In my last blog we contrasted how certain believers from around the world are more likely to proclaim with boldness their prayers instead of only petitioning heaven in the manner that […]
A friend of mine who did ministry in South America noted how differently the believers there pray. “They don’t petition God. They proclaim things,” she reported. She went on to […]
“Human history began in the Middle East, and human history will culminate and end in the Middle East,” noted an internationally renowned Bible teacher several decades ago.* The church recognizes […]
After the US presidential election of 2012, The Lord spoke to me about several things related to national and international affairs. One thing He told me was to “Pray for […]
Most Christians can quote 2 Chronicles 7:14 by heart: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from […]
Paul instructed the church to “pray at all times in the Spirit” (Eph 6:18). Praying in the Spirit is not limited to, but certainly includes, praying in tongues. In the […]
The key to waging spiritual battles to bring God’s kingdom to earth is prayer. That may sound easy or simple, but effective prayer often is neither. The kind of prayer […]
When David killed Goliath he did it without a sword in his hand, scripture says (1 Sam 17:50). Yet David did use a sword to slay the giant. Where was […]
“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root,” said Henry David Thoreau. The American philosopher rightfully pointed out the wasted […]
God gave His people a promise that He would “drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves. Every place on which the […]
Whenever my four year-old prays, she always formats her prayers the same way – she thanks God, even if it is a request. For example, if I suggest we pray […]
Even as the United States dangles on the precipice of unprecedented disaster, and economic collapse looms imminent, The Lord has taken me quietly from a long, wrenching season of troubled […]