Peter Adam provides succinct and helpful advice about preparing to lead congregational prayers of intercession. (asking for things / or about situations) Pray Global Prayers, Not Just for The Congregation’s Needs While it is good to pray for local needs, make sure that you pray big prayers as well. Let your prayers be as global …
Christian satire site Babylon Bee has an article about an imaginary phone app that provides an electric shock when someone is praying out loud and uses the word ‘just’. Maybe pulpits or lecterns could be wired up with sensors and contact pads to do the same thing.
Sinclair Ferguson on praying the prayer of faith: This, then, is the prayer of faith: to ask God to accomplish what He has promised in His Word. That promise is the only ground for our confidence in asking. Such confidence is not “worked up” from within our emotional life; rather, it is given and supported …
Kent Hughes writes about the power of public prayer and advocates preparation by those who lead God’s people in prayer. The Power of Public Prayer The book of Acts tells us that it was after a mighty corporate prayer for boldness (Acts 4:24–30) that “the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and …
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