God out of his life, blaming Him for a car accident in which ...
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Prayer: Timeless Love
by Philip yancey Prayer

Prayer: Timeless Love

The scene of Jesus huddled in a locked room with a dozen friends, one of them a traitor, while outside temple guards and Roman legionnaires buckle on their swords and ...
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An American in Prayer: Kneel Before the King
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An American in Prayer: Kneel Before the King

The Greatest of Them All1931 was a long and boring year. The stock market crash of 1929 plunged America into the depths of the Great Depression, and most businesses struggled ...
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Faith May Move Mountains But Prayer Moves God
by Joni eareckson tada Prayer

Faith May Move Mountains But Prayer Moves God

It’s been said that faith may move mountains, but prayer moves God.Amazing, isn’t it, that our prayers, whether grand and glorious or feeble and faint, can move the very heart ...
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Pick Me! Pick Me!
by Beth guckenberger Prayer

Pick Me! Pick Me!

The Community of AmenGod sets the lonely in families. — Psalm 68:6I was driving down I-71, enjoying the sunshine and the quietness of my car. We had just moved back ...
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Creating a Prayer Room at Work or Home
by Anne graham lotz Prayer

Creating a Prayer Room at Work or Home

*Daniel had a specific place that he designated for prayer, which was an upstairs room in his home to which he withdrew three times every day (Daniel 6:10).We don’t know ...
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Spiritual Warfare Is Serious
by Anne graham lotz Prayer

Spiritual Warfare Is Serious

When the messenger addressed Daniel, he instructed him to “consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up” (10:11).In other words, Daniel needed to “listen-up.” ...
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