Assess Your Prayer Life
God is once more calling His people loudly to a revival of faith in the divine efficacy of prayer. Will you and I respond to His call? That we may know what such a response may involve, may we let...
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Keep in Touch
Prayer to and worship of our God and Father must surely be one of the Christian's greatest privileges while here on earth. It is a privilege we need to appreciate and appropriate more. Prayer stems from the fact that we are...
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The Sky Telegram
Nehemiah was expert in both intense and impulse praying. Verse 4 of chapter 1 says, "I...prayed before the God of heaven"; verse 4 of chapter 2 says, "I prayed to the God of heaven"--but the two prayers were so different...
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Heart Cry
In the words of Thomas Carlyle, "Prayer is and remains always the native and deepest impulse of the soul of man." This instinct of prayer is universal, and idolatry is a proof of it. Among the most depraved tribes and savage...
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Advocacy
There are perhaps seven functions of prayer: worship, praise, thanksgiving, confession, intercession, supplication, and advocacy. Most of these we are familiar with. However, there is one aspect perhaps not so commonly utilized--advocacy. This is one of the great ongoing ministries...
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Positions & Conditions in Prayer
Variety is a divine principle in more than one realm, and a change of position may be as beneficial to the mind as to the body. Heart attitude is all-important, and unless the exterior is a true index of an...
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The Open Secret
There is a hidden wisdom. Paul writes: "We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory." In the center of their being, God makes His own to...
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Is God Efficient?
In a recent issue of Time magazine (Jan. 13, 1997), Bill Gates was interviewed in a multi-page article. His religious life warranted one short paragraph. It told us that his wife, Melinda, is a Catholic, but has agreed Bill can...
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Christian Agnostics
We may divide men into four classes: The first class includes all who know nothing about God whatever. Those who confess their ignorance are termed "Agnostics" while those who call their ignorance knowledge--and because they know not God, declare that there...
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