Grieving for Ukraine

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“Pray for our brothers and sisters affected—both in Ukraine and in Russia. Things may get very difficult for them. Prayer is the least we can do.” - Straub

Ten Prayers for the New Year

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“2021 was a year filled with trials and troubles for many. Let’s start this next one on our knees.” - CToday

Pray It Till You Feel It

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“We don’t always pray from proper feelings. However, when we pray the Scriptures, we pray ignited prayers—even if they begin with indifferent hearts.” - TGC

Wide Mercy, Wide Prayers: For the Salvation of All People (1 Tim 2:1–7)

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One of the primary ways the church advances the kingdom of God is through corporate prayer. And when God’s people gather at the throne of grace, they shouldn’t limit their prayers to the elect. They should pray for all people. Why? Because there’s a wideness in God’s mercy. While his special grace secures the repentance of some, his common grace solicits the repentance of many.1 Thus, there’s a real sense in which our heavenly Father desires, provides for, and pursues the salvation of all people. Such a big-hearted God calls for big-hearted prayers.

Turning Back to Say “Thanks”

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By Karin Brown

One Leper’s Return

One day as Jesus was heading to Jerusalem, He was met at the edge of a village by ten lepers who were keeping their distance, as the Law of Moses required. Knowing Jesus’ reputation as a healer, they cried out to him to have compassion on their suffering.

No one in Jewish history had ever been healed of leprosy. The rabbis concluded that such a healing would surely be a sign of the Messiah. Strangely, Jesus told the ten men to go and show themselves to the priests, something you were to do when you were already healed, as you can read in Leviticus 14.

When God says stop praying

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“…so instead of praying, they needed to act. This is why we read, ‘Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward” ’ (Ex. 14:15).” - Robin Schumacher

Our Theology of Prayer Matters More than Our Feelings

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“I relished reading about prayer, talking about prayer, trying different kinds of prayer, and encouraging others in their lives of prayer. And most of all, I loved the sweet intimacy of prayer itself …. And then one day, without warning, reason, or explanation, that sense of sweet intimacy was gone.