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Don Carson ends his classic book A Call to Spiritual Reformation with this prayer.  It is a great prayer worthy of meditation and adaptation in our own prayer lives!  OH LORD, REVIVE YOUR CHURCH!
And now, Lord God, I ask your blessing on all who read this book, for without it there will be no real [...]

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“Christianity is not a solo sport, and prayer is not a trip through the Burger King drive-thru, where we shout into an inanimate receiver, wait a few moments, and thene receive a bag of goodies we ordered to “have it our way.”-What is a Healthy Church Member?, Thabiti Anyabwile

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Questions about prayer

A healthy church member will be a person of prayer.  Prayer is not an “add-on” accessory to the Christian life; it is an integral part of the spiritual battle we face 24/7.  But what is prayer?
So many Christians misunderstand what prayer really is. In Marks of a Healthy Church Member, Thabiti Anyabwile clarifies the essence [...]

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Do you plan to pray?

I find myself praying too little, praying with too little passion, praying with too little faith.  So I found this article helpful in “re-booting my prayer life.”

I am also mulling over in my mind and formulating a more intentional plan for prayer for the following areas:

private and public/congregational prayer times
times and places of prayer
specific individuals [...]

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Worth pondering

What are you praying for that only God can do, so that when He does it, He alone will get the glory?

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Prayer

In prayer there is not only an outgoing of the soul to God, in acts of faith, love and confidence, but there is an actual communication from God to the soul. Prayer is a holy converse - a fellowship with God. One hour spent in prayer will accomplish more good than many employed in study [...]

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Describe your life

Luckas pleads with us that our lives not be characterized as

“shapeless idleness”
“listless and languid”
“domestic dissipation”
“unprofitable vacancy”

He adds, “Let’s pray, plan, and live in such a way that no one could use his words to describe our lives.”
These descriptions come from a section of William Wilberforce’s writings.  Read the whole post here.

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Lord Jesus, give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin, a dread of its approach. Help me chastely to flee it and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be Thine alone.
Give me a deeper trust, that I may lose myself to find myself in Thee, the ground of my rest, the spring of [...]

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Let us, therefore, forsake the vanity of the crowd and their false teachings and turn back to the word delivered to us from the beginning, “watching unto prayer” and continuing steadfast in fasting, beseeching fervently the all-seeing God “to lead us not into temptation, even as the Lord said, “The spirit indeed is willing, but [...]

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John Samson at Reformation Theology provides this sample prayer as a guide to how each believer might prepare their heart for the Lord’s Day.  We know that we ought to pray but often we are not sure for what we should pray.  Samson’s work is valuable for moving our hearts toward God in this area!
A [...]

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